The pay it forward crew do a great job on Steem and I think your words on grief hit home with many of them as they lost a friend and I lost a friend a couple weeks ago. There are many people who are here interacting despite the money attached, but not enough. You have a gift, whether people read or not, it shouldn't stop you creating.
Oh they are wonderful for what they did. It is sad to lose friends, good friends. I hope he is in a good place.
Oh I don't really bother if it is read by many or not. I know I have a core readership base. They may not upvote all the time or comment at all but they are reading and that's fine enough for me.