Hey man! Yeah it is slow right now, this happens when the price gets low, people quit interacting. Then the price recovers and everyone comes back. It sucks, I wish people would just stay. You still get the same amounts of Steem typically even though the USD value shown changes. So when the price recovers, it's like you've been making good money the whole time! But yeah, also the bot game has kinda dulled things out, too. Lots of good/cool things are in the works for Steem, so don't lose faith!!!

Do you have VMWare Workstation? I remember you're a Windows user, so this will work for you. Virtual Machines are pretty fun to play with.