For a while I've fiddled around with few dapps and that has definitely affected the average effort output of my content. I wish I could undo those actifart and steemhunt posts. If not for those, I think I managed a decent level of output. Not every post required effort, sometimes they just flows.
I had told myself I would use communities as the perfect excuse to explore more authors. Sadly enough, in recent months life decided I could take some more kicks in the nuts and nowadays I'm literally happy if I even manage to read my usual suspects. If then I have something to add to the convo, I will do so but more often than not I'm the quiet type who doesn't excel at smalltalk.
Ironically, one of the first posts I published on graphene was about the need to network and build a tribe.
It can be really difficult to find the time I know. Between real life and posting here it's easy for engagement to fall away, or never take flight in the first place. I understand that of course.
You know, sometimes I really struggle to find something to comment on, something/someone new...Much of the content is just terrible, still I work hard, dig deep and keep seeking out the little gems. It takes time though.
I never got into Actifit and almost never click into one...That's just me though, some people love it. I can't be bothered...If that was my only thing here I'd just leave and go walking myself, you know? I mean who cares how many steps the G-dog did today? Lol.
Communities could be good although a couple of them lost their way OCD and GEMS being a bit generic. Seems OCD is changing though, actively driving people to other communities. My LEGO and THE PEW has seen a a slight improvement since that announcement with a couple of new people coming along as posters or subscribers. Let's see how that goes.
Eventually communities should help as there will be more topical verticals. It’s not guaranteed they will help with discovering new creators but because the average quality is rather below average we will all end up subscribing to plenty of communities and hopefully have varied feeds, with plenty of creators we didn’t yet know. And topical niches will make engaging definitely easier.
Time will tell I guess. For now we have what we have and I guess need to make the best of it. I'm not really hive-savvy so just go about my own thing, posting stuff that hopefully a few read. (skim).