Hi @pennsif. The homesteading community was instrumental in my decision to stick with steemit. The support was always there when doubt existed. I don't always post about homesteading, but as you know we garden, do projects, have acreage, and raise chickens. We consider ourselves homesteaders.
There are several factors at play, people have left for various reasons and some higher ups don't seem to see our value here (maybe they think we're hicks, but it seems to me that is easily proven wrong).
The rewards are not as freely given due to skepticism about the platform and people seem to hold back.
I tried Slack (@farmstead and @greenacrehome were exceptions) and Discord several times nobody responded, so that was that.
Hope nobody's offended by my bluntness. 🐓
Hi @mother2chicks do give the Discord channel another go. There are more people on it now, so there is usually someone about.