It's definitely difficult to wade through the spam comments and engage with loyal followers though. There are a few people that comment on some of my steepshot posts more regularly than others. I think one large problem (or maybe temporary hurdle) is that there just isn't the 'audience' available for many topics (other than crypto trend analysis). It's a very niche market on here currently.
I've created accounts for a few of my friends through the python-wallet stuff -- I'll try to check out the steeminvite instead -- this sounds easier. Thanks for the heads up.