Nice, good to hear about some bonds being formed here! Unfortunately there are a lot of people here that are completely averse to putting in any effort, even if it means meeting some great people.
I should probably join this Discord server at some point though... sounds like the better way to meet people.
I actually started on steemit.chat and that's where I discovered the MSP. Then I joined them on Discord chat and the rest is history. Met a lot of people and formed some cool friendships.