Dont worry, there is a lot of drama beneath the steemit surface.
But i gotta say, its a lot smaller than the amount of good people helping each other around here. You just have to know where to look to find the good things.
@aggroed is a really helpful guy, and he is one of the founders o the MSP/PALNet project (@minnowsupport) that gather a good part of the community. You are welcome to join us there.