definitely. i would say building the connections through meaningful interactions are what makes this platform so great and fun. of course, you have the mindless spamming of "bot-like" people who just copy-paste the same comment on every post, but then there's you, and me. and what we're doing now is exactly what i look forward to every day when i come on steemit.
thank you, @rotfoot!
It's a very refreshing community when you get to find new like-minded people. It really is great stuff. I love it here.