When I first joined Steemit, I saw a post by someone who was asked how he'd approach things if he had to do it all over again. His main focus was on engaging with other people directly, with blog posts as something that he'd do in the background so that followers would have something to rally around.
I'm beginning to see the value of following people who produce good content as it means that my feed will have something where I can engage with them and others in the comments section. The New and Hot sections, etc., haven't produced the goods for me so far.
Great post!
I agree, very true. I never even check the trending page lol