I think I'll do the same at some point, so this experience of yours will help making that decision. As I am newbie here (or Plankton as salled on Busy.org), I am currently still following few more people then I usually would, so I can get wider picture of the Steemit platform.
I think a lot of people start off this way since it's not like Facebook where you join and know a whole bunch of people already. On steemit it takes a while to find the people whose content you like.