I wonder how others can easily come up with a topic that encourages engagement or answers like this one... You have bubbling ideas in your head. 😊

In spite of the HF20 fiasco, I am still here so yes, I am hopeful for the future of Steem. Why? I guess I have to ask, why not? Many people are beyond it and supporting the same. Steemit is not yet well saturated. It is very unsaturated actually if we compare it with other social media sites. If more people will know more about it and join, I believe that will further strengthen Steem. And why am I hopeful that people will come to Steemit? Because it offers something as compared to nothing from other social networking platform.

My strategy on Steemit is watch and learn, and grow from there. I came here totally not knowing anyone so I browse here, check articles there. I learn from those that I see - be it how others write their posts or how they engage with one another, what topic looks more interesting to the "audience" and more... I try to apply what I saw and learned as I go along - join contests here and there, engage left and right, up and down, help others even if you are a small fish like them.

And regarding rewarding those who leave good comments, let me do my shameless plug here: https://steemit.com/steem-bounty/@macoolette/good-engagement-and-how-to-inspire-them-steem-bounty-service

Steem Bounty is fairly new. I guess it is just about 4 months old but I see it a very good way to inspire good engagement. You can actually put a bounty on this post. 😊