Great post @erikaflynn
I try my utmost best to engage and even in my signature is a comment asking that should you have an opposing view please leave a comment but it is like you say. Most are on heere to make money.
I do not go onto facebook except for managing some pages that I have on there and scroll the posts here on Steemit for good content to learn and I have found some people posting very informative information but engagement seems to be lacking on this platform.
I think maybe it is because everyone has the thought of a quick buck in the back of their minds and opening and continuing with a conversation probably feels like a waste of time.
I will definitely take a look at steemspectacles and clean up my feed as far as possible.
Since Steemit is a social platform, I sincerely believe that communication and interaction with each other is something that should help it develop and move forward. Oh, and quality content of course:-)
And I'm glad that there are people who understand this. Sometimes there is really nothing to discuss if it's a post with just a beautiful photo? what's the point of writing a "good post", upvote will be enough to say it.
But if the author touches on an important topic, asks the readers' opinion, this means he is really interested. And if you have 1,500 readers, but only 5-10 of them sometimes vote for your posts or write comments, does this mean that all those of them who remain does not even read them? Then why did they become your subscribers? Maybe we all should review our own subscriptions...