Yes, unfortunately a high percentage of active steemers prefer to talk in chats for free. Discord is not the only one. I highly don't recommend it lol.
Look at the posts of @arcange - there are only about 8000 people here with votes of any value and of that - less than 40 are whales and less than 300 are in the next fish level down. All of them are pursued by pro butt-kissers and those with great talent and they already have friends. We have no chance so don't waste time unless you are in one of those categories and think you can succeed.
It's not worth your effort as a new person. Go for the interaction at your level and some reps above you - not too far in the beginning. This is one of the tips I have in an old post that might help you like it helps me :) Keep trying - it is totally worth it without the whales.
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But doeamt that go againts the whole system? I mean I though whale get their steem power over time and are supposed to share that theough upvotes. That's to keep thw currency in circulation.
Moving into groupchats sounds like a convenient way but also defeats the purpose of communicating in the platform and help others out.
Its realy difficult to earn money in my place and this is just one way for me to use my spare time into something worthwhile. Being in steemit is an investment while maintaining the fun factor in it