I'm impressed at your tech savvy and financial acumen!
You seem well informed, and I should be asking YOU,
any tips on how you have increased your engagement with different communities?

This is my method (and no, I'm not going places fast):

Read other people's posts.
Upvote.
Comment.

It will take more than that.
Find someone with power.
Engage with that person.
Hope/wish/pray you get a response.

Pay attention to what whales are doing.
Some are up to no good. Some keep downvoting minnows and little people.
In communities, teamwork is great, but some teams are led by despots.

It's all LIVE AND LEARN, and get up again, and decide whether to keep up or give up.

I've been at Steemit since 2017 and Hive for a few years now.
Here's a tip: try not to fall off the face of the earth.