"I see way too little "engagement" on posts, especially political posts. These should spark debate, discussion or at least memes."

Haha, yeah. I usually avoid political posts. Politics is usually a bad subject for me. lol

"Let's grow the platform by actually engaging here, not just posting your article or video and then wait for a payout."

It seems like many of the "famous youtubers" etc. are using Steem only to wait for rewards with slim to none interaction or engagement between the payouts. That is very unfortunate and I usually don't support that type of behaviour, even if I like the content. I think the social aspect of Steem is very important, so I can't support that type of behaviour. It doesn't feel good... But I also think that #newsteem might have a positive impact on these things too, with time.