Afternoon sir, your post makes a lot of sense and if a user followed your step then success is sure to follow. I personally think that a major factor in engagement is that in regards to mainstream 'social media' we're now so conditioned to everything being easy access and immediate.

Steemit and now Hive are great platforms but engaging on them reminds me of being on forums back in the early 2000's. That is not a bad thing and it definitely creates communities or like minded people but if somebody is just looking for an ease of access 'social media/dopamine hit' then it is a lot harder to gain this on here. As you rightly say you have to put in the effort and commitment and that 'effort' is something I see lacking in the majority of people today.