Activity is a huge part. I know a few people who come here, post a short video or a few sentences. Then they never interact with other people and do no curation. That hurts them. Steemit works best when people interact and have conversations.

Do you use GINAbot?

I highly recommend it. For example, it would allow you to find the post content related to yours, and then you could start building your network with those people to better support each other. I have mine setup to look for key terms like "surveillance" and "private investigator." It helps a ton!