Hi, I think it's been a while since I saw your name in my feed, so welcome back.
Steeemit is not dead, but I agree that there's not much point for most of us in checking the front page. My suggestion would be to find and subscribe to some communities with content that interests you. At this point, the "My communities" feed seems to be the best way to get a feed with relevant content.
The thing is, not much changed from my ast time around here. And I fail to see any "communities" index. Would you mind pointing me to one?
You can try here. It lets you view the communities with a few different sort orders, and also lets you search by keyword.