"Lately, there have been quite a few posts about Steem not being social"
When I first joined steemit it was partly for the money. But desires to showcase my art and to express myself were stronger than desire to get money. At that time I didn't even consider idea that I could find interesting people here. But things didn't go as planned.

In my facebook I have 65 friends. I have not seen many of them in years. With many of them I haven't talked in years. I have not met anyone from steemit but I actually like some people here. Money aspect dictates that this platform is not made for socializing. At least not entirely. But to me people here seem more interesting. Perhaps this a merit of this platform. Or maybe I simply enjoy seeing bits and pieces of completely different worlds( I have never been outside of Lithuania and had no foreign connections before steemit).