RE: I was just thinking..
Agreed!
I'd like to see more interaction and there's definitely a lack of it in a lot of places that I look including my own blog, however.. I have a decently popular Facebook account to compare this one with and it's very similar on Facebook as well.
I think unfortunately overwhelmingly most people just wanna post their own stuff and don't spend much time on other peoples pages.
I personally try to avoid that and I try to spend a good amount of time on other peoples pages, but even with that effort I still feel like I spend way more time creating my own content rather than visiting other peoples pages.
So.. It's a difficult equation but I'm glad to see various groups on steemit and individuals who do enjoy curating, and who even do that more than they post themselves.. So.. It's out there, it's just outnumbered, hopefully in time it improves. :)
I wonder if there's something we could do the flip the equation. Steemit already provides rewards for upvoting other people's content, so I don't think it's the monetary aspect. It's got to be either cultural or ease-of-use.
From my perspective, I struggle to find content that is interesting to me. I think part of that is my own ignorance of how to use the search feature on the feed, another part is the limited tags we are allowed, and the third part is that there really is a lot of content that is poorly executed. I get discouraged after clicking on 15 posts in a row that are little more than "here's a not that great picture - upvote me."
The other thing to consider is the culture of steem. It seems like the vast majority of the folks on here are primarily interested in growing wealth, or growing the steem community (ergo growing wealth philanthropy). It's quite different from the users on other sites like Facebook.
I too have Facebook, but I rarely post there. Fun fact: I've posted more links to my steemit blog in two months than I've posted anything in the past 2 years. I use Facebook primarily to see what my friends and family are up to, or what is a hot topic in the news, or catch the latest silly video. In other words, I am a consumer on other sites and more of a producer on steemit. I think it is similar for many people here.
If we could somehow adjust that balance to increase the demand for quality content, I think the authenticity of interaction would increase and with it, people's monetary rewards would also increase.