Honestly, as a creative person with little IRL creative network/community in my current location, steemit and particularly its comments section have been such an exciting discovery for me. I have been constantly surprised and astounded by the level of engagement, respect, openness, creativity, and just "humanity" in the comments on steemit. It is such a different environment compared to what I am used to with conventional social media and internet forums. IMO steemit seems to engender a really healthy combination of community AND "competition", because its foundation incentivizes positive growth in what you AND others create and contribute. A truly symbiotic platform. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it...