I am new myself. My first upvotes and followers came from insightful comments after reading a post. You can expect Steemit to follow exponential growth. It is still small compared to Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit, but growing very fast in terms of users. Many within the community are helpful.
Give this link a try:
https://discordapp.com/channels/319885228464406528/319885497428344832
You will need Discord.
Also try Steemit Chat.