I certainly agree. I have been writing on Medium and Facebook in long format for a while, just to get ideas out of my head and start discussions. Sure I can get likes but a lot of the people in the discussion are in an echo chamber. Too many with the same beliefs or view points is comfortable but at the same time it doesn't open up the discussion to different views.

With Steemit I've definitely had some great discussions, gotten many viewpoints and made new friends.