Agree with you that engagement is the key and it was always like that... Hive is a bit different compared to other social media as people come here without knowing more than 1 person on the chain... It's hard to expect that anyone can get 10 friends on the first post, but also there should be a healthy "system" of showing newbies where to go, and how to start... It sounds ridiculous in some way as it looks like taking a small child by hand on the street, but there is a need for something like that...
On the other side, engaging just for the sake of engaging has no sense in the same way as creating posts just to create... Don't know the secret formula of "showing to people" the real values of engagement... I suppose that's personal and unique for everyone...
Thanks for the comment! It made me think :)