I definitely agree that continuing to post when the price is low is rewarding (as long as you can get people to vote for you!), because the competition stops, and you can accrue steem more quickly.
Besides, steemit has the least toxic community anywhere on the web, so if you want social media interaction, it's healthiest to get it here.
I think so too! In fact, I was just talking to someone minutes ago about how this is a place you can have a real discussion about important ideas with people from all around the world, and have it actually be a discussion instead of just name calling. It's sad how rare that's gotten. But so good places like this exist.