Welcome to Hive, finding things, post, blogs you like, and leaving a comment can and will help a lot. When I first joined, what was steem back then, I joined to read stories and did get to read a lot of them. I left comments to the Authors about the story, my speculation of what was coming and just general comments about the stories. After awhile some of the comments got votes, and when I made a post I would get votes and comments from them.
It can take effort but that effort will pay off in the end I believe.
RE: Why is Engagement the Most Important Aspect of Blogging Platforms?