i was one of those that "stumbled upon it", known no one and had a minimal knowledge about crypto. Two things helped me to stay. Photo contests, where i won some and seen that it is possible to go from steem to dinar ($) and some people in the community.
One plus in this stage is that people that stuck here are people that want to invest to and help others. It kinda reminds me of my early dial up internet days of mIRC and some forums. It was community that was willing to learn to be there and most of them were great people.
It is funny that i have a problem thinking about @jarvie as photographer, he is my crypto (and all news about blockchain stuff) guru :) and it is great that someone is doing that in photocommunity.