The depressed price and lost in engagement can get anyone down or leave the community. It's funny even when the steemit wasn't transparent, I remained hopeful because of the potential. Now that steemit is getting there act together I grow more confident. But in actuality, it the community and amazing developers that give me the most hope. So I will stick with steem to the end...regardless of what happens.
It's a conundrum not easy to follow but I think that the risk/reward here is better than it has ever been since I have been present. Now it is more a fact of how to get into a holding pattern while the perception externally catches up to the development progress made here this year.