7 Day Active Users Fall by 23%:
This is the truest reflection of users on the Steemit platform. The total number of accounts include a lot of miners, and users taking advantage of the sign-on bonus. This number (IMO) has fallen as a direct result of the Reputation system (and general community action against bots) implemented this week. A number of 'Posting Bots' would have been turned off which I imagine has contributed to this fall. I expect to see a rebound this week due to factors pertaining to my introduction.

Even if theyre not turned off, i don't think they count as active users. That is to say their "hidden" comments dont count as activity for the purpose of the metric. IN the same vein, individuals with their votes and posts greyed out also dont count. I think.