My only investment in Steem has been my time and content and although I would like to be doing much better it has been a worthwhile one. As a gateway to crypto in general it has helped me dip my toe into other coins. But the promise it first had as a content discovery platform has really not panned out and so as a financial investment it is still purely speculative. I think inflation will have to get in line with the value that is actually added to the network.