RE: Be Aware of the fine print before investing into Steem Power, know the risks
It was a risk you took and it didn't play out well for you. The whole point of steemit was to earn reward from content and your comparison to trading the same amount of money you had investment is kind of out of order. Still if someone invest such money when there was a dip in the price of Steem, am sure he would also be telling a complete opposite story to what you are saying. Don't get me wrong, all you ve stated are true but you got it wrong were you thought and also likened steemit to an investment scheme. It's not and it will never be. You took a gamble and it didn't play out the way you had expected. The market is very unstable at this point with the launch of Smt, if Steem gains more value in the future I hope you put up a similar post saying how your investment paid off. Peace!!
The moral of the story is it was a risk I took blindly not realizing the downsides of dilution, so yes, shame on me for not doing my homework, but it's still extremely hard just to pace dilution let alone not being able to take my money out as I please.
No shaming on you, guess it's an experience you learnt from. Secondly you are judging base on the facts on ground now, alot can change in the next 3-8months. Cryptos are like that. Look to the long term and you could be pleased you did what you did.