As you know from my previous comments, I definitely do not have the same enthusiasm as when I got here. I kind of feel the videos I watched pitching this (by witnesses no less) were based on lies. They showed these posts they were making that had hundreds of dollars of upvotes, but failed to mention they bought the votes. Someone else coined this perfectly. Its like handing someone a hundred dollars, telling them to wait a minute and come over to you and give it back. And of course you know how I feel about all the whale battling.

Now onto new dialogue. I have been researching Steem as an investment apart from the social platforms. And I hate to say I am not finding any compelling reason any investor would buy into Steem if they were not participating in the platforms (Steemit, Dtube etc). I say this because of the inflation, which goes to pay those who are creating content on the sites. Investors will see none of the inflation benefiting them. This will act as a deterrent, which is why I think there is such low trading volume on the exchanges. So then the question becomes, can Steem grow as an investment simply on the shoulders of the users?

I would think it possible, but it seems they drag their feet on so much it discourages people and gives a bad first impression which is the most important. I have read of people waiting 3-4 weeks and still not approved for a Steemit account. Dtube, full of issues. I found a really awesome artist. The few songs she put solely on Dtube I have given up on ever hearing again. It simply refuses to buffer. I am obviously out of the loop on programming and such, but if the sites lag and break down so much now what is the plan to fix this all quickly before enough people have a bad impression they never come back, or never try to play the video again?

I plan on sticking around with the small amount I paid into this, but I won't be sinking any more money into Steem until I see these issues being fixed. If it all falls I will only be out what I would have spent going to a dinner and show so no big deal. And I get to meet a bunch of different people I never would have like when I did Fakebook.