I mostly agree.
Regarding waiting for the uptick, steem goes down while you wait for it, and will probably go down even more.
It will rise in some moment in the future, but who knows how much more downside it has until then, and if it will even get to the current price after that rise, and even then it will resume its down trend, just because its inflation rate will still be over 8% and will always be at least 0.5%.

I am not trying to convince you to buy trybe.one's currency.
I believe that it is freemium too, or whatever it is called.
You get 100 units of its currency for free just by registering, and in December there will be an airdrop for holders of its currency, which you can get for free, if you register there with a valid EOS wallet address.
What I wrote to you about trybe.one may be wrong, and I am currently not registered myself, but I may do it soon, because December will come in less than 3 weeks from now, and with it an opportunity to benefit from the airdrop.