I've heard a lot of pessimism recently, but I don't think steemit and steem are gong anywhere anytime soon. Everyone was doom and gloom when steem dropped to .07 but it came back strong. That being said, it seems like interaction on the site has dropped. Less votes, less, comments, more bots. This might just because the attacks on steemit.com and the problems following gift weeks after. If steemit will be a long term success, the real steemians need to be louder than the bots. More commenting, and more upvotes on comments to keep people engaged. Posts like this one are great at promoting dialogue and showing newbs the social side of steemit to keep them around even though they don't have sp. Overall, steemit is still an experiment and we're still figuring this shit out. I think the future is bright. I'm not powering down.