I agree @edicted. The metrics are what is causing some to be filled with fear.

As you pointed out, the fact that 30 might pass STEEM does not tell much. For what reason? Was it a pump? Where will those blockchains be in a year? What is actually taking place on them?

Marketing can pump a price which makes people happy in the short term. Yet it also can cause a dump just as quickly.

Progress is what is needed. Get the pieces in place like a legitimate on boarding system before the masses start looking this way.
_{Posted with}