It seems people have a "what have you done for me lately" attitude. Steem stopped being a good site almost 3 years ago, and its associated currency has been on a downward slide since the project began almost 4 years ago. We keep saying we're about to revolutionize things, but only put out hard forks that result in 3-day outages, and the rich getting richer. Signup still hasn't been improved and it remains hard to get an account here. Other blockchains have appeared, making Steem just one of many in 2019. It has fallen from #5 of all cryptos, to #90. I'm really not surprised people have given up on it for the most part.