I've always thought that people who associate with Steemit to make money from it are a burden to it. As a result, I think it has the reputation among outsiders as a failed/failing get rich quick scheme - repulsing people who are looking for other things.
I'm cool with it going to near zero to flush gold diggers. They strike me as people who have far more in common with prostitutes than anyone I would actually want to interact or exchange information with.
The problem is that it is not Steemit that is going to zero it is Steem, a crypto coin as long as this coin is down the social platform will stay down. Everyone comes here to make money in fact that is what crypto coins are all about anyone saying they are here for the interaction is actually only fooling him or herself.
'Everyone comes here to make money...' People who interact as a means of playing a kind of popularity game for profit - Wow, they pretty much peg the meter for fun and interesting people, don't they?
I'm sure you are right about there being a difference between Steem and Steemit, as you can see, I couldn't care less. Could it be that areas like art, spirit and communication are intrinsically diametrically opposed to being monetized and to the degree that they are monetized, it directly reduces their qualities of art, spirit and communication?
I kind of think this discussion is as futile as trying to convince a prostitute that relationships are better if they aren't based on monetary valuation.
Are you fixated on prostitutes? That is about all you talk about, anything happened to you as a child?
That response suits you.