I have a bunch of friends who have given up without coming back due to the dip in steem price and just few are left. I believe some will still come back when steems gets back on track but by then others have gone far.
On the other hand, the hardfork can still survive if only they can get a promising Crypto to invest in. But the major problem is that all these coins relies heavily on the fall and rise of bitcoin.
It would be nice if we could somehow get away from being tied to bitcoin wouldn't it? So that way we wouldn't have to worry about what everybody else does effecting our community. And I hope that your friends come back along with mine.
Absolutely it would be nice and it requires figuring out a way to do that. But for now, BTC is still the KING.