Yes. There are thousands and thousands of people genuinely committing their time and effort and money and creativity to build a network and community of great mutual value. You cannot do this without optimism, trust, belief..... To have those efforts smeared with such words is very hard take. To hear it from someone with a public, 'expert' voice who clearly and objectively does not understand the basic principals of the subject is very hard. But, Steem is......Steemit is. If we don't grow by one more person, i will still have enjoyed the experience, learned loads and will never regret being a part of it.