To truly draw people in, you will need to evolve first. So, if you feel people aren't reading your post; "don't just quit". Read your post; re-read it; marvel at it and if you aren't marveling just yet; attempt to write another piece and another piece, till you start to marvel.

Steemit is first a place of evolution. And if you are one actually interested in growth and self development, you wouldn't let the price of steem now, deter you. I believe in steem and my confidence in it soars. It is a place where I have rediscovered myself, where my dreams have been resuscitated and where I have decided to stay very put, because I see it as the future I envision. Terry, your wise counsel is coming timely, and it would help to put minds at rest. The bottom line is that the market is too small a place to ever determine the fate of the entity 'steem'.
As for steemgigs, I pray everything will be sorted out in no time, we await its full manifestation.