You nailed it my friend!. Steem is such a great network but unfortunately people think it only relates to steemit, that was one of the reasons i wrote this article.
Cryptokitties was a huge upset for etherium, i cant believe etherium is rising the way it is after that fiasco! I personally sold all my etherium after that.
I think when smt's like appics come out they will bring a lot of attention to steem this year, people will notice what steem is really about.