I want to believe that Steem will continue to grow, but my fear is that whales cashing out will prevent the price from ever getting out of the $1-$2 range.

That being said, I'm OK getting paid for content I would have been posting elsewhere for free and I'm having fun doing it, but I think changes need to be made to prevent the air being let out of the balloon by whales and beating down the price every time it tries to break out.