Im happy i never invested any of my own money here on steem but I have put a shit ton of money in other cryptos that also got destroyed over the past 2 years and can't ever seem to get back to where i bought in.
As far as steemit/steem goes, I am still doing the same as you, powering down and leaving the platfomr, cuz its definitely not worth my time. Nearly 3 years of work to walk away with $400?? Thats ridiculously stupid! I put way to much time and energy into this to end up make less than $0.5 USD a post.. LMAO! (I only laugh so I don't cry).. I love looking thru my feed and seeing how many $10 posts I made that ultimately end up being worthless. It's disheartening to say the very least. I wish you the best friend. Take care.
Completely hear you on the $10 posts (which took a day or more to create) that ended up going to pennies. And the posts that ended for pennies which went to absolute zero. Millions of blockchain actions, 3 years, $400.