no invention can solve human greed, not unless we found a way to break thermodynamic laws and create infinite energy, Perhaps even then it's still not enough.
Perhaps it the pain of being the first blockchain of its kind, perhaps its the nature of who decentralized things go, perhaps its just the ecosystem finding a balance and opportunist profiting off the swings.
if there is any consolation, Im sure the idea of a decentralized tokenized model social media will continue, even if steem goes to die. Who knows... content creators don't really care what platforms they are on anyways as long as the platform is there and it works.
Steem is the best content based social media platform to date. doesnt mean im not keeping my eyes on up and coming contenders..