This is a well writen post,i agree with almost everything.
I celebrated one year on Steemit just 5 days ago and have witnessed the prices when they are high and down!
As you stated,the high prices always bring scammers who want to make quick money...the get rich mentality. I have seen this in my 1 year here
After going through a period of high prices and for some, very high post payout values, this has attracted many ‘get rich quick’ type people, more plagrisim, more spam.
It is fascinating to note that right now we get more SP from posts because of low activity.It is only the long term thinkers who can stick tothe lows of crypto.
I am happy because i am a longterm thinker....I am also sure Steemit will stick around and deliver results to us the long term thinkers.
This hard times(low prices) is the time to separate serious folks from the unserious(get rich quick!) guys.
I will stick for the longterm .