Agree completely. My feed has been severely lacking in this market dip, which is disappointing to me as I thought people were looking beyond the dollar signs and were here primarily for the community.
A healthy rationale to maintain while here on Steemit is thinking that if you were going to blog anyways, you'd likely blog on Wordpress or Medium, where you are guaranteed to earn a max income of $0. Whereas, here on Steemit you have the opportunity to blog, vlog, curate, etc. interact with a unique, generally forward-thinking community all while earning > $0.
In short, where is the downside? Hoping to see more others take this mentality moving forward and make this platform more engaging. Keep grinding!
That is a great perspective. Where else are you going to get paid to blog about stuff you enjoy!