I've been here in Steem for almost 2 years, this moment is what I think steem is more alive than ever. We have the new updates on testnet and some of the witness are building a relevant dapps & tools that steem users like. I didn't have all of this 2 years ago, I'm feel really blessed to stay up to this point. The ones who ran away or in a haitus are totally missing out on the best things to come for steem.
I think they will all come back once they realize it.
For those who are still active, kudos!