I think that at the moment, there is no real economic incentive to go around and vote responsibly on posts. There is waaaayyyy more incentive to just post and post... this means that there is absolutely no economic reason to HOLD STEEM, thus the price will continue downwards as there are very few upwards pressures. The only way to counter this is to add reasons to hold and buy steem that are economic and not altruistic.... then hopefully, the tokens begin to be worth more, otherwise at the rate we are going... we are likely to hold many tokens that are worth little or zero.

However, I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it... but something does need to change. There are more posters than readers at the moment!