The way the whole platform is set up right now it's relatively easy to just set up an autovote for you account and earn from the curation of voting accounts. So the question is have people left - or just taken a break from posting while upvotes and comments are hard to come by - but they still have their stake in Steem and use their Steem Power passively. Some will have powered down and sold out for good, they will regret that when the price recovers of course.
Hey @c0ff33a.I think even the leave the account on autovote and have a break is also a bit dumb.If you can grow now then you will have no problem when the boom time returns.I have grown more now than ever before.Nothing is easy in life,but it gets easier if you stick with something and battle through.
I agree with you totally, which is why I have been grinding away since March 2017 and still do. In fact to be honest I really just like reading the posts - so much good content on here it's just not always so easy to find it. But I see the other side as well, not sure people so much leave as just take a break while waiting for the market to climb.