Though granted, there have been other rewards which can’t be measured in wallet balances. The intriguing dialogues. The new, interesting connections with cool people. The rewards given to others in the third-world, where that little bit still goes a long ways and makes a significant difference.

I'd love to start from here,truly apart from the rewards other things had made the journey and those things you have smartly highlighted. In my own case I've met people that are extraordinarily intelligent and had given me an experience, lessons, tutoring, advises, mentoring that had and would continue to change my life for the better.

The love hasn't gone away, it hasn't disappeared but in my opinion I would say the love has been suppressed as a result of depression. You're right about the excitement brought about when the rewards were high that steemians forgot there are ups and downs as far as life is concerned. Only if we can tell precisely the future of steemit and the steemblockchain as a whole then maybe the love would linger much longer or would be far dead by now.

But one thing that i'm certain of is that we have gotten to a valley of the steemit and steemblockchain journey and ofcourse the time for the plenty shall return, being optimistic as a voice form the third world. The love has just been locked away by depression