I still believe in Steem. Not at at all in SteemIt Inc., but I do have faith in the Steem blockchain.
There's a whole lot going on, but not enough, IMO. We need more developers, but the problem is that STINC has given de Steem blockchain a rather bad name. Any publicity we get from the outside is mostly not very positive. Just take the issue with TDO earlier this week. The media used this once again to brig down SteemIt and promote the competition.
And the outside world doesn't know that Steem is so much more than SteemIt. I think that's what need to change if we want to get somewhere.