Abso-fricking-lutely. I've now been here for nearly the same period of time as you and although I haven't been as consistent in my content production (mainly due to time spent doing stuff behind the scenes as well as some "ragequit style" hiatuses), it is refreshing to see proper content doing pretty well all things considered. I think in terms of STEEM, my most recent post is the highest-earning I have had in all that time. Its's a real shame that the value in the token is not at the same level it was back in 2017.
STEEM should have been a top 20 coin on utilisation alone but it appears that the whole of the blockchain world isn't interested in utilisation. Whether that will change or not.... well I guess that's where we are hedging our bets right? Even $1 steem looks a long way off right now with such low investment in "altcoins". I can't yet bring myself to re-invest any of the crypto I have here and lock it up for 13 weeks after I took it all out and put it in BTC when it went down to 3k. It's still sat in BTC waiting for my confidence to re-emerge, which it has somewhat with the new Tribes stuff, especially CreativeCoin, but that is all so new and the sell pressure on those tokens at the moment just seems to consistently drive the price down. Maybe we just need to wait for tribes to bed in more and see how they go.
That recent post of yours did do pretty good. Wow! And I think I got my vote in early on that one. I'll earn a tiny bit over one STEEM from that post... which leads me to some kind of point I should probably make. I think the world outside of the cryptosphere would be interested in this concept of 'getting paid to be entertained.' I've been throwing that line around a lot lately. It's an easier sell than 'getting paid to create content' because you and I both know our content and skills can earn in a lot of places, including just regular jobs. Digital artist and photographers, not hard to find a gig. Crypto world might not be interested but there's no other place one can consume content, then use a portion of those rewards to treat themselves at some point. More consumers purchasing the tokens then creates that demand required to support far more creators and yadda yadda yadda, you get it.
About CreativeCoin. That tag is moving up the ranks when you look to the left in the list on Steemit. That's a damn good sign. Almost 2000 staked accounts now. The arts and entertainment was big in the early days, before the creators here got pushed away. I think it'll bounce back stronger than before and that tribe makes it a lot easier to get eyes, since its organized. Eventually that sell pressure should subside. Folks just need to be careful with what and who they vote for. Need to focus on the community builders first and build a foundation.