I think this is the result of everyone's effort. In fact we are now more than 300,000 active steemians. But sad to see, more money is going out than coming in.
Based on these stat, steem will hold these new based line and continue to pump starting next month. While next year we reach $10 mark.
It is a tough one, I haven't withdrawn any STEEM to spend in IRL, but I have withdrawn a little to trade elsewhere. If you were treating STEEM as a full time job, or it was your primary store of wealth from which you were living on dividends, you would have to dump STEEM pretty consistently.
Would love to see it at $10 XD