So true. You CAN make money on Steemit and with the help of DTube and all these awesome dApps out there, we're closing the gaps between no rewards to some rewards. It's really cool and it will most certainly help us to grow. I just wish that newcomers would see the bigger picture immediately, instead of being taught to have these weird expectations as many of them have.
I've seen some fantastic introductory articles, only to have those users fade away.
I've seen that too. Many times. People are in general leaving or becomes less active when the price declines. As soon as the green numbers are showing and the prices goes up, people are starting to become more and more active again. - That has to do with greed. In some form.