I wouldn't really call it a purge so much as an exodus. I recently got back into crypto because I got an email from coinbase telling me they gave me a ten dollar referral fee and when I looked there was another much older referral that had gone from 10 to 100 dollars.
When I saw this place I was very happy because I can get rewards for something I like to do anyway. The price of Steem right now to me is irrelevant because I have no doubt it will go back up one day and I'm in no hurry.
That gif of the baby getting punched by the robot is the funniest gif I have seen in a long time. I watched it longer than I would care to admit.