To some degree yes. The are still following me apparently and I do understand their position at the moment. I also think that it could be because there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes (I feel) that is taking attention. Don't know.
And yes, my feed has reduced as has the quality of some authors dramatically. When people who used to write well are only posting challenges, it speaks to their motivations.
....since I have dropped my political/economic/philosophical pieces (only a few days of course), and reverted back to my original position (_still _some of that stuff I just mentioned- but more my life story and musings..)
My up votes have shot up. (I'm nearly at 3 dollars a day now! lol)
...maybe a lesson here.
'Stop screaming at the universe, and insisting on telling it want you want it to hear, and just listen....'
A level of happiness has also returned.
(It's very draining living in the political shite all the time!)
It will be very interesting to see the 'fair weather friends' return when the price of steemit goes up..
My support will be firmly behind those like you and others, who stuck it out, and kept writing..
If I wanted fairweather friends, I could go to the pub!
ah.. .one day :)