I am treating Steemit as a very engaging hobby and so far it has been working out for me just nicely.
Never bought anything in real life with everything I got from here and I am not intending to do so anytime soon. From my perspective, Steemit is basically it's own universe.
That's good to know. Hopefully we'll see some better days yet again.
I think that a lot regarding that is dependent on how steem inc is handling these upcoming weeks. They need to push some changes to a lot of things soon. Otherwise....it may be dire.