Hi, I'm an artist on Steemit. Feel free to check out my blog, I post very regularly and I would love to have more eyeballs to see my drawings :).

In general, I agree with you. People should stay consistent and not drop the platform when the going is tough, but on the other hand, of course it's understandable that most people are discouraged for getting less reward for the same effort. Still better than other sites that pay nothing though.