I remember that post well from another time we touched on this. After spending some time in a few rooms, I'm trying to just have fun and not have high hopes that any type of friendships will come out of them. Most are sort of shooting the sh*t and banter about Steem, or a vent for complaining/gossip. All in all, it's good to have an outlet like that on Discord versus on the chain.

Keep your chin up. I know you're quite tied to Steem and are a model adopter, so I hope your dedication and faith pay off. It's obviously taxing with the way things have been for a while, so refocusing on getting some external funds is wise. If you do look to reinvest that $ into more Steem, I'd humbly suggest diversifying a little bit into BTC for the long run. If Steem doesn't go as planned, spreading your risk out a little more could be a big deal.