I guess it is expected for the system to not be perfect because what Steem is doing is probably something unprecedented right?

I mean, how many other social media sites have used blockchain technology to reward its users? While also having tons of projects that reward specific types of content?

All of this is new and there are certainly flaws in here, but the idea is very powerful, and hopefully it can become the new normal for content creation all over the internet.

Regarding the power downs, well, there are still people powering up a lot. I have most of my steem earnings powered up as in the case with a lot other steemians.

I think that left because of the low prices will probably have a hard time coming back when the prices recover, it is like saying "oh hi people now that the bull market is in full run I am here again to get my daily doses of steem"... it would look kind of bad.

Another positive aspect of remaining active is that we don't lose the habit of daily writing once it is created, it can be hard at the beginning to write articles on a daily basis, but one can get use to it if we simply keep going and going, but if we stop, starting again a few months down the road can be very difficult I think.