it's the same with splinterlands, during 2021 people would brag how you would make hundreds of $ a day by playing and that attracted masses, now most of the players are gone
people are attracted by earn and money, you can bet all the stake if hive goes back to 0,50$ a lot would return...
i see lot of new users giving up after a while, maybe they expect to always get big upvotes? maybe they get upset to get bad votes and see other crap getting lot of votes? no idea really