The feeling I get recently...
The slow down is very noticeable but it seems to be "industry" wide as most of the social chains are sputtering along. There are ebs and flows of interest and the hardest part of this whole thing is how to make the interest become a flood and not this measly trickle.
Entertainment value is completely subjective and what one considers valuable another will flag. The thing most people don't seem to grasp is that we are paying for entertainment on Steem, it just doens't come out of our fiat wallets.