Very interesting, nice to see someone attempting to dive into the numbers amongst the frequent muttering about people "joining to milk the platform and cash out." Seems the numbers, at least in this analysis, do not support this assertion.

Actually, unless people used STEEM back in the day or some other rare platform that enables "monetization" of content, they are probably more likely overall to go through at least an infatuation stage of variable length in which they are grateful to have earned something on a platform for once.

Most users I see that make a decent amount from posting rewards tend to keep some stake powered up; I think the ones that power down and dump everything are in the minority.