Community is already here, as tribes. Tokens such as LEO will be piggy begged on SMTs to be traded in external exchanges in future. Moreover, earning equivalent Steem could be easier in some tribes, you have to research. May be the tribe community will be more welcome your blogs since they can resonate with your interest.

If you are powering down and sell, you are making the worst decision that inexperienced traders make: selling at the all time low. If you don't like blogging due to criticism then delegate SP to dlease.io, forget about Steem for couple of years. Try to sell at the next altcoin bull run whenever it returns.

I believe that only depending on Steemit/Steem is hard for small fellows. Finding a right tribe can be awakening. I have substantial amount of LEO, my 100% vote is equivalent to 3.2 Steem (16*0.2). Not bad comparing my 10 votes in LEO is almost 32 Steem where I can receive 16 Steem. My investment is much lower than Steem in considering in price.

You can see through my blogs-- they are mostly about tribes and economics of the system.