I invested $500 in August of 2016 about .8 BTC. I never played the Steem Witness Mafia game and I never kissed asses. My family still netted enough to live off of for two years because we sold all the way up and up until November 2019.. Now I focus my time on Appics and LBRY. .2 BTC at $4k was on the day of the ATH in December 2018. Steem has big problems but you lost because you never sold or it could be that Steem moons again and your story will change to, "OMG, I held through the Bear market and my Steem are now worth 5 BTC at $100k each".

Just remember to buy high and sell low and then complain. ; )