I wouldn't say it's a goner just yet but things aren't looking good. The thing that made Scorum have so much potential was the 0% commission betting exchange. Sadly, the developers didn't deliver on promises so there was only one sport added to it and there is no obvious scheduled update for this. Communication is rare and tends to be along the lined of "...but the bear market".

Without a fully functioning betting exchange, it's just a smalltime rip-off of Steemit as far as I'm concerned. There is absolutely no requirement to purchase SCR because you don't need it for anything and can easily earn the same amount by posting a few decent blog posts.

It feels different here though. Like you say, lots of lurkers who would likely return and I feel that there is a lot of potential here for growth.