If STEEM were a traditional company, they'd have a marketing arm with a shit ton of SP giving influencers upvotes and delegations, and especially large ones for talking about STEEM to their followings. The grassroots level focus thus far on STEEM for helping the little guy, which is worthy of praise of course. But there's a massive horde of little guys just waiting to funnel their way in through these influencers. The influencers that have remained are doing it as an also ran. Why should they evangelize this platform if their reception is tepid?