It's why retailers have gotten in trouble for marking up prices on things only to mark them at a "discount"

In Australia this is illegal and is met with fines. Not sure about everywhere though.

If you tell people they can make money posting on Steem, their expectations are set.

This is what people need to remember when it comes to user retention, most came in at the highs holding even higher expectations. A long bear market shook them off.

Of course, that message requires patience and the ability to look toward the future, and a lot of people are not made that way.

One of my arguments with young people today is their unwillingness to look long and while youth is part of the issue, people forget that it wasn't so long ago that youths worked from a much younger age and grew up a lot faster. These days it is people in their thirties still considering themselves young. Economically, they are in for a rough time.