Well said tibfox. Like any other Cryptocurrency Steem will experience its ups and downs but Steemians should keep on Steeming (not in an angry way :-D)
Also, doing something (like recording a Dtube video) simply for the sake of doing it - in and of itself offers tremendous non-monetary value both to the giver as well as to the receiver.
We humans were born to express ourselves, to give and to create.