Acquisition is not the problem, retention is the problem (as you perfectly experienced with your own community).

If you don't have a good user retention, then actually nothing else matters.

Now you can stay and do circles around the very same issues until you get dizzy, or you can move on and spend your valuable time somewhere else.

I by myself am in a waiting position currently. Since November I've powered down almost all my Steem and invested it in other projects. Now I'm waiting for Steem's community feature to be implemented as well as for new applications to be launched on other blockchains.

Time is the currency, and we should invest it wisely :-)
All the best