Many people already have asked me, if it is worth to power up your account on steemit.com? Or it is better to withdraw all, and then power down?
The answer is not simple, i would say.All depends on circumstances, and also on your target on this website.
I will try to tell you what might be a best decision to do currently.
Currently, i have this account,which has about 130 STEEM POWER (about 450 $) and if i upvote someone, who has 0,00$ from his posts, i still don't give them anything. So it would be wise, to ask about powering-up, is it worth anything, if you need that much money in?
In my opinion yes, it is always worth a lot. People see you helping each other if they make something good, so they will help you surely too. Having a big account is not only giving money- you are becoming more recognized among the community, so that means people will upvote you, because they hope you will upvote them too.
However you need to consider one important thing, which is only up to you.
Do you think that steemit is going to survive for a long time? If yes, then you should power-up.
But if you remain sceptical about steemit, and it's survivalibilty,then you should rather stay away, there is no point in investing into something you are not sure about.
You should always keep in mind that having a lot of STEEM POWER is always good, it is more than a long-term investment, because you can earn money on it, but you can also help ill people , who dont have money for expensive surgeries, and medicines. It is just that simple, with only one click.