I’d say the real issue is the initial pump and dump. People gamed the coin to a difficulty that is currently unsustainable. Even with the up coming drop the current hash rate is too low to maintain decent coin output and confirm speed. The fork was promising but a 500 block wall before the diff drops again to something matching the current network speed means you’ll need constant donations of hash, which people aren’t really looking for when it comes to mining, so I don’t see people being optimistic until the next drop.