I hate to throw a curve-ball, but I feel like we are seeing the same names over and over, the same people praising, and the same people complaining. I really think we are losing steam with new people adopting this coin. Are we waiting on launch to start more marketing/advertising?
The problem is called Telegram. 90% of active nemsters hangout in our group there.
No, the problem is NEM isn't a real coin, after months and months of promises. That's why people are losing / have lost interest in this project.
NEM.. deaded?

I hope is not dead, but most people I know have sold their NEM. Please Dev team cheer this up with good news, This is far taken too long.
How have they sold their nem when it's not released yet?
You must mean nemstake, in which case, isn't it obvious most people have redeemed their stakes and await the full release? Nemstake see's less trading because there's simply less Nemstake to trade.
Besides, its clear to see for anyone who's following this project that the activity is at the NEM forums as well as on Telegram chats.