Despite its virtues it's always been treated like a pure pump and dump coin. That became clear when it started to get noticed and it hasn't changed. I lost plenty dicking around in earlier days with it. Now I buy in dead periods and occasionally offload in mad ones.
Mad phases will be back. They'll be back for everything no matter how good or bad they are. Nem will still be there unlike plenty of other coins.
I get the frustration but this is prime necro post fodder too.