They still buy only for short-term gains.
But I see that many have gone away from XRP because at the moment XRP is just running in place.
Actually to me XRP is good in the long run. But there is a lot of bad news coming out of social media about the ugliness of Ripple. So that investors are afraid to invest in XRP
There is still risk in buying short term, people who are, should know the right time to exit, people who are still buying believe that Ripple can overcome this issue and they are ok with the risk, who knows if Ripple solve this issue and they overcome it, and those who bought when Ripple is having this issue will come out the winner, there is a big opportunity on Ripple now.