I always like to start my day reading /Created searching for new quality posts and authors to upvote. It's also important to read /Trending so you can get an idea of what is popular and what the community is talking about. In the early days, there wasn't much explanation of how things worked so those of us who liked stamping hypertext into the blockchain had to figure it out and explain for others. I think you might be worrying too much about what people do, the best thing is to write high quality content for the blockchain. I think a few Authored posts per day is reasonable as long as they are original and not identical, and users will comment and vote on what they like. Comments will come as users read, and you can upvote their comments. I avoid upvoting my own comments because it is excessive. I don't really use Snaps either. There are no limits except what your voting power allows, but if you write too many daily posts then it can be seen by users as spam. There is no reason to upvote all your own comments unless you REALLY like them, and want it to go to the top of the comment sorting. My Hive blog is my website now, so I post here instead of wasting time on domains. You earn based on your own efforts and your 'proof of brain' here on Hive, so make efforts consistently and you will earn an organic following. If you don't author posts and choose only to curate, that is a personal choice. Thanks for stopping by, good luck on your journey becoming active on Hive!