I read your post and you achieved a lot here on HIVE. I respect that and I'm happy for you because I've devoted my life to help others.
I started with Steemit in July 2006 and I don't know anybody who earns any money with Steemit or Hive here in London. I know that many people in Venezuela, Nigeria and other countries earn some HIVE and STEEM.
I'm not that active on Hive as much I'm on Steemit but I still post regularly.
Apart from #thealliance members, my posts have rarely received any good upvotes here on Hive but it's fine for me. In order to live in London, you need a lot of money and Hive in most cases would never change anybody's life here.
Hive exists because of Steemit and not the other way around.
I really liked your post. Thank you for sharing!