There will always be people posting. If there's less then the ones that post get more. If it got to the stage were 95% of the current posters stopped, then the remaining 5% would get all the attention.

The other 95% would then go... 'oh shit, I'm missing out' and then start posting again. So the posting will never stop due to FOMO.

If STEEM was $1 again, then you would be getting rewards of between $1 and $2 for curation. It's not bad really.., compared to a similar stake in a stock market company.

Yes, its crap now and I can't guarantee a $1 token again, but it doesn't seem so long ago to me.