You are so right when it comes to not being rewarded all the time... Yet you shouldn't only be here to be rewarded all the time... A lot of people try to make a quick buck.. Rather find consistency and you'll be in a consistent growth pattern..

I've been on hive for a strong and solid five years.. However.. Ive only actually been on hive for probably 9 months... On and off... And on again...
With this said I only recently started gaining good rewards... Very recently.. And that was when I decided enough with the shit posting and found legitimate stuff to share.. Whether getting upvoted or not...

Im happy to say that in the last two... Perhaps three month my hive power grew to 1000 plus... And I am more than happy with that... Lets roughly calculate that to 3k perhaps 4k a year.. It aint bad... But that's only calculations