I also try to stay away from fights and drama. But I like to write down the truth, for example what you also wrote:

If you can't provide them the chance for monetary gain, then the chances of making some money simply by trying to be a good guy are fairly low.

This is true. And even when I offer some monetary gain (for example giveaways), people still rarely care.

And when I mention this, some people say that I am negative, and I am complaining, while all I do is being honest. The experience itself is really negative, but I am sure everyone would feel similarly after more than 4 years of activity on the platform.

Sometimes I receive good upvotes, but mostly I earn cents with most of my posts. And most of the people can say the same about their own posts. This is because people either focus on their own post, or as you wrote focus on the whales. This results in a lot of ignored and overlooked posts, and many disappointed users. And writing this fact down is not being negative, and not complaining either. It is simply honestly mentioning a fact. I (and some other people) mentioned it many times, and nothing changed. So maybe doing this (mentioning this fact) is time wasting. But there are also many fake positive people, who describe Hive as a life changing platform, while it is obvious that it constantly fails to deliver that life changing thing to its users. A few cents will not going to change anyone's life, and that is what most people are earning with most of their posts.

I think that you are also right by saying that maybe I should focus my time doing something productive or fun.