99% of the Facebook users are "shitposters", yet Facebook still makes billions of dollars out of them. Just saying. Is this how Hive wants "mass adoption"?
I registered on the Steem blockchain on 2017.05.17. I still post my Actifit reports there, but I do not really use the Steem blockchain anymore. And I completely stopped plagiarizing (=translating articles).
Nowadays I mostly write about my Splinterlands rewards on the Hive blockchain, and I also post Actifit reports, and photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy A12.
Maybe you are both right. Giving up on the rewards is the best. Plan B. Going to Spain for cave living. No rent, no bills, no worries. "Free life", as the leader of one of the communities call it. They live there for approximately 10 years. I would do well there with my approximately $250 USD pension-like income.