I hear you... and there are a few stories like that around. I remember a couple of weeks following one particular hardfork in 2017 (I think?) every post I had made at least $50... and several made $200-250+ in the end, about $5K in 20 days... but you've been here a long time, too... so we've seen both sides of that coin.
RE: New Steem: So Now That Curation is More Lucrative, Who's Creating CONTENT?