Well you get out of Steem what you put in. Wether it be posting, curating... it does require some effort and original work. When a user is getting “paid” they can’t be using someone else’s material, or repeating the same thing over and over hoping for upvotes, or creating 100’s of accounts and self-voting a post that consists of just the letter “A”

Facebook and the others are different, they just mine all your info. This place rewards you for providing “good” info to the Blockchain. One person’s “good” may not be another’s but that is just how things work.
I suggest you look into the reward pool and see how that is designed and it may change your mind.
Peace!!