Don't expect the behavior to change. It's a capitalistic system. My best advice to you is to engage with the community, and if you get lucky you will get some decent upvotes. Use your earnings to pay for bots with a decent return. This will start to build you up slowly. By commenting on the trending posts, other users will see you and visit your page, as I am about to do right now..It's all relative. There is money to be made, even if its not significant, and of course the price of steem could always skyrocket, and then your minimal earnings may become more substantial. Best wishes to you.