I see. Those folks are probably talking about when STEEM/SBD was somewhere between $1.50 and $3.00 USD. That's where it sat more or less for a couple of months bouncing up and down. And it's true, there was more being made during that period of time. I wasn't making hundreds or thousands, though. You might have to go back farther than this last bear market to get to posts that may have done that. And it certainly wasn't that widespread or that consistent and it was all before the payment curve was changed and there were fewer people here than there is now. Plus STEEM wasn't worth much more than it is now, with maybe some minor and pretty short fluctuations.

The only ones who could be showing that amount now are those buying bot votes, which is a net proposition, or someone who has a circle of voters that are pretty high SP. You'd need more of those right now to make it happen, but with prices higher, a few heavy hitters could do it.