Lately I am not on Steemit due to.....

When I had started on Steemit I was super excited. But lately, as days passed I dint find the excitement which I had found in the begining. I was unable to to understand the algorithms of the Steemit posts. I found that only founder members are getting high payments for their posts. When I like their posts they never show an appreciation by returning back a upvote. They may fear that their voting power will be decreased if they upvote, actually it does.

Seen lot of people exchanging their upvotes as" vote for vote". But upvote only beneficial if the upvoting person have voting power. This basic thing most of the people ignoring.

I am still confused whether Steemit could be a good passive income or not. Please friends, help me get out of my confusion with your valuable suggestions.