I don't get satisfaction from ONLY posting. I do a lot of mental work with the writing of the post. I also make sure to spend time in a lot of other peoples posts. It eventually does return investment in terms of people stopping by mine to leave a few words.

As well, I support a lot of people with my own voting power. I don't know if I would say that I am buying influence, but I am restrictive as to who I support and when you find good people to support, you try to support them as best you can, at least that's what I do.

Long story short: change things up if you aren't getting any engagement. Perhaps your post titles aren't attractive enough? Are you only writing short, random topics or are you writing moderate, engaging topics? Do you add any pictures to your posts? I took a quick look and I see one picture, but most of them don't. I would add a picture or two to your post and if you get it online, make sure to add the source from where you got it so you don't get flagged for abuse.

There are lots of little bits of the formula for Hive. It requires effort no matter which way you look at it. I hope you are able and willing to put in the effort to increase your success, but it absolutely requires effort, no shortcuts.