Hey my friend, that is very true what you are saying. What I tried to send the message from the post is exactly that you didn't get paid less than before. In fact you might actually get paid more since the activity on Steemit decreased quite drastically since when everything when down = less competition of the pool. Now, the inflated sbd dollar might have ment we earned more than intended back in those days but I wouldn't count on that is reliable or even hope it's gonna happen again.

But again, you are true about what you are saying. The time isn't worse or better necessarily.