Don't look after rewards, if you look after rewards you will want to get more, and looking for more you'll endup make no sense to your viewers.
Engagement is the key on Hive and ecency. Thousand of post are published everyday so it will be so difficult for your effort to be notice if you don't engaged with others and create a good relationship with them. Engaged with others create you a chance for them to find a good reason to visit your content.
- Don't promote plagiarism, make your own content, there is no wasted effort here. It might be hard for you but being consistent you'll get improved.