I would say most of the followers you have, like me, are no longer here. I have over 9,000 on this account, that is roughly the total number of people on Hive. Do you think everyone on Hive is following me?
No. I bet 90% (if not more) of those people who are on my following list are no longer here.
As for visibility, what are you talking about? That is where marketing comes in. What are you doing to promote your brand, i.e. yourself?
You are right. Thousands of people left the platform in the previous few years.
This is not only about me. Many posts from many authors are overlooked. But of course I am actively trying to get visibility. In addition to commenting under other people's posts, I am doing literal promoting. I use Ecency Points to promote my posts. I also use Discord. Both to talk with other people, and to promote my posts there too.
Probably I will write mostly for myself again. I keep documenting my life on the Hive blockchain. So I will use the Hive blockchain again as a personal diary and photo storage (I know that only the text is stored on the Hive blockchain).
There are many ways to utilize Hive. As a "diary" or sorts or a way to "think out loud" are both viable alternatives.
You could use the pages to link to yourself to create an total product where you have it all tied together and not just an assortment of posts. That could be coupled with other media as you stated like photos and videos.
Now you are doing something rather unique and, in my opinion, scalable. There are few limitations to what you can include. I would think the ideas will start flowing to you as the process starts.
Think pages and linking them together. What can you build?
Time will tell. We will see.