Thanks for the congratulations and sorry to read of your disappointment.
The first year on Steem my posts were hardly read. I guess what saved me from disappointment was that I expected nothing. And I spent hardly any time on Steem. I just crossposted the publications from my own website and was gone again.
It was only when one of my posts suddenly made $2 that I got interested in the platform itself. After that first succesful post, disappointment kicked in when succesive posts again got only a few cents.
What kept me on Steem was that I started particpating in some music contests and got to know some more organists on the platform. Without that participation I probably would have lost interest too.
So I guess the trick is finding someting interesting to do or to read about here on Hive/Steem. Well, that's what worked for me, can't speak for you of course.
I've considered staying on Steem as well, but decided against it. Participating in two blockchain I'd stretch myself a bit thin. Hive takes more than enough of my time already, so I'll stick with just Hive.