People just don't think longterm generally, by people i mean majority anymore these days. We do of course have many here who do and they generally do well. I've seen minnows back from 2016-17 reach six digit hp balances just from posting and curating and in a few years many of them may reach 7 digit ones if they keep at it. It's one of the benefits of staying staked, you're actively diluting the liquid hive on exchanges.
It's not like ETH is much different these days, many lock it up to earn 3-4% yearly apr from staking rewards, but somehow with a ton more usecases to your HP here some just don't wanna learn/understand that long term is the goal and current price doesn't matter much beyond how much hbd you earn from posting.