I expected only that my upvotes would be used and that I get something in return. And that is quite happening so far. Contribution of 0.9 SBD and earnings of 2.8 SBD. Pretty sure both would be higher if I would be able to get over that 15 SP ceiling, but without the amount of earnings not possible to power that much up yet. Steemit is always reducing the amount of delegated amount to new accounts to keep them at 15 SP, so basically i would have to power up more than steemit delegated to me to see a difference. But that is a pure problem of new red fish right there.
You will get higher earnings later as long as you stay in shadowbot and you keep posting. To quote Shadowbot there: "It's a marathon, not a sprint."
Shadowbot is the perfect catalyst for a steemit account.