Thanks for the background information.
I think what your saying makes sense.
If I understand correctly you are saying I may have experienced greater proportionate rewards from fewer competitors for the reward pool pie.
That makes sense.
When you are here day in and day out, regardless of the Steem price or Hive price we sometimes forget that others have left the project to earn bigger rewards elsewhere, and that may inflate our rewards compared to a period when we had less steem / hive and more competition.
Thank for you helping me understand another variable in earnings.