I'm with you kyriacos, I spend a lot of time on my cigar reviews, and I've been here since last July... I am thankful for the $10-$15 on each, especially since cigars smokers are not a large membership on Steemit, yet.
I think part of it is never ending circle of once one earns a lot on a post, people then autovote them for the curation rewards because they always make money. But they always make money because people vote wanting the curation rewards, never ending circle. It's almost impossible to lose those auto votes regardless of content quality.