Most likely: your post were never exposed to the right audience ; they were not interested in your work; you put the wrong tags.
Less likely: you got low reputation, you need to build it, people never find your story compelling
The people: they always care about rewards, to make money you need to have this mindset," do expect something from it, enjoy it. And you will likely -- No, you will absolutely earn money from it someday, when you start to enjoy the system.
Me," you don't even enjoy it, much less making money out of it. More power, bro."