Of course thing are different when Steem is worth $8 instead of $0.3, lol.
And if you delegate alot of SP to a profitable bid bot, or sell your votes when the value of Steem.is high, I assume making a truckload of money is (or was) possible indeed.
Fortunately,the platform.has something to offer that is a lot more valuable than monetary rewards: the comunity-spirit here is priceless :0)