Quite honestly, a lot of people are rather short sighted; or, at least, they have a very short time frame of reference. The whole notion of a gift economy and paying it forward and helping each other is more of a long term thing. The benefits of building an authentic and loyal following through genuine engagement means that you're planning for (possible) SBD that will come three months for now, rather than tomorrow.

We tend to be a very impatient society; we want results NOW. I would consider myself an exception, so I can only advise to stick to our own plans and not compare too much to those who look like they are "succeeding" because the 10 biggest votes on their post are purchased self-upvotes.

As for re-steeming, seems like it is most helpful to do at least 12 hours after an original post at which time is has dropped out of most people's feeds.

Bright Blessings!