It's shit relying on whales for anything on Hive but when it comes to smaller communities their frequent input is definitely needed to keep them afloat. It's no surprise that as Hive's price declined a lot of the smaller communities dried up. One thing I've always tried to do is support people even if the post's topic doesn't necessarily interest me, especially if it's more niche.
It's not nice that this place is becoming basically just a finance and travel platform for the most part, as much as I love both of those myself.