Ten votes at $0.012 each = $0.12 per week... or $0.09 after curation. At 1 STEEM each (not counting the units granted to those you sponsored), that's a total investment of $18 to earn $0.09 per week... $4.68 per year... 26% annual yield, not counting any potential increase in upvote value driven by increase in STEEM price.

I'm sorry that you think 26% annual is 'zero to no return'... but Steem Basic Income is a lifetimes subscription, not an overnight get'rich'quick scheme.

Edit: Most users that have high upvote values coming to their posts are utilizing all of our different value channels, which include delegation and upvoting rewards. It's still possible to see significant value just from subscription level, but at your posting frequency you would need a much higher subscription level.

However... your current subscription level does unlock the ability to receive on-demand upvotes from @sbi-booster up to once per day if you come into our Discord.