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The main reason I stayed here in 2018(before Hive) was due to the blockchain nature of this network, which allowed for monetization of every publication without fear of a central authority cutting it all off. Community votes using their shares and that is final for payouts.

I was aware that if I get a couple cents per publication would be a lot, but at the time I couldn't even see how to cash out my gains, so my objective was just to accumulate Hive(then Steem) Power to increase my influence here.

Oooh, okay. I hope you achieved your goal. There are different support systems now onboard for newbies.

Woahhh, that means you've been here for about 7 years? Incredible.... I'm still premature