Very rarely do I see my Voting Power sitting so high so it is a definite give away my feed is quieter than normal. Normally at this time of the evening I would average being between 84% and 88%.
Those of us who have been on HIVE for many years know HIVE activity is influenced by how well or how badly the HIVE price is doing. With the crypto market crashing the other day I have been dreading seeing those who I follow posting less. This makes no real sense as when the HIVE price drops there is more HIVE to earn.
I can recall a few years ago ok maybe 4 or 5 to be precise that I noticed my biggest growth spurt was when HIVE was at it's lowest and you only really notice after it has passed. Those are the times you look on HIVE fondly even though having a higher HIVE price is also a great feeling.
What makes no sense is we know the key to growth is consistency and that means you remain active even if HIVE is at $0.05c or $5 as it should make no difference. The reality and truth is you will earn more HIVE when it is at a lower price versus a high price. I am sure those that remain active no matter what the markets are doing understand this growth concept.
I have some auto votes set and out of choice tend to do more manual curation these days, but rarely do I see a vote percentage close to 95% at the end of my day. This is when I spend the most time to read posts and curate and one of the most enjoyable relaxing times to catch up on others in the community. I tend to have a rule that for every vote whether automated or manual I will still read that post whether I comment or not. I do need to comment more and one area I need to get back and make a habit of doing this.
When the HIVE price drops like it has you will notice the posts you had already published will have risen in HIVE value and gives an extra boost for the last 7 days. I had a look this evening and guesstimate my extras are worth an additional 50 HIVE which is a bonus. Posts that were worth $10 last week so $5 for the author and $5 for curators would have generated you roughly 13.5 HIVE stake and 16 HIVE liquid as HBD ($2.5). That same post amount of $10 will now be worth 16.HIVE and $2,6 HBD. This is roughly an extra 25% HIVE and why it pays to remain active more so when the price drops.
The HIVE rewards pool does not decrease in value and is just shared out by whoever is active. The upside when you are new and growing is you are more visible and the chances of finding more followers during this time is a major plus. Everyone's feeds would have less activity so there are extra votes up for grabs for curation. This is an important time for every account on HIVE if they are serious about growing and instead of doing less we should all be doing more making up for the less active users by picking up the slack.
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Nope, this new situation actually makes a lot of sense. People on Hive are not stopping posting because of the market crash or the HIVE price drops, but for something much worse.
It is clear that you have published this article using the INLEO UI front-end. But, by chance have you tried to post something through Peakd.com, Hive.blog, Ecency.com and many others? ¿No? then try it and you will see why your Voting Power is sitting so high!
Most of the entire Hive ecosystem is fucked and it went to shit stopping working as it should three days ago. Since most of the nodes, API calls and many Hive dApps still are not working as I write these lines.
Perhaps it would be a good idea if you try to make contact with some of your elite friends and ask them why the hell things aren't working out.
Sorry you lost me with this. What am I missing as I have no elite friends. I noticed we have had node issues of late so is this problem still ongoing and is there someone behind this?
Yeah! the problem is still ongoing. And I'm not totally sure if there is someone behind this, but there probably is. Because these things don't just go to hell by itself, much less so many at the same time.
It’s always strange that when price drops, activity drops—precisely when it should be the opposite. You’re pointing to something many miss: in a bear market, you’re not just earning more HIVE, you’re also more visible.
Your calculation about the $10 post now worth $16 HIVE really clarifies the cycle. But honestly, most people are emotional traders, not strategic accumulators. When it’s red, they panic. When it’s green, they’re confident—but it’s too late.
So in this silence, winners are being made.
Yes winners are those that stay active no matter what.
The advantage of a down Hive price is an opportunity to get more Hives and wait for a gradual renounce. So yes, it's not the time to back out.
Price should not influence activity and why it does not make any sense. We are here as a community to support each other.
Fuck bru if i could post twice a day and earn the rewards you do, after being here so many years then I would post shit. But sadly I get fuck all readership and votes so im fucking off from here. It worked for you but not for me. I used to get 10x the payout years ago, now fokkol so not worth my effort any more.
Sorry to hear that.
I generally switch to 100% power up when price is low.. but this drop is just a dipshits mouth. It won't last.. but it was a good time to buy
Yeah I agree this will recover soon enough. Time to start thinking about keeping liquid Hive for the final part of the cycle.
Interesting, so the published posts are rewarded in HBD, and if my payout is in HP then the conversion of HBD to Hive at the time of payout will result in more HP? Nice!
I also noticed that today my Witness payouts have moved up to 1.6 and then to 1.7 HP per signed block from 1.4 HP!
I don't notice as I always select 100% power up for posts :P
I do the same :)
50/50 HBD and HIVE if you choose that option when posting. This has changed in the past where it was not HBD and was 50/50 Hive depending on the inflation.
True 100%, these are the times when we get more Hive from content creation, curation and engagement. Only that emotional is harder to be present in the crypto space, but surely it is smarter.
The price should make no difference whether you are active or not and if it effects anyone emotionally I guess crypto is not for them.
People should be active when they have something to say, and something to share. If the low price dissuades them from creating content or engaging, that is entirely on them. I for one don't want "Fair weather hivers", I want people who are going to be around no matter what.
Price doesn't matter. Hive still does the same thing - lets people post, lets people engage, lets people publish, lets people consume.
Totally agree as we are here to support each other and enjoy ourselves.
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