Rewards the audience in more ways than one.
Some members of the audience pay content creators in the form of tips or donations. Quite common to see, all over the internet. Often those platforms keep a percentage, ripping off both the content creator and consumer.
On Hive, audience members choosing to support content creators can do so with votes. Gaining access to votes with value behind them isn't hard. All one must do is powerup their account using money they were going to throw away in the form of tips or donations. From there the audience member can support the content creator at no cost, with votes, for as long as they want. The initial funds used to powerup the account always stays in the wallet. What this means is a consumer can now support a content creator free of charge, while the money intended to be spent on entertainment/information now has a chance to grow in value inside the consumer's wallet, making the act of supporting content a really good deal, rather than the ripoff content creators and consumers have had to put up with for decades.
So that's something to think about, I guess...
Oh yeah, absolutely. @Acidyo recently Tweeted about Gettyimages sueing AI.
I tried Gettyimages (awful company), iStockphoto and Shutterstock a long time ago. They take a lot more than just a "percentage", while the artist is doing most of the work. It's shameful, and most of "us artists" don't care, as hobby photographers are more than eager to add their photographs for pennies on the dollar.
Oh well, I love how Hive works. Even with very little to no stake, users could get rewarded if they participate in the network, which is absolutely mind-blowing if you think about it. It's a great time to be here on Hive!