but with the price decline people may be watching their vote power a bit more carefully
No, I do not. Nowadays I know that my upvote is basically worthless (it is currently worth about $0.003), and I do not even care about it. I upvote what I like. Except posts that I consider overvoted, such as this one with a current pending payout of $163.29. Most people do not earn that amount in a month on Hive
By the way, my pension-like monthly income is approximately $250 USD, so this is a lot of money for me.
I only vote on the things and the people I like also. I do not concern myself with the amount of the pay-out if I read and like I vote for me it is that simple.
I still would like to vote on more comments, that is where watching the price for me is important as I do not want to re-contribute to the reward pool I would rather provide a reward from the pool to people.
I know in many place people use their rewards to aid in living their life, for me I am retired and while the extra Hive would be nice it is not really needed by me.
Comparing wage and income in various parts of the world means not a lot to me. I know how much my house payment is, my monthly electric bill is, and my internet bill is, I also know in some places it is a lot lot cheaper than where I live, at the end of the day it matters not where one lives it seems like most people on earth live one pay check away from living on the streets of the city they reside in.
So I save and power up almost all of my Hive so I have slowly built from 0 HP to what I have today, and I use it to reward content and people I have found on Hive. It matters not to me if a person is rich in Hive Power or poor in Hive power, I just vote what I like.
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