Yeah there isn't really much incentive, or I guess competition, to really go out of your way to improve quality here. If you join Hive we have a pretty low barrier for entry and we reward those people to keep them around, then from there we kind of have created a problem where people assume they can rinse and repeat in that manner and continue earning that way. Whereas on YouTube you have plenty of other people all fighting for an audience's attention, and trying to beat an algorithm that places them against each other in a big colosseum.
I do find it strange that not a lot of people realise that Hive is funding their creative outlets immediately in ways that other platforms wouldn't. It is strange to see few considering that and also scaling their 'production quality' to improve the way they deliver themselves and Hive on other platforms. I see some incredible stuff getting posted here for sure, but definitely a lot of content that hasn't really changed when it really could with the money earned: new microphones, better cameras, maybe a light or two to pull the subject out of the darkness.
All of which are essential at the very start of the race when it comes to YouTube because production quality is the first part of keeping in, and attracting, an audience. Everything on YouTube seems to really enforce competition and thus innovation. Hive (thankfully) is free of an algorithm that places us against each other in such a manner, but the result is also less incentive to grow beyond your current capabilities, since you're already earning.
Pretty much. There are a few here and there that has been helped and improved their content overtime. Some of them find jobs even outside on hive thanks to the portfolio they build here. But yeah, it's crucial for newcomers to know that hive provides that option to them in comparison to youtube where you have to at least have something going on and then making it.