I've heard others make the same point, e.g. @arseniclullaby. Regular people want to be entertained. I will post on a range of topics that interest me, but that will sometimes be about Hive too and those posts do tend to get the most engagement as that's what we all have in common.
With my own votes I tend to vote on posts that need the rewards. Anything with $20 doesn't need my support. I am supporting a load of small accounts via @tenkminnows, but that is a drop in the ocean.
I really don't have the answers to the problems, even after 4 years, but the community is still fun for me. I'm not doing it purely for the money.
you do a great job support other content creators that are not exclusively doing hive content. But as i said I feel that shift and change need to come from the top people. I clearly don't do it for money. Otherwise i would have left long long ago. The frustration comes from the fact that I have been waiting for some shift some changes and that doesn't happen. The cycle keeps repeating. And then this higher powers keep promoting the hive blockchain as a space for content creators, a place where blockchain is being used to create web 3.0 and the new era of social media platform. And i start getting to a point whereb I really dont see that.
I think we should be calling them out on this. If they decide to downvote us then so be it.
I think so as well. But people really need this extra to help them with their lifes. And then we get in an environment where the censorship is not direct like in centralised social media but the censorship is inspired by the fear of the whales :/
Well some people need the money. I know some really struggle to afford even a basic computer. Some of the whales enjoy the control they have over people, but others are more reasonable. I have met a few of them and they do care. They have to be careful how they use their votes.
I would love to see that more reasonable ones pushing other type of content other than hive related into the hot and trending section. So the feeds actually look more diverse and entertaining, because that's why people get only...to be entertained and kill time!