Imagine seeing videos from YouTube or Facebook posts getting a lot of views/engagement then there's a monetary value attached to the content just to show how much the content owner for that piece. We know big channels and content creators tend to be discreet about what they make because it may attract unwanted clout.
On Hive, you can't really hide the pending payouts per content posted which makes the monetary value for the content a source of dispute. Let me ask you, if you saw a video on Youtube or X post you like to engage in, is the amount of money that goes to the creator for that content the first thing that comes into your mind? probably not, it's probably how much that content is worth to you that matters.
But on Hive, because the monetary value is highlighted and we can check how much people make per post, the mindset about being careful who you reward and how much becomes a prevalent them. Ideas about stake and what they do with their earnings get thrown in how you evaluate users. You don't pay attention to those details when you're engaging with content on other social media even if your small fraction of a click contributes 0.0000000001 $ cents on that author's payroll. It's just here.
You probably encountered a lot of spam and shitpost content on other platforms paid more than the highest valued posts we have on Hive trending.
That's probably why being transparent about how much the author actually makes on their content on other social media sites aren't a thing due to how this added detail can elicit drama. Because that would mean less about the content and more about people being conscious about the monetary value generated by the content versus the perceived consensus of the content's value.
Cat memes are fun. Cats a cute. Share this picture, get a ton of engagements, stack those ad revenue.
Where exactly am I getting at with this train of thought?
Nowhere, it's just my random musings after reflecting on how much I wasted a lot of time being too critical at curating posts. The stuff we post on Hive aren't that different from the social stuff posted elsewhere. I still believe the community should have a healthy balance on how it wants to reward trash content vs being too neurotic on average socmed posts.
Thanks for your time.
It's okay to be too critical sometimes, it balances out all the other times where you're throwing around upvotes like candy.
Or maybe that's just a me problem.
It’s certainly a bit challenging when people here are too critical of rewards on things but sadly we’ve got a lot of people who simply withdraw everything they get and make which is also a really bad thing for the platform.
I think we’ve gotten to a better middle ground lately, where bigger accounts aren’t supporting the leeches taking things out all the time where before we weren’t doing that.
I'm not really sure what to feel about this point since most rewards here aren't because it's done by merit like creating good content. If I had to compare the harsh system other social platforms with creators who had to crawl their way to the top, I'd say Hive has it easy mode. The top youtubers and twitch streamers had to evolve their content creation to get where they are and now they get brand deals which the platform also takes a cut from. In short, there is an economic incentive to really push people to make good content but it doesn't work like this on Hive where anyone, and I mean anyone who barely has the skills to entertain can get a piece of the pie. If you raise the bar for rewards by merit, you end up losing a lot of the users because they just don't cut it.
As for "earning" the rewards, would you consider top content creators from a site as leeches if they get paid by the platform for producing content and retaining an audience or drive traffic? it goes back to the old argument about why punish entertainers for entertaining and call them leeches?
Professional growth is one of the reasons why I am still on Hive; regardless of how much I earn in this platform. I have my bread and butter, anyway. Always thankful for being part of this amazing platform. I like how you expound well your views between the contents that can be seen in FB etc vs Hive. It makes sense.
@adamada, I'm refunding 0.862 HIVE and 0.361 HBD, because there are no comments to reward.