Alot to unpack there @namiks . You are right in all your points. I find myself guilty of going back to the same people all the time myself but I do this out of interest in their life. But there is a correlation between what interests me and knowing that person. But I am trying to branch out from voting on the same people. I do like when Appreciator or one of the curation groups comes to visit which is seldom but when he or she does I am quite chuffed about it. I think the hope for a post to do well is what keeps me engaged and putting out new content. It would be like Christmas Day every day if they were to become constant I would imagine and I would soon be posting about my daily walks. You are right about Steem and Hive. More people you know are upvoting and commenting, I did feel there was a better community over at Steem as well that may have diminshed over the years. Thanks for the comment
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Nothing against groups like appreciator and the likes, but yeah I think an outcome of those big curators becoming more the norm is that for some reason a large number of who they curate get that curation regardless of when/what they post. And they now know it. They don't need to change any of their habits, so they know they can post and leave, they don't need to comment on other people's posts or curate others because their end is covered. But for regular people where that traditional connection remains, curating and commenting on others is how they themselves may eventually start being curated and commented on by others. I've noticed there's a big correlation in those that get the daily appreciator votes and how little they interact with other people. They're like domesticated dogs in that they know they can just sit by the bowl and it'll end up full of food. But the strays still have to work together.
And naturally, for many that aren't part of the lucky few, they burn out. It's a lot of time to post, especially daily, but even more time to then interact with others by going through communities, reading posts, and then commenting. So it's not necessarily a platform problem, just an aspect of human condition itself. Similar to what you mentioned about how some better off posters on here don't quite understand the poverty aspect. And they never really can or will understand unless it all disappears tomorrow and Hive becomes less a fun little Internet money thing and a fundamental aspect of survival.
I also have my interests but what can be great about Hive is that anyone from any part of the world can use it. There's no algo choosing whatever is related to your language or region. So you can find some really unique posts from people in all aspects of life. That's definitely a strength. I try to remind myself about that and find people that seem to be posting something a bit different to support.