A fair few people can do well on a first post if it gets attention, but following that up can be hard. Hive is not always 'fair' and there are all sorts of reasons why certain people make a lot. I do okay from those who choose to support me. We need to set realistic expectations and make it clear it is not a 'magic money tree'. The higher price does help, but can encourage spammy behaviour and various forms of abuse. Some of us look out for that.
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Sure, I agree with that. There shouldn't be an expectation of magic money nor of huge upvotes for every post. The people who understand that end up sticking around, like I have and like you have. But regardless of whether we agree with it, I think that is ultimately is what prevents high user retention here. Even if we stress again and again this isn't magic money, you have to work to build an audience, you have to network, etc, even if we do everything we can to set realistic expectations; people nod yes, but then see the high upvotes on low-effort posts and get discouraged. I agree it shouldn't happen, but it does, and solving this without also encouraging spam is the trick that we have to figure out how to solve.