Absolutely agree with you and really appreciate your work here. It's crucial for the ecosystem that people invest time into outreach, many still have no idea about Hive’s unique model, and this grassroots sharing is how platforms grow sustainably. The comparison to web2, where big companies throw money at influencers to create superficial hype, really hits home. Hive truly stands out by rewarding authentic contributors, regardless of their background, and that's something worth preserving and building on.
I’ve also noticed some content creators develop a sense of entitlement to rewards, feeling they're owed simply for spending time here. But nobody on web2 is guaranteed fair compensation for their efforts either, viral posts with significant impact sometimes receive nothing, and popularity doesn’t always equal rewards. Hive’s reward pool is a privilege and a tool to incentivize growth, not an automatic paycheck, and it’s important for people to see it as such, especially when they're already benefitting from a decentralized, transparent system.
It’s honestly confusing to see authors not wanting their content shared beyond Hive, given that greater visibility benefits everyone and justifies the existence of the reward pool. At the end of the day, if we want Hive to remain vibrant, we need more contributors, more sharing activity, and above all, understanding that rewards are tied to platform-wide engagement, not just individual effort. Thanks for all you do to keep that spirit alive!
Yeah the entitlement can be kind of weird from people who barely have any consumers. Like sure, we all feel like we should get some rewards, but for some it may easily go to their heads or they get used to autovotes and keep setting higher and higher goals and expect that to just keep increasing no matter what they post/how much effort they put into their posts/social engagement/etc.