That's too bad.
But it was always missing the most important element anyway. Built the stage, paid the acts, did nothing to sell tickets to the show. Yet here, the value of the ticket stays in the supporter's wallet (best deal in the history of entertainment).
That's just Hive in a nutshell for ten years though. Until money starts flowing in the door to cover the costs of content being produced here, content will remain an expense (Holding "earned" HP is still an expense). And people will always be looking for the easy money. Since growing organically as an artist of any kind (content creators were called artists and entertainers before social media), is damn near fucking impossible and you actually have to be good at what you do. A true paying customer does not purchase garbage. See any awesome material around here... ?
Anyway. I highly doubt anyone wants to hear my rants.
Ten years of this shit...
Not surprised to see a group form around the potential earnings either, skimming profits. In life that's called a "record label" and it's no secret the actual artist get the shitty end of the stick, earning 5 to 10% of their true value on average, for decades. The more naive the artist is, the better.
Hey man. Good to see you around. 😎
Yeah dude. Good to see you as well. Shitty this all happened. At a glace, I was able to see the bigger picture from day one, and you know that. I had no problem supporting it.
It's not a fail. It was a try.
It worked really well for what it was. Its just that people will do people things. Selfish, stupid things. The whole idea of supporting people for the sake of supporting people is a utopian sentiment thats utterly flawed. Only sustainable value exchange is worth anything.
From now on im only supporting myself by having the price of Hive go up. 😂
Sir, it seems you know a thing or two about what happens behind the curtains of the music business. I'm glad I found someone like you here.
When money are involved, artists are the one get screwed more than anyone, right? That's why I'm still 100% independent. Fuck labels and fuck all those who are trying to get rich through music business at the expenses of musicians
Seeing your rant made my day
Seeing this place pivot after finally recognizing opportunities for disruption, would make my day.