Maybe we really are losing some active authors lately, although the numbers themselves don't seem to have dropped too much. Either way, noticed that I've been getting a lot of views on my posts lately, a lot meaning relatively and compared to other authors.
Like I don't really consider myself that important on Hive or that my posts have been that captivating lately. Maybe it's enough to just remain active and the attention starts concentrating your way after a while.
What could it mean to see people leaving due to price dropping?
Do they only care about the value of the rewards they get right now?
Do they not think it's going to turn around, ever?
It's a bit odd to me.
While I've tried to post more often lately, partially cause it helped me keep my stake while being able to invest more money into my gaming project @holozing, nowadays it's more about growing my stake so I can finally have something to show for after a decade here and somehow always investing in the wrong things or having to sell at the wrong time.
I don't really understand why others would choose now to stop posting.
Now there's some things to say about the way the price has dropped. You could think that it's made it super easy for others to get invested which kind of is annoying. Some of us may have stayed active here and trying to grow our stake for years and they could catch up easily now with a few thousand $, that is kind of a bummer but it doesn't change that if they also wanted to start earning author rewards they'd have to spend more time to get more involved in the community and build a reputation here. Something we've already established.
I do however think that people who buy stake do have an easier time to gain trust with other stakeholders to wanna reward them more over those who are just earning without buying or those with bad looking KE's, etc. That's probably natural and common in many "pay 2 win" places, don't think Hive changes much there but Hive does still continue to spread its inflation as far as it can no matter the actions of the people behind the accounts (unless they're abusive/etc). It's just shifted a bit more over the years to favor those keeping their stake over those selling it. Which is fine, it doesn't change distribution much because those selling it are probably just giving it to people on exchanges who don't seem to wanna participate in governance or locking up their hive. So I wouldn't say it causes "centralization" more than before.
New accounts do however still get a nice welcome and focus on curation, which I am a part of trying to improve and keep going and have been doing so for years with the help of many curators in @ocd. Now is probably the best time for new authors to earn bigger amount of stake as the price of things makes it a bit harder to understand how much stake they're actually getting.
Anyway, not really sure why so many of my latest posts were top read posts on peakd these last few days, just thought I'd make a quick post about some thoughts regarding hive price and inflation rewards.
Well, to begin with, compared to me, you're a huge person here on Hive. At least in terms of reputation, experience, presence, guidance, leadership, and so on. Your ten years here not only earned you a good number of followers and a good reputation, but also helped you build a name that the vast majority of members know and remember.
But all of that is not due to your numbers or the amount of HP you have; that is just a symbol that comes to represent it in part. Rather, it is your actions, your projects, your communities, everything you have done in Hive that makes you as famous as you truly are. Likewise, it is good and quite healthy to have that humble mindset that you have about yourself, even right now.
Regarding what you find "strange" about what's happening at Hive, personally it's nothing more than something obvious that I've noticed before in other projects I've been involved in before joining Hive. Let's just say that both the reduction in the price of HIVE and the corresponding reduction in rewards for some authors were sufficient reasons to abandon everything. As a result, those of us who are still active on Hive are the only ones who attract the attention of the general public, and that's why we receive more attention and views.
It's like when you set up a business on a street with many shops and few customers, but over time the other shops, which have been around for years, gradually close down until only you and one or two others receiving customers that you wouldn't have received before because of the huge number of stores there were. Well, I don't know if it's a perfect example for what's happening in Hive, but that's more or less how I see it. Maintaining a "shop" or being active in posting content on Hive is already exhausting work.
Although it shouldn't be seen as work in itself, but as something else, the process of finding a topic to talk about, writing it, finding the images to use, Then, putting together the post with HTML or Markdown commands, choosing the key tags for the post, and then the appropriate community while making sure not to break any rules is quite an exhausting process. And it's even more so for people who are not familiar with technology or things like that.
That's why, and because I also have a lot of free time, I see Hive as a hobby, but also as a personal project. My account is like my little shop that I want to grow more and more, regardless of the number of rewards or votes I receive. Clearly, I give each thing the priority it deserves, for example I see HP and Reputation as the most important things to work on and grow right now. You're right when you say this is a perfect time to invest and grow our accounts. Something that seemed impossible two years ago, for example, is now more than possible to happen only if we are consistent, active and committed to ourselves.
Every day I see it as more possible to achieve all those goals that I set for myself each month in Hive, and with each achievement comes an enormous satisfaction that has no equal.
Good work, friend.
Haha, well, your post is informative about Hive, and I'm sure everyone would like to know about that.
Some authors like me don't intend to stop posting, but creating content the way I do takes a lot of time and effort. Sometimes I'm also occupied with other things. For example, last night I was working on creating a community that I want to use for sharing Hive links on platforms that aren't really blog-friendly. For some reason, though, it messed up my profile pic. I ended up spending a lot of time trying to redo it, but I kept ending up with the same result and really frustrating so it seems there might be a bug. It was supposed to be just a small task, but it took way longer than I expected. My profile picture is still messed up... lol. As a result, my Fungi Friday post got pushed back.
Ok, for daily posting, maybe I just need to manage my time better. Most of the time, when I really want something to turn out well, my mind gets completely occupied. I also keep thinking that what I post might not be interesting to some people.
Maybe I should just post something small for the day instead. I'm very picky about what I post, and I spend a lot of time with it. Maybe that's not the best approach. I should just post something small each day and stop being so picky. In the end, who knows? The Hive family might actually like it.
Thanks for the reminder!
In my 4 years on Hive, never, like these last few months, have my posts brought more Hive and boosted my HP.
So, those who have faith that Hive will make a turn, now only with quality posts can raise their HP well (not to mention that it is also a good time to buy Hive, strengthen HP, and that's right today on HPUD, as well as reducing the KE indicator).
I agree with you. Now is golden age in terms of earning HP. Some people may say that a few dollars for a post is not enough. But I look at it mostly by how much Hive my post gets. I plan to either sink with this ship or reach new heights with it. so whatever my post is getting in dollars at the moment is irrelevant. What matters is that it is earning HP at good speed. Also I think that even if judging by dollars value it is better to write about what I like(like gaming) and get back part or even full price of the game than just play it and not get anything back...
I also think that my stake is too small considering that I been here since 2017. I always want to have more. Shame that I will likely not be able to invest 250+ eur a month as I recently hoped. I need to start saving for the next summer then I will need to buy wooden briquettes again. And unlike Hive wooden briquettes have already gone past the moon and even the sun.
Seriously if you want to earn money you may want to invest into wooden briquettes.😛 they prices just keeps growing without end. At least here in Lithuania. Last year for two pallets and delivery I paid 430(?) eur. this year at first I bought 3 pallets for 920. But that did not seem enough so I had to buy another pallet. This one alreeady costed 425. And like I said there is no sign that those prices will EVER stop rising...Well, I think you are a very relevant person here on Hive and a reference point for many people. Besides that, most of your posts are intelligent and sometimes fun to read.
Now, regarding Hive itself, I think that people who look at the price may become discouraged and stop posting, which is understandable, because their main point of reference may be how much they can earn. For others, remaining active is simply an opportunity to increase their relevance and gain more voting power and influence over decisions.
Some people may look at the current situation and feel that everything is falling apart, while others may see it as an opportunity to increase their strengthen their decision-making power within the platform. And yes, it is unfair to those who spent years accumulating Hive, but that is how the market works...
We have been loosing active authors lately and not just lately, but in the last five years! Here is the weekly authors trends from one of my Weekly Authors Trends-Hive dashboards:
I definitely took advantage of the opportunity to buy Hive at a lower price. Was it easier for me to increase my HP? Yes, but not entirely. Buying into a project that, as you can see from the chart, is constantly falling isn’t easy. Especially since it’s an investment you have to lock up for 3 months. Even if I need the money, I simply don’t have it. I definitely bought Hive out of sentiment and blind faith that this platform won’t collapse and will maintain its value. Only time will tell.
The price of Hive really crashed after it entered the futures market. I hope people's faith won't fade :)
I too think activity lowered on the Hive blockchain and it is easy now to spot whom remained active and it is simpler to track in the feeds and read those people content. I too feel getting some support from the community while I try to post at least once a day. Than it is the bear market, the Hive price which made many disappear, so who remained seems to be under the spotlight.
I was thinking about that too, so many old accounts are inactive. However, I would not blame Hive rate alone. July and August is a holiday period, kids are on vacation, people are traveling, so this could be a reason too. But who knows? At the end of the day $0.045 is not so attractive
Rather than just the price itself, I think the focus of the world shifted from crypto to Ai and other tech, crypto feels has been left behind, even btc it's not like it's going well
i believe i am one of the minor fallen... but i blame my brain, i had about 15 posts ready in draft but the first one wasn't done so i didn't post or finish any of them.. that was 6 months ago. i got annoyed and have not posted a thing in 6 months... Not a good excuse...
I have seen some old accounts who have left writing because of some other users who gradually Downvoted them, @taskmaster4450 is one of them. I have seen his last blogs on which he got Downvotes, & we all know he was too much of active and daily publish his thoughts on chain (he still is active but just on InLeo), the other is @freecompliments he was running his own community and people was getting HSBI from the post within the community, but he received too many downvotes by that he left Hive. The third on is @introvert-dime , he almost had 200k Hive power but was forced to leave Hive just because some people downvoted him...
There might be a reason of down-voting, but these were not just authors, they also used to help new comers to be motivated over here...
So why bring them up if you believe there was a reason for the downvoting? Do you like people who trick their way into more rewards without proper efforts in your own community?
Never, no one is allowed to earn anything with cheating, but taskmaster? I don't think so if he wasy doing the same... Did he also done the same things? I was off those days, don't know much why he left, tried to ask him but he didn't even answered me lol
probably cause eventually it was just AI doing everything
Yes, of course this could be a possible reason.
Great concept
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Well, there are fewer and fewer active users, even though new ones join from time to time. Over the long run, that adds up and becomes noticeable for everyone. It could also affect views. With fewer posts being published, people might end up reading your content simply because the authors they would normally read are no longer around. That's my theory, at least.
Personally, I find the current trend quite alarming. If things continue like this, there will hardly be anyone active here by the end of the year.
I don't think it's just about the price. I believe the whole environment is the problem. Many active users who helped create engagement have been gone for quite some time now. People may not have liked the giveaway posts, but they generated a lot of activity on the chain. In my opinion, they were also important for new users. They gave newcomers, even those without followers, a chance to earn a few Hive, SBI, or other rewards simply by leaving a thoughtful comment.
In my opinion, all the downvoting on Hive has done more harm than good. It's really sad to see the direction things have taken.
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I think I know why; many feel supported by your project, and I particularly believe you're focused on retaining those of us who are here, which is great, and thank you for doing so.
I'll be honest, I don't really ever pay too much attention to the views. I'm not sure how those are calculated, so I don't really know how to wrap my head around what the measurements would mean.