Seeing it as a business is nothing unusual. Hard to find someone focused on creating content online fulltime not working to establish their brand; then selling merch for instance. Kind of difficult to be an artist or entertainer and avoid all aspects of the arts and entertainment industry.
People can run a business in life and have their usuals come in. Like a bar or coffee shop. It's not unusual to become friends with these people and shoot the shit with them. Of course treating them with respect and dignity. It's not an act.
I've always treated the money side of things like a business. I think it's great people show up to my party, and get rewarded, because I made the choice to manage my money in a way that grants me these opportunities.
And never in the history of arts and entertainment could someone come along to enjoy whatever it is being offered, not be charged a fee, and leave with more money than they started with.
The exact opposite of 'selling out'.
What is art without eyes? What is a joke without laughs? The people come before the money. Now look around. Look at all those blogs where folks post daily, for rewards, and not people. If they applied even the tiniest bit of business common sense and flipped it, working to impress and be interesting, they'd be making more, getting more views, and making a lot more friends. One cannot run a business by becoming disconnected to the people.
The truly disconnected types are the ones sitting there surrounded by silence, trying to earn, and nothing else. Thinking people are only there to sprinkle crypto on them.
Totally fine to just come here and shoot the shit as well, relax, have fun, do whatever. Nobody frowns upon that. Some people build parks, some people enjoy parks. Some people go to movies, some people make movies. Takes all kinds to build a community.
Imagine if content was rewarded for it's quality rather than it's insider connections!
Maybe we will achieve that on VYB because it will never happen on Hive...
It is though. At least in my case. And you saw that, from damn near day one.
Several others as well. I've always thought it to be unfortunate people knock others down for doing well and just write it off as doing something wrong. Frowning upon any available genuine success stories with negative attitudes. I've not once enjoyed being around that element. It's like I'm not even allowed to say, "Yeah, you can get somewhere here and accomplish things. There's a future if you want it." Yet I'm living proof. Absolutely no control over what comes in and how many people show up. It just happens, like it's supposed to, by design.
When I'm out voting, I'm only voting for things I like, when I like them. I have one account, and never once used an automated service. Tried to set a good example. But at the same time, I'm not in the business of telling others what to do and how to do it.
I've been watching VYB. Closely. If it happens on VYB it's happening on Hive. It's all the same. There are no walls between communities. Just roads. Those 'dividers' are an illusion. Segregation will be your downfall if that's the goal.
I disagree with several of your points here but you like to argue and I'm a bit over it. @onealpha.vyb clearly likes your comment, and he is fully entitled to give you a surprisingly large upvote for it.
You like to knock people down. Hopefully you don't expect folks to sit there and take it. What is there to disagree with? Everything I said there is true. Every single line. But let me guess, in a couple days out of the blue you'll come call me a prick again, like you've been doing; because it's me that likes to argue?
For someone who has nothing to say in return, that was one of the lousiest excuses I've ever seen. Saying 'nothing' would have been more productive. I have no control over what onealpha wants to vote for either. You know him better than me.
Like I said I've been watching VYB. Here's your opportunity to be a 'whale' and play a lead role. Every tiny little thing you do affects the reputation of the entire brand. I'm rooting for you folks so try not to run it into the ground.
OK you argumentative prick...
PS. Thanks for firing me up to write todays post!
Do you realize I'm not even attacking you?
Do you realize the accounts that are attacking me are not you?
Well noted.
Generous rewards on a very HIGH QUALITY posts start to appear :
That post cracked me up, and I make a point of giving a generous upvote to anything that makes me laugh.
Right now I think this place needs laughter more than ever! Humour is quality too.
Depends on point of view.
I see there post with only 8 typed authentic characters, and 4 copy-paste GIF's, without source (which perfectly match the definition of plagiation)
Long ago you downvoted one of my alt accounts for a post containing one original meme and 10 copy paste memes - no big deal, we are only talking a few cents, but that was my first ever interaction with you, and it struck me that you were not into memes.
Fair enough, not everyone is, I'm not into actifit posts but I don't go around downvoting them or telling other people not to upvote them.
What I'm trying to say here, is that if we are both going to be VYB whales, wouldn't it work better if we respected each other curation preferences?