Amen brother. YT's monetization pre-reqs are ridiculous for many reasons. They don't make a profit off ads, so they prevent the majority of users' accounts from reaching that 1000 subscriber count & 4000 hours of content watched. It isn't just about effort: the YouTube ecosystem favors those who create incendiary and divisive content, over those who just want to create.

Hive is for everyone, not just a miniscule "elite" of rich kids who buy followers and likes. Hive doesn't have the same pull, but growth is also organic, it's kind of hard to just BUY your way into popularity on HIVE - even with massive HP staked, nothing is guaranteed.

That's what brings me back here instead of blogging anywhere else. Real people writing real things for a real audience, even if it's just one other person.

LeoThreads has changed the game though. Engagement is far easier than ever before, and it shows in the MAUs and DAUs increasing since Alpha UI was released 2 weeks ago.

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