You are quite correct @bil.prag. Wether it's on Instagram, YouTube, or here on Hive, working is very essential to finding success on any of the aforementioned platforms.
Putting it this way, I think the problem is the misconception that comes from how Hive is promoted. So most people think that they are entitled a certain level of value to anything they put out.
that was interesting selling point (especially when it was 5$) to get people to join, but it was not a good selling point for people to stay because of expectations.
When i joined in January 2018 and seen some posts that earned 250-500$ i thought to myself "if they earn that with this posts, i will be a millionaire" :D
I laughed so hard at this. I almost wanted to type my reply in Nigerian pidgin. I'd do that anyway. I'd have replied "E be things".