I understand and seriously I’m really trying to help solve this whole content issue.. as it seems there is frustration about content but also entitlement imo.

Let’s take this for example - I post once every few weeks, maybe. When I do, my rewards are entirely too high for the content I produce, but instead is for my contributions behind the scenes (which I’m not paid for).. I understand this isn’t ideal and it’s not been ideal for years. When I do post, even if I happen to gather a ton of attention and engagement with my posts.. I’m told my rewards are unfair. I’m attacked and bitched at endlessly. But then on the other hand if their daily posting (which results to more than I make as I never post) gets a random flag.. they rage. They rage due to being used to a reward and someone changing it. They rage even if they got no engagement in the slightest. They feel entitled to those rewards.. due to their contributions in content.. but no one else’s contributions are valuable of course.. just their content no one reads.

This is difficult.. as it’s created an us vs them mentality, when there isn’t one. Most people getting votes for Hive stuff aren’t due to being an inner circle.. half are contributing.. and half are milking their autos and popularity. We need to fix this if content will ever be a reflection of what this place has to offer.. but some content creators need to realize some consumers actually want to read hive content and find it valuable, much more than that one paragraph post about a sandwich they wrote. But somehow due to the sheer insane focus on rewards, everyone is pissed off. I find this odd.. I mean when you go to twitter or YT, Instagram etc.. do you get mad that someone else’s content has more likes and comments than yours? Do you rage? No.. as they clearly just attracted a crowd more and are entertaining people. So why is it different here? Oh right, money. Money ruins anything social imo, and it’s why I lost faith in this place .. as most aren’t here to be social, or to read content .. they are here to grab as much money as humanly possible with as little effort as possible. There is nothing social about that.. and it’s why I think the place is no fun.

Of course that’s not all people here, but it’s a bad learned behavior.

What I would love to see, is a UI that allows individuals to actually enjoy the experience... there should be a place for both long and short content. There should be social shit that is memes and just fun that attracts a crowd, there should be long magazine quality content, there should be art, music, and all sorts of shit, and it should be showcased (and rewarded) in a way that brings value to the ecosystem (and therefore anyone holding HIVE). There should be places for people to write about their day in a quick manner, even if no one else cares to read it.. but some people need to realize that they aren’t entitled to rewards.. and perhaps less of a focus on rewards on a UI front will help with that.. as it won’t be in everyone’s face so much.

We need to make this place fun, we need to make this place reward good content and showcase it, we need it make this place easy to find content we like and not all be thrown into a large pot where we just compete and attack each other over rewards.

I’m sorry you are getting downvoted, I don’t think it’s needed. But I also know that same account has given you votes over this time as I am the one who cast them, and that account followed. I don’t know why it’s downvoting the way it is... perhaps he thinks the content is over rewarded and likes hive content .. at some point we need to be ok with that. And I know that sounds like shit, but can’t he decide how he uses his stake just like everyone else? Then others who vote can counter it.. or yell at him behind the scenes 🙂

I just find it unfortunate that you are stating you are throwing in the towel for this, no matter how shitty it is.

We need to handle content better and display it better, some are working on this.. but we also need to change our mindset about rewards as a whole imo. The first Is much easier than the second.