RE: Why We Need More Content Consumers on Hive
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I can only think to complete and produce another comic and publish it here, but really is a lot of work to do. Probably this is not the right place at all. Maybe short stories... Short episodes. I see posting drawings or 3D scenes is not so appreciated, because in the end this is just a place made of too little fragmented personal blogs. I think Curators also struggle to find good material to promote. It's not about complaints, I try to find a reason, a connection to the actual situation.
The need to have a more active global community of users in Hive is a topic that pops up every year. And year by year the situation seems the same. Static.
I can only draw and make 3D. It's my job.
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Then those are talents to share. Have you ever thought about doing tutorial style posts or videos? Those always tend to go better for me.
I am just trying to spark thought and get people thinking about more engagement. There are some good posts out there, depending on what you are looking for, you just have to find it, and to be honest, the Hive search functions could be a lot better.
Yes, this is a topic that comes up often, but it continuously needs to be addressed and figure out what can be done to help. Do we just say screw it and think about it as a decentralized database? I mean that is a great use case in my opinion. I don't know the solution really, I just want to see people get more active and at least try. But with the world we live in today, everybody wants someone else to handle it. But in this case it's up to all of us to make a difference.
These are time-consuming talents, and in the meantime you have to live in real life. The gain on hive is not worth that effort, moreover if the market value continues to fall. Your post received many likes and a few votes.... But you received only two comments. That gives you the picture. This blockchain has very little "human" interaction.You earn your hbd's and hives (which have seemingly less value) , but the talks always lose track of them. And every year the same talks come back. This is a problem.
It's worth more to me than any Web 2 interactions though. Even the few bits of Hive or HBD earned is still more than I am making on X or IG. So it's all in how you look at it. I mean I see by your profile that you basically gave up in 2023. I don't see a single post from you this year. So what are you doing to try and make a difference?
You are absolutely right, but it is a fact that the critical mass of users is not populating Hive.
We can have more technical discussions as well:
the Hive user has a very difficult growth curve in the beginning.
The ability to monetize for only 7 days a content that by nature, if it is good, should be monetizable always, is a big limitation especially for small users without power.
Staking and APY at 20% is too profitable (it is too profitable to earn without doing practically anything, without interacting, without being "content consumer" users as you say.
Delegating by earning passively has many advantages and moves away from "social activity."
These things are very nice but inevitably tend to "kill" the "social movement" of people only to benefit the structural movement of blockchain.
Machine wins over man.
If one tried to change the method (revolutionize the blockchain), "social" benefits could be achieved.
Recently, in my spare time I made two new drawings/illustrations (Fan Art), for my own enjoyment.
I have not yet posted in a large and beautiful community that I follow with pleasure, but I do not expect interaction. Somehow it passes the mood.
I have an account on Instagram but haven't used it for a long time because of Zuckerberg's policies. By now it has turned into a copy of TikTok.
Twitter also has no appeal for me, especially since Musk came along and literally destroyed everything.
So I opened an account on Bluesky but don't use it, and on Cara (which fights against AI scraping by protecting artists). In general, modern socials are full of hate and very tiring to follow (my opinion).
I can try to post a drawing...it's actually been a long time since I've posted something.
I agree with the whole 7 day thing. I think that it needs weekly payouts (every 7 days) on a post if the post is continuing to get upvotes. So first week's payout, then the next week's upvotes get paid out on day 14, and so on. I have made this argument before too.
Not everything has to be fast and profitable. That is why the industry is in the shape it is now. People need to get back to having to actually earn their way. This whole do nothing and get paid mentality of society now is really just stupid and immature. Everyone has to work for what they earn in one way or another.
Maybe a portion of curation rewards can be paid to comments even if they don't get an upvote on the comment. But then, that would get abused by the bot comments... So that wouldn't work... Thinking out loud here, haha.
But yeah, get out there and start posting. If you want people to take your thoughts seriously, you need to be doing at least your part to contribute to the platform by sharing your art, thoughts, or whatever. Not posting in 7 months doesn't really help. Hell, I'll even follow you to look for it when you post.
Follow back. I'm going to post a recent illustration
Done. 😅