That's just what it has seemed like to me, @guiltyparties comes to mind as someone being very against paying for listings. I'm not for nor against it, but in general I don't like most exchanges as most are all fake and shady, I'd focus on getting on the big ones if anything but who knows what that price is and what their demands are. Some require "market makers", some require getting paid to generate volume, some require "people to be held responsible if something happens with the chain/coin" which means writing contracts and doxxing yourself.
You could argue that if we had more volume on its own we'd get more free listings cause they'd want a piece of those fees.
I'm not a fan of the last thing you said though, while we should be more careful who we curate on a wide range of things, excluding some based on what they do with their rewards would be a slippery slope. If they're active and contributing in many ways they could sell all for all I care, it's not that much and the effects aren't high in the big scheme of things and in the end those hive rewards won't come as easy later with more users competing for them, inflation being lower and price potentially higher leading to smaller votes which means less stake. So in the end they'd be the ones regretting their actions and not getting back the stake they were rewarded once (compare it to people who bought bitcoin/eth at $1 but sold it for $1-10).
I'd argue those getting "easy/no effort" rewards and holding them and growing large is worse than the example above.
I wasn't referring to curation and I don't want to get into specifics either at the moment.
Fair, at current times the DHF is taking a lot of value compared to author rewards, it being in HBD probably makes it easier to be sold as well.
There's some things I take issue there as well, seeing some accounts socially maneuver their way into extra funding where they're "well off" from HBD extraction alone while they also get hive in many ways while providing little to debatable value in exchange isn't fair to stakeholders being diluted by that activity.
I also think that selling hive is a lot easier than buying it. It's sad but true, for instance many I've talked to tell me "I'm just trading it for x coin so I can ride that all the way up then trade back for Hive" and I keep thinking, okay but will you actually do that when the time comes? Did you do that in the past? The answer is usually no.
Exactly!
As about the first part of your comment, I agree, there's a lot to say there and maybe reviewing where those funds go and what are the benefits, would be a smart thing to do.
I think it's good that the return proposal has gone up in votes lately, the ones really worth it will surpass it I suppose but there's a fine line with that too.
We're not making things easy. :D
Yes, I agree. There has to be a level of accountability as otherwise it's just open door for milking.
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