As a lifelong publisher, I could absolutely relate to this. Creating assets that yield passive income has been my go-to formula for years. Luckily, blogging does the trick. However, I loved crypto way too much and saw what was happening in this space.
Moved from blogging to crypto trading – and then back to crypto blogging. In between this, I rediscovered the platform. Decided to stick with Hive over everything else because of the community, engagement, and a good challenge along with this:
I just want to do it all independently
Looking back, I also wonder why we never caught the wind – and became as big as Medium (was a great opportunity). Hope everything gets better with Hive. No more fuck ups, please!
I tried the trading, had some fortunate beginners luck. These days it just seems like pointless gambling, so I stopped, because I don't like gambling unless it's poker. Not interested in guessing games.
Around here it's almost as if we're busking with our words, art, information, whatever. Our stuff is exposed to people the instant we publish, because there's a community around. Sharing content works really well in a social setting that pays, especially when you're offering a unique experience or perspective.
The vote selling was the main setback. Instead of consumers getting paid to look, suddenly they were getting paid to look away. Without eyes, the work is nothing, and I still find it to be funny how they were selling the idea of buying votes as a way to get visibility. The reality was, the paid votes destroyed the market, took the community element away, and there was nobody left to perform in front of. That went on for too long. I remember attempting the natural organic approach, working for eyes and the benefits that come with those eyes, and I couldn't even compete with a picture of corn on the cob because someone boosted that garbage up to the trending page, effectively pushing all the quality work down and out of sight. Anyone producing content knows if someone can simply cover your work up, there's no point in producing content for that platform. Hopefully some of those people who screwed everything up back then don't try it again with Hive.
We should have met earlier.
Right. What measures are taken now? I notice you have been around for long and everyone is seeing the value you offer.
I wish to work in full force. Though I have only started, I continue to question. In fact, for visibility, would you stick to "let's produce good content" or seek further assistance for votes (so that you can gain visibility).
Feels like good content pushed with votes... only gets better.
I never asked for support. For the most part, all I ever did was try to entertain people and keep things fresh. People come and go. I just keep working. Of course with consistent support, the last thing I'd want to do is let people down. Not everything is a hit. I here because I want to be here, not because I need to be here. The money is important but my focus is always on my work and doing things to get eyes. Eyes on the prize are the most important thing. For visibility, simply doing things to stand out works far better than doing things to fit in. I'm not really good at giving advice though, I don't think. What works for one won't always work for the next one.