Your "solution" makes a lot of sense for other social media platforms that are free to join and use. But Hive is a different beast and I'm not sure this translates in the same way. Hive requires buy in to become a consumer. An individual needs to invest in order to become a the consumer that you describe.
Attract consumers with money and attention.
Since consumers typically outnumber content creators on the internet...etc
So the question is: how does Hive get more consumers willing to buy in (with stake)?
You're not wrong but there are missing steps.
How is that different when compared to the thousands of people dropping massive tips constantly upon streams for example, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars annually? How is that different compared to the thousands of people supporting a content creator's Patreon? How is that different when compared to one purchasing movies, games, subscriptions and so on?
How is that different?
The consumer is no longer spending their money or throwing it away or burning it on something like entertainment. They're literally earning to support content. This behavior turns the act of consumerism into something productive for the consumer. Something never before seen in history so I understand where your confusion comes from.
Maybe take a closer look at the broader picture.
It's different because we don't actually see that on Hive.
-We don't have new users bringing in large invested stakes to make those "tips."
-"consumers" as you're describing them (individuals with stake that can tip or vote for content to pay creators) don't outnumber "creators" on Hive. On Hive it's the opposite. There are more creators. The Consumers on Hive that can actually pay for creation are essentially whales and orcas which only make up a small portion of overall accounts on the platform. The average consumer on Hive are the folks that Solominer is describing - an individual with little to no stake at all because they cash out every penny then earn in creation and curation.
This is the ideal situation I agree. But it's not the reality of Hive - which you outline here
I agree with your premise, in that it's what we want to see, but we don't see it on Hive at this time. So what I'm asking is how do we get there?
It's not different and they all work in the right venues, media content wise each suits different kinds of content differently to some degree but..........
wait till you guys see what I've been doing for you and all the other folks to see what everybody else has been doing!
doing doing doing doing doing
That's a success ball bouncing along.
You meant the bouncy sound effect.
I saw it as Do ing Do ing Do ing Do ing
And I thought you were describing my to-do list. It's full of do - ing lately.
But I got it, that's just how your successful bouncy ball rolls.
boing boing boing doesn't quite fit there.
When boing doesn't fit they just open a door.