I know a lot of people are iffy about the whale fishing expeditions on some post and from some posters, but it is part of the package, people want to be seen and recognized, well most not all. A whale may take note of a shout out, whether that be a good note or a sour note, no one knows until it happens.
I was surprised the first time I was shouted out by an account I had never run into, it still happens but very infrequently for me but still a surprise when it does. I look and in most cases respond, in a very few it was a post or comment that needed no reply. It did lead to one down vote, as the shout out was from a know plagiarist.
I enjoyed some pow-wow interactions, and a lot of various para chat rooms, then I faded away from social side, to many people bugging me with ICQ. email junk, and I forget the other auto shout at and see if they are on-line tools/toys to annoy.
For a while steem had it right as a social sharing site, now I am not to sure about steem, not sure yet if I will sour on Hive, but so far it is doing good at traveling in the right direction steem was on for awhile.
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I do think Hive will probably end up fine as long as those who are out there telling the world do so from a premise of it being a community and a social sharing platform, rather than a "make money scheme."
It's not that the rewards don't matter, but when it's the primary focus, it brings in people with a different objective than community building and creating an interesting venue.