You're basically highlighting the fact majority online are, consumers. Creating content, anywhere, is hard, and often considered to be a form a work. Most people are not content creators. For instance, most people on Youtube are not there to spend several hours per day producing a video. They are there to spend several hours per day watching videos.
Most people at the book store (online or on the street) are not authors, yet the business thrives.
By far one of the most normal things we got going on here are content creators choosing to work and create quality content. That content is intended to be, consumed. Without that content and people actually wanting to, work, there are no consumers.
Content creators on Youtube often talk about how much they enjoy working hard to create quality content for their consumers. People here on Hive wanting to work hard and set the bar high, are not doing something wrong. That is not a flaw in design.
Thinking the content consumer and content creator should be on an even playing field somehow simply does not make any sense. How this platform rewards consumers though should be highlighted. Yes, some people work hard and want to create something others can't. That does not put the consumers at a disadvantage though if they are consuming what caught their attention naturally, as they do, all while being afforded the opportunity to earn, some, as well. That element is what sets this apart from other social platforms, where the consumers gets nothing but device addiction and a sore ass from sitting all day.
Over the years, I've seen you make this point many times, and it's a good place to evolve to, where the best content creators earn most of the rewards, and I can't disagree.
Personally, I think that would happen naturally with less interference and more volume.
Also supporting your view point is curation rewards, which does incentivize (in theory) consuming and rewarding content.
I don't think we have opposing positions, youtube also allows casual users and those who are still practicing content creation to post and it evolved over many years, I was on early youtube when much of the interaction was people creating videos for other users and the responses.
I agree with your statement, but also think it takes time to get to that vision.
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Yeah. Been repeating this and things similar... for several years.
Content creators often leave due to lack of consumers. Even for me, I find it difficult to find the motivation to post knowing in advance the market is so small, because that's a lot of work and I want it to be seen. Even though when I'd post I'd often receive much much higher than average views and comments, I feel like I'm not able to reach my full potential. That's discouraging.
welcoming committee thing...Consumers constantly come here and attempt to be content creators because they're encouraged to take that route, then struggle, then feel like failures, and leave. That's one less potential consumer for every actual content creator here. Majority of sign ups are from consumers, naturally. This is a vicious cycle that'll just keep going. It's consistently overlooked. Just watch the #introduceyourself tag for several years and see how these consumers are consistently thrown into the wrong pile then asked to be something they're not, by some strange
10000 new users would do a lot for nearly all our problems.
:) Stagnant waters are unattractive and end up being filled with parasites.
I'm not saying we are there, and I get that the path to getting more on that side is tough and controversial.
Always good to see you.
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Trends in the media lately are throwing a wrench in the works for sure. Right now Average Joe firmly believes anything crypto, NFT, web3 and so on especially when combined with social media and something like an influencer; all a scam. Why? Parasites. So let's just make that uphill battle a little more vertical...
Who knows what the future holds things can change quickly.
Also, things can drone on and on!
Agree though the path to onboarding is a real challenge.
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