Having stake earns more in curation and yeah, it's more fun.
Also, a person's position as "less fortunate" than others doesn't negate the need to support the blockchain.
Imagine me with my stake, self-voting my own posts only, paying myself and taking it all out, just because I feel like I'm less fortunate than others...the blockchain wouldn't last long huh? Why wouldn't a person power up 20% regularly and take the rest to show they support the community? If no one powered up there'd be no blockchain and then what? All those less fortunates? They die? Nah, they go back having to actually work for the funds they earn like they did before they joined Hive.
Nah, I don't think being less fortunate is a good enough excuse.
I'll not be supporting them and will probably start downvoting them so they earn nothing anyway. Already started.
I agree. I didn’t mean to suggest that being less fortunate should be an excuse for taking everything out. I believe they could and should contribute some amount to support the blockchain.
Basically to me this reflects a victim mentality. If they have time to be here, they're clearly managing to survive. If I wasn't getting by I certainly wouldn't be here.
Exactly, and taking whilst giving nothing back: Effort, votes with value to them (needs stake), engagement and so on, shouldn't be rewarded. If it is, it'll continue.