I agree with your post. Being on hive is not easy as we see it outside. It takes a lot of sacrifice. Some of the downs of hive can be frustrating especially taking hours to write quality post but no one get to notice it. But when you understand how it works and you really write for fun and whatever comes you accept it, that’s the time you’ll appreciate hive.
Like you said investing on hive is something we all should you take serious, I know sometimes life can be hard that we would like to withdraw some of our fund. But I’ll suggest that if we truly love what we do here then we should always make it a point to power up some of our earnings always so it doesn’t just make us selfish
The problem with newbies is that when they get a big or bigger upvote, they think those votes are going to continue endlessly. The truth is, curation groups have some rules and votes should be spread to support a many users as possible.
This is why one should grow their followers and supporters organically, but that can't be done in one day, it takes a lot of time. Basically you have to attract those votes, with good content, consistency, engagement and so on. Those who are not patient, quit too soon. Others continue and build and succeed. It's that simple.
As about building stake, you have my opinion in the post above.
Keep up the good work as I see you know what to do, so you're on the right track.
Well said.