I really liked the 'spirit' of this post when I first read it this morning, so I gave it a hearty (but not full) upvote.
However, as I looked at the POB market a bit later in the morning, especially looking at the high number of small-POB sellers and the paucity of POB buyers, it struck me how important the message of this post really is.
@offgridlife has made an important observation here that deserves to be widely read and understood.
That is why I have decided to burn some POB to promote this post (that seemed a bit wiser than changing my upvote).
much greater than their upvote power using HIVE, then they will start selling their HIVE to stack POB rather than the other way around.If new (and old) recipients of POB follow @offgridlife's above assessment (and example), and realize that their upvote power using POB is
This will further bolster the market price of POB and further perpetuate the 'wisdom' (not financial advice! ) of the decision.
Also, getting lots of 'everyday folks' following @offgridlife's example will further even out the distribution of POB and reduce the influence of POB whales (like me).
Seems like a win-win-win message.
Well… for the past 4 years I did get everyone I know to join Hive …. And many of them posted great stuff, Original Artwork, Music, political commentary …. you name it … but after a few months of earning practically nothing while watching the same few people earn $100 on every post… they all quit. I am almost too embarrassed to ask them to come back and try again … but maybe when I have a few 100 thousand POB to support their good work I will ask them to give it another try.
Thanks. But I see this was downvoted to zero on Hive. Just brutal.
Every time I make more than $10 on Hive I get downvoted to zero.