I can't agree less!
You have indeed spoken so well 👏
Chasing rewards makes us lose sight of the quality of our original content overtime and this will translate to spamming for reward sake, plagiarism/stealing great ideas to present quality contents (albeit stolen ideas), and disappointment when our "utopian expected reward" isn't forthcoming.
The more we say this or emphasise this, the more people continue to lose sight of that which is important and focus on the peripherals and trivial issues.
Many would blame the system, the "partial curators" (in their words), the admins/mods and communities, the "publish" icon on peakd (for leading them astray), Justin Sun, my little puppy (which I don't have), and every other thing/person but themselves. They forget that their Greed is leading them astray.
However, when we think long term, we focus on the clear and overall picture, rather than allowing our subjective view to becloud our foresight. We focus on doing things the right way and doing things for long term.
Reading through @josediccus celebration of 5 years of activity on Hive and 34k comment on Hive, one can see how consistency and growth will really pay off for the long term. It isn't easy, but it is not impossible.
@erikah post on community/specific niche placement is one which I'd readily recommend to anyone, anytime and anyday. That post will indeed serve as a guide for the present and future time.
What brand of Beer do you take boss, I suppose dash you one beer like this for this post. Abi you want Caprisone? 😅
Wonderful write-up brother
Well, 34k seem rather huge, looking at it. I think it's been more like doing nothing for me. people forget to have fun, watch the videos contents, rather than skip, make acquaintances and show real efforts. It's no magic, the secret is to have fun while making impact.
Thats true!
Have fun with what you're doing.
One reason why I can't really leave Hive amidst everything choking me is because I have made real friends on Hive.
When na only star I sabi... omo, I would easily be overwhelmed with all I'm doing and Hive no go dey the agenda, because there's really nothing for me there, except to find money.... and honestly, I'm not really the money freak... lol... I believe this will shock you small.
If it were just the money, I would have been going on and off like before... but Hive dey help me overcome my depression now 🙃
This is the exact point brother... Just being long time, and definitely your works would show up for you in the future...
@josediccus is a true inspiration to many of us. Most especially me. Would have left Hive if I never got inspired to keep doing my best and following his footsteps.
As you keep following his footsteps, we keep following yours and his. We have so many footsteps to follow, but most time it's a shame that we really can't keep up.
To find our own feet can be really difficult, but small small... we will 🤧
Brother, definitely you would find your own feet.