Interesting thing you note here putting a cost at owning a Hive account. I agree but sentiments still get to me in terms that I got my account for free and have been building from that time till date.
There are options to opening a hive account which includes paying $3.
5 HBD for an account isn't bad because you'd get it back especially when your willing and ready to put in the work.
On the otherhand inviting people to web 3.0 "social media" changes the narrative.
I know from your first post, the introductory post you could cover the cost of the new user follows all protocols.
Anyway as this topic is raised different ideas and questions pops up also, are there incentives for paying?
To answer your question giving something valuable for free requires one doing the most to get value back from the system.
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