Hive & Leo offer the same opportunities for everyone who creates an account and wants to be part of the community, but investing in the tokens increases your chance of making connections faster and gets your posts more votes & comments.
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It's not a "Pay to Win" community where only those who invest in the native tokens will get post rewards. I have seen many authors with considerable rewards and a small wallet, but it definitely helps out if you have a big wallet.
Buying the native tokens and staking them shows your long term commitment towards the blockchain and shows that you believe that the price will rise, and you put your money where your mouth is. I even made a post about this specific topic.
The more HP/LP you hold, the faster you'll get noticed by other users, and the more attention your posts will get from a) authors looking to get some curation, b) authors voting your posts so you do the same c) investors who want to connect
Having an Orca status on Leo means nothing if you don't engage with the community. You may have a lot of Leo Power but Leo Finance isn't just about that, you actually have to get involved, this is why I joined the LPUD initiative.
The pattern of voting circles on Hive, where some people with a big stake only vote on posts made by people with a big stake expecting the same from them, doesn't repeat on Leo Finance, the whales actually curate low stake users.
Voting in circles are not the norm on Hive, but I see this happen more often on the L1 blogging platform than on Leo, which is a layer 2. This is one of the main reasons that drove me to delegate my HP to @leo.voter and stack more Leo.
If the users who receive rewards from their posts trust and commit to the Leo platform, and the whales don't distribute inflation with votes to accounts that will just sell the tokens after 7 days, the long term value of Leo grows.
I feel a little like I'm in Thread-ception. :)