You're not a leech.
I've come to offer some outside perspective and I want to make it abundantly clear that I'm not taking any position on this current drama whatsoever.
Quite a few people, including actual artists who are present on this platform couldn't make much sense out of those rewards. If you look around, you'll notice quite a few people talking about things like retention.
Naturally, someone working on an actual post for actual consumers on Hive might look at what boils down to a constant stream of advertisements getting no engagement while receiving a pile of cash, compare it to their results including receiving far more engagement, feel undervalued, become frustrated and possibly leave in the worst-case scenario.
I'm sure that some healthy communication would have solved the issue. I assume many would have been satisfied with something like a compilation post seeing high value and even trending status, which would have resulted in getting actual eyes on the project rather than alienating people and turning eyes away. This could have also led to consistent funding for the project.
Unfortunately, based on my previous encounters, the simple act of communicating with one of the individuals involved, in the worst-case scenario, could lead to all previous and future work being downvoted rather than rationalized results and productive conclusions.
This is why I personally ignored it, knowing full well that it would devolve into a disaster.
Again, I'll still vouch for you. You're a good dude. Not a leech. Shit happens. I just want to add I think it would have been awesome if that project brought some artists over and they were present here, earning, like I and several others have for nearly seven years.
Thanks, yeah it was going to be too much work to sell Hive as the place for No Agenda art going forward, would have been good for everyone though.
Perhaps a No Agenda tokenized community tied into Hive covering more than just the art but of course also including the art would be the way to go. Then it goes both ways where you have No Agenda consumer base coming to Hive, and Hive consumer base coming to No Agenda. Keep in mind that both consumers and creators are rewarded on Hive, which would naturally attract more consumers to any brand if executed well. This can be done with any brand. The content naturally struggles without the presence of its market.
And yes, I know you're a busy guy and me suggesting that is no different than walking up to your desk and dropping a one meter tall stack of papers.
Don't worry. It doesn't have to be done by Friday.
Yeah, the expression here in Israel is para-para literally cow-cow... we'll wait ill all the cows have walked past. I've got other things to do.