Often I'll shed light the general lack of interest in creating a solid consumer base on Hive. Trying since 2016 to reverse that trend. Many years later, lack of interest in everything you're working on here shouldn't be happening, but is.
Often I'll shed light the general lack of interest in creating a solid consumer base on Hive. Trying since 2016 to reverse that trend. Many years later, lack of interest in everything you're working on here shouldn't be happening, but is.
I'd agree with that. And honestly it comes down to money. Money is a great motivator for building and spending time on a blockchain.
I think the culture in general discourages consumption. Focus solely on posting and earning. Discouraging consumption and treating it like those rewards are worthless. Votes are automated or stake is delegated away. No views.
The removal of rewards from delegated hive would help maybe. I personally feel if you don't show up and cast a vote then you should be earning. It's low effort and if you can't even do that then you're not really a part of the ecosystem.
I think encouraging consumption would help.The culture that leads you to say something like "you're not really a part of the ecosystem" isn't healthy either, but not criticizing you, just the culture that led to those thoughts being common.
And when I say "encouraging consumption," I'm not talking about encouraging content creators to double as consumers. That's been a mistake propelled by the culture since 2016 as well.
The insane amount of ultra-low-effort content has always kept me away from being more involved with Steem/Hive. Browse the latest feeds and you see it all over. I just muted someone yesterday because they were spamming garbage threads.
Majority are working for votes rather than people. Working for rewards rather than an audience. If the approach was more organic, people would see they're failing or struggling, then improve naturally, or try something they're good at.