In that case we dont really need rewards at all. Which again just shortens the path to L2. hehe.
:)
I'll play along; If by, we don't need rewards at all, you mean content creators than I can agree. Content creators sometimes create for the love of doing so or because it gives them an escape from everyday life. Thus my point that an earning threshold doesn't dictate if someone is a content creator or not. If instead you mean we as in the Hive Blog Community, I would disagree as its the model that the current user-base of hive signed up for. Changing it, changes what Hive Blog is at its core. To do so would be the same as sticking a big WEB2 sticker on HIVE's non-existing face. Web 2 tokens would help the transition and keep us away from being WEB2 but I commented on how that might go in my opening reply to our conversation.
But if we want high quality stuff people will create on a continuous basis they need to get paid. Quality takes time. It takes incentive. Or they will go to where they can be.
I can agree with this to an extent. There is multi routes to finding quality content creators. If one is trying to attract those who are already massively successful than you would be correct but if instead we focus on finding exceptional content creators that are just starting out the lure of getting them to post on HIVE won't be as costly. I would argue that there are some benefits to the current HIVE Blog that work in favor of early content creators such as earning instantly, youtube does not provide that. Youtube requires at least 1000 followers an X hours of watch-time before they consider any content creator as an earner.
My wife is probably the best musician that ever posted on Steemit. She doesnt make music here anymore on Hive. You know why? Because its simply not worth the effort needed.
She would rather post her music elsewhere, where there is a chance to earn something significant while earning nothing right now, then post here on Hive for a few dollars without there ever being any chance to earn something significant.
Most quality content creators think the same way.
I understand and get all that and it goes back to my point of finding new quality content creators vs already established ones. The other rebuttal I see to this is that with music its not frowned upon to repost the same music lyrics or music video on multiple platforms. So even if one is earning more elsewhere, earning something extra for linking work already created is an option.