. I was able to quit my job, write full time, travel, pay off debts.
Oh for those golden years! I just missed that by a hairs breadth.
My posts earn very little now, I'm lucky to break $10 (author portion) on most of my posts. I'm not complaining.
It does wind me up that some authors here get double at least just for being part of some inner sanctum. There's certainly an argument for fairer reward distribution and I know a few people try to adjust that with DV but never on the inner circle. I try not to pay much attention to that and, like you, appreciate what we do get, with the (very) occasional better upvote (like this post). Remember this massive Curie upvote?
The problem with value s you say is so arbitrary. If the large account holders don't value literature, then every time we write fiction, we know we won't get rewarded as highly, even though it can be relatively more labour intensive. Back in the Natural Medicine days, we found we weren't as well supported because people thought it was woo hoo, though we were trying to support legit complementary medicine like meditation, yoga and herbalism. So yeah, what's valuable has always been problematic here.
About 25% of the comments I received on my posts are from people I can tell haven't even read my posts. This is partially my fault because, early on, I started upvoting comments but from here on out I think I'm going to not do that anymore if I can tell someone hasn't even read what I wrote.
Oh man I get SO assy with that, haha. A while ago someone said I didn't need to respond to every comment. Light bulb moment!! I just ignore them now unless I'm in a mood and then I give them a stern talking to hahaha.
it's up to each of us to enhance and maintain and protect the integrity of this platform. We can do this with our posts but we also do it with each vote and each comment.
Yes, yes, yes. I find that with real life too. You just gotta do the right thing in YOUR corner in the hope other people will do same. There's a solid bunch of people with integrity that keep me here. I'm glad you are one of them. 💖
For once in my life I was in the right place at the right time. I hope you get to experience this. The key usually is being an early adopter. Have you heard of Panjea? It's a new social media platform built on the AlephZero blockchain. It's still in the testing-phase but you can sign up and be amongst the first users. Most of these projects fizzle out but you never know!
Yes, the whale-voting cabals have been a thing since the beginning but I'm sure they've changed throughout the years. It used to be that most whales/witnesses really curated their voting lists and just didn't put them on "autopilot" to be exploited. I'm not sure how it is now though. I haven't gotten consistently substantial payouts since 2018 or so. Every now and then I'll get a few larger upvotes but it doesn't happen much at all anymore. I do remember the Curie vote! There were a few like that and it was exciting when you were chosen.
You're right. I guess the real problem with the "perceived value" proposition I described is only a handful of accounts carry enough voting weight to make a real difference. I see some posts with massive numbers of votes but small payouts and vice versa. I suppose there is the same profound inequality here as there is in the real world. I think the creation of communities were an attempt to help mitigate that inequality but the communities will take time to build up their wallets.
The fake/disingenious comments really irk me, probably more than anything else on the platform right now. They harm the legitimacy of Hive more than most people realize. I guess I've been too nice about it. I always second guess if people have language barriers and are really making an honest effort. I imagine if they're not bots they'll disappear shortly after the comment upvotes stop.
Thanks, I feel the same way. There are a handful of people (you amongst them) who keep me around here. I don't post nearly as often as I used to but if I'm away for more than a handful of days Hive calls me back. Mainstream social media is so ruled by algorithms and ads now that post visibility is almost non-existent unless you pay for outreach or spend most of your waking hours interacting on the platforms so I appreciate that at least our writing is being seen.