Hey Galen, I'm skimming through this post after being off Hive (again) for days (again). And I find myself curious to ask your perspective/opinion. When you first got on Hive what was it that gave you the drive to post and engage in your early days?
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Good question.
I'm a non-social media guy, there's just too much to do in the real world to live through someone else. So, I resisted the attempts (by my brother) to get me here for six months. When I (grudgingly) arrived and started posting I changed my tune. What did it? The genuine interaction I got with others who commented on my posts and responded when I commented on theirs. I built relationships and they endured which kept me here. I started with no financial investment here so had to build my account to what I have today myself through posting and curation (some trading as I became better at crypto) but I removed the monetary gain as the "reward" and made fun the reward.
I have this ethos to this day and still have fun, I'll simply leave when it stops being fun, no exit post, just gone.
So, my answer? Engagement in relevant and meaningful ways with others.
I hope that makes sense.
Thanks, mate. This is great. I particularly like the focus on fun being the reward.
I'm not terribly motivated by financial gain as I know many others are. And I guess since I live in a rich country and have all my basic needs covered there's really no survival energy pushing me to need to make this work to feed myself or my family.
When I think about what I love most about Hive, and why I really do want to keep logging on and posting and curating, it's always the people - especially people who are, in some way different than me. I learn so much about my unconscious biases and patterns. It makes me a better, kinder, more worldly human.
But it's like I need to remember that I can get this from Hive in a way I don't get from any other platforms, anywhere.
Hmmm. Thanks for reading my out loud musings. I think I need to print a photo of the profile pic of a big handful of my favourite Hiveans and put it somewhere obvious so I see it everyday and am prompted to think... "I wonder what my mate Galen is up to today?"
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The people, those who engage in meaningful ways make it fun and that's a good reason to hang around, a much better reason than the 'financial reward' which is chump change really, when compared to the real world, my job. So, fun is the reward and I'm not surprised to hear you agree.
As for what I'm doing, I completed my last day of work for the year today, although I'll still keep an eye on things I guess. I go back reasonably soon in the new year so it's not a long break but I'll make the most of it.
I'm relaxing right now, thinking about dinner and what series ai might start in TV tonight.
I hope you're well and have a good end of the year and Christmas also. May 2024 be a good one. P
Wonderful. Enjoy your short break. May it be small-but-mighty-nourishing 🥰
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