I wonder how many work out that creation isn't for them and instead spend their time consuming and engaging on the platform, because they like it.
At the end of Feb I had almost 2900 steem, so when Hive started I had about 2900 HIVE and on April 1st I had 3054 HIVE. Today I have 3515 HP, with 260 hive waiting for me to decide what to do with it. Almost all of it is from steem, but some of it is coming from curation, from consuming content. And that curation number is getting bigger with every HIVE I earn, buy or get from a trade.
I still earn more through the few post I put out to share a few meaningless things, (no earth shattering post), but most of it is because I am a consumer. I like reading, looking at and commenting on post. I also vote on the post, and get a little back in return.
I am primarily a consumer of the content. I like Movies, that does not make me an actor, but not being an actor would not stop me from making a home movie if I desired. HIVE does allow one to consume and to play at the same time.
I love the possibility to have a "one stop entertainment shop" where i can invest myself as consumer, creator and societal member. It is a great place to be for many things, which is why I spend so much time here.
It is fantastic that you are consuming so much and I wish others would too. I think everyone should post, but do it for the fun, not the monetary return.
I think I need to clone myself on some days.There is so much to see on here, and I only see a little of it. So far for me there is no monetary return, I may have learned how to make steem into hive, but not how to make any of it into fiat, just not time for that yet. I agree posting for consumers should just be for the fun of it or to share something.