Well... allrighty, then!
I started writing a comment, and it turned into a dissertation length piece that's perhaps better put into free-standing post, because it ended up addressing both of your posts as well as additional issues. It'll need to percolate for a couple more days.
In short, I stand more or less in the same corner as @nonameslefttouse in that I agree that we need loads of eyeballs, and we need content consumers, more than anything else. I say that as both a content creator and consumer; as someone who started blogging before blogging was even a "thing" and as someone who has used 50+ "rewards for content" venues since the first one in 1999.
I am also very hesitant on the "get paid for social" approach solely based on functional experience: Of 50-something "rewards-for-content" sites I've been on, all but ONE (not counting Hive) failed spectacularly within two years, not because they had bad ideas or bad management, but because the venue operators grossly underestimated the sheer number of people willing to go to almost any lengths to extract, manipulate, scam, steal, exploit and otherwise grab even fractions of a cent they can get for free.
So how did I get here? I got here as a content consumer. Someone sent me a link to an article about UBI, which happened to be published on St€€m. I started clicking on user names of those who left really intelligent and interesting comments... and decided to make an account here and start blogging because the dialogue was far more intelligent and respectful than Farcebook.
Anyway, this is a really important topic to bring into open discussion, so thanks for the initiative!
I appreciate this comment, @denmarkguy . I especially appreciate that you seem to have taken more time, care, and attention to digest both of my posts on the matter. Thank you.
Sounds like you, nonames, and I are on the same page regarding Hive benefitting substantially from consumers doing 'consumer things.'
I'm not really attached to any particular marketing approach, (hopefully shown by the fact that I made 4 separate ones in as many days.)
I respect your apparently substantial experience with pay-for-content platforms. I mostly pay attention the successful ones like Medium, YouTube, Fiverr, Patreon, etc. as I prefer to 'model the masters', as it were, but things can certainly be learned from projects that weren't able to pull it off.
Yep, but if those 'holes' and 'vulnerabilities' exist for scammers to take advantage of, it's only a matter of time before they're found and exploited. Avoiding marketing based on such things only delays the inevitable. (Note: This is not an argument for or against any particular marketing approach, it's simply a statement of fact that seems relevant to the point you've raised and worth considering.)
I enjoyed your tale of how you got here, and to me it's a very laudable and respectful way to 'onboard' here, thank you for sharing, and for expressing yourself so civilly and well. I agree it's an important topic, so I'm very glad you support my raising it for discussion. Wishing you a great day! 🙏
P.S. If you do make a post on it, I'd appreciate being tagged so I can absorb your thoughts on the matter further.