You've done a really nice post here. This is just a frank take of people's experiences here on Hive. While people's passion and love for something and their contents play a role. It's hard to deny the fact that for most persons (almost everyone), money was the Primary attraction to the Blockchain. Hive is not as much as a social media platform that one will enjoy spending time in. In fact, Hive was designed around the idea of rewarding users, so people's mentality when engaging here on Hive versus on other platforms is drastically different.
Newbies are not being given as much attention as much as they need to keep them from leaving. Even as a relative oldie like me, getting votes over 1usd is still mostly a matter of fortune. I know engagement is being preached here and there. But there is too much layers to engagements that it's becoming hard to keep up. You have to engage on the Blockchain level, and as most communities may demand, on their Discord/Elements/Telegram channels. The barrier to growth now on the Blockchain for most newbies that are just coming without significant financial investments, and that aren't able to build on the chain is just too high now.
Money changes things, but people do want to be social too. There are some very active communities where people discuss their hobbies like running, knitting, collecting, whatever. We need that critical mass of people that will make it possible to everyone to find their community. I find plenty to keep me amused, including music, comics and photography.
I always tell people to make it fun for themselves and then the rewards are a nice bonus that can grow.
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