RE: Scaling Hive, Why Quality Posts May Not Be Enough
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I'm going to go deeper into this issue, I think what keeps people away is the fact that they can monetize, because they see it as a responsibility or a commitment, people spend hours and hours investing time in a computer behind social networks like facebook and instagram just because they provide entertainment, when people exist publishing original and magnificent photographs on facebook and they don't perceive anything monetary from facebook to them, on the contrary I have seen post here on hive and on steemit where only one photograph is published that doesn't require much effort and is valued.
I think what keeps users away is the sense of responsibility, because when there is a possibility of receiving rewards for the generation of content, it stops being seen as fun and starts being seen as a job, from my perspective that is what I think keeps users away from hive and steem, Of course there are other factors, but in particular I have seen that simple and effortless content has been well valued in these two platforms, on the contrary I see less and less rewards associated with good quality post, post associated with science, education are not being well rewarded.
Surely, your post has provided another way of looking at the subject. You could have seen a few content like a picture earning good rewards but the question is whether it is allowed and encouraged. Can we use Hive the way we use other social media? I don’t so, think one will escape downvoting.
You're right that rewards could change the narrative, however. Yet, we can't take the rewards away but we can always build addiction into the game.
Nice to read your thoughts.