I've been on Hive for quite a while, even before its existence, I was already on Steemit. I started this account a year ago and I'm resuming the hive, little by little because I know how it works. Beyond good content, Hive works is by contacts, meeting the right people. There is a lot of excellent content every day that misses out on good curation.... And at the same time I see every day authors that because they already have long-established relationships, they get the same great votes every day on each of their posts, even if they don't have a great effort compared to other authors who are new. It is clear that Hive works like real life, you are going to succeed almost 100% is thanks to contacts and relationships. So you have to focus on building those relationships, just as you mention in the post.