For today's Summer reflection, it is going to be a bit of a rant, because I haven't ranted on Hive for awhile, and I think it is due, as over the last week or so there has been some drama with proposals, people who should know better not behaving better, and you know, some tosser who posts "photos" of "his" cars for reward, but can't even take the time to answer the comments he gets from comment farmers.
I ended my last post with the thought:
I wonder what happens in the results of a country if everyone in it worked to be a little bit better.
And I have often wondered the same thing about Hive. If people actually worked a to be a little bit better here, the place would be pretty amazing, but instead, many are looking for the easiest way to get as much as they can for themselves, without having to put anything in. It is pathetic.
Don't get me wrong, most people are here to earn something in some way at some point in time, but this isn't Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok or whatever other fucked up centralized media is out there that pays, this is Hive. The other platforms might pay a small percentage of creators, but those creators don't own anything on the platform. Even the ownership of their account is an illusion, just like the fool who adds all the "photographs of my cars" from Gran Turismo 7.
He owns exactly none of those cars.
But on Hive, there is the possibility to own a piece of the network itself, which gives added benefits for the individual, plus gives the potential to help others build their potential and ownership of the network too. But, if everyone is only in it for themselves and unwilling to support the infrastructure or others in any way, what happens?
In this way, Hive is a bit like a business, but damn, can you imagine being in business with some of the assholes here, with the level of entitlement and extractor mentality they do?
How long would that fucking business last?
My daughter has been looking to improve her decision making abilities, and one of the discussions we had was about how to value our behaviors, by prioritizing what is important and what is less so. The thing is, that most people are looking to be happy in this world, yet when their behaviors are only looking at what makes themselves happy, they will soon run into a roadblock that will make it increasingly hard to be happy, as they become more and more isolated.
Hive is a bit the same, because as soon as an account starts taking the "easy way" out and posting shit and powering down everything, the community that supports them recognizes that they are only in it for themselves and will stop supporting. As far as "earning on Hive" from content creation goes, the less support you get from people who have invested into growing their stake, the harder it becomes. Ultimately, people support people here.
And some people are dicks.
Over the last seven something years I have been kicking around these blocks, I have seen a lot of people turn into dicks once they started getting support from larger accounts, by lowering the quality of their content and increasing their sense of entitlement to keep getting the support. When those votes dry up, they become even bigger dicks, by lowering quality even further and behaving increasingly badly, often complaining about how they get treated.
There is a place in hell for these people.
But, as said, I wonder what it would be like if everyone on Hive actually put in effort to consistently improve themselves or what they create here. I wonder what it would be like if all those comment farmers actually tried to add value to the conversation they were engaging with, rather than just adding whatever they think will get them a vote. Or if the content creators actually took some self-pride in what they create and try to make it something that the community wants or needs.
I wonder what would happen if users of Hive, made the decision to be healthy owners instead.
Taraz
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