A very good post. I joined in August 2017, struggled a lot, still do struggle but for non-Hive reason. Finding a community helps tremendously. I helped out in a couple, met some people, had a lot of fun, and still have contact with a few of them, and vote on them.

The part about the 2016 and almost no HP, that does hit a chord with me. Yes those people may have been around for a long time, but not maintaining enough of a balance to at least give a 0.02 reward means they really do not care for anyone but themselves.

It took me a long time before I could give a vote with 0.02 value, and I hope I never drop below that point.