I do see the complaining, a lot, about not being able to earn on Hive as a new user, that is mostly bullshit and from the gimme gimme gimme crowd of earners.

I can look at my delegated to list at one time or another, and several of them, (at least 6), are consistent posters and they all are commenters on their and other peoples post.

So earning on Hive as a new person really is not that hard, earning as a four year-old on Hive is also not that hard, I may not make or earn 10,000 Hive a year, only about 3000 since the hive/steem split, but if I put as much effort and consistence as you and others, I could be in that group of people earning 10,000 Hive a year. I mean just look at my mediocre efforts to earn on Hive, a lot has been through comments, a lot has been from posting, and some has been from playing silly little games and trading on Hive-Engine tokens.

People would rather whine about how unfair it is instead of learning all the various ways to earn on Hive.