To be clear though, I don't think that people will only be willing to share if paid to do so. I think that they'd be more willing to share on a platform where they share in the revenue created by the platform. On YouTube that happens because they are attracting additional viewers which generate that revenue. That additional willingness leads to a competitive environment that spawns extremely well-produced content. Seemingly, only as an act of revolt (OR as a risky, speculative investment, with you betting that the crypto would go higher) might other, equally well-produced content appear here, since the financial incentive (aside from revolting against 'the powers that be' (google, facebook, etc.)) is greater (or at the very least more stable) on other platforms. Most people care more about a better life for their families and so will make informed financial decisions to the best of their ability to move them toward that better life.

People can also tip on sites like YouTube, Twitch, etc.; but advertisers will pay for the eyeballs that are attracted, something that doesn't occur here unless the eyeballs attracted decide to pay you with their own money. Whereas they get YouTube content for free and the only thing they'd pay for (not including if they tip) would be if they like a physical or digital product that is being sold by an advertiser, in which case they get something in ADDITION to the content, rather than paying for the content itself.

Which leaves viewers with a pretty easy decision (unless they are again acting out of revolutionary idealism):

1. Free content that includes content that is of a higher production value on a system that is much more performant
2. Content that they can view for free on a less performant system that is made by people who are only equally as incentivized in comparison to platforms like YouTube that utilize ad revenue to create incentive for good creators when you, as a viewer, give them your money.

As it currently stands, at the very least, Hive and Steemit are both so far and away below the levels of performance of YouTube and other Social Media teams (reasons for that are many, but obviously a huge team and financial backing for the other ones allows for more performant systems) that unless there is much better content on here, I don't see the masses flocking here (of course, I could be very wrong about that due to something I'm missing and of course if the performance and content quality hits the modern day standard, that could change as well).

They for sure will need some incentive to come here, as viewers. Note, that I'm just referring to how it currently stands, not necessarily how it would land if your resolution proposal was implemented! :)

I appreciate you adding to this discussion though. It is good to see that some people believe the problem can be resolved and I appreciate you proposing a resolution!

I'm on the fence about whether it can be fixed, but your points for sure seem like they'd be a step in the right direction!