I think many of us can agree that Hive is a fickle thing. Just when you think you have it figured out, something happens that throws you for a loop.
Let me throw out a disclaimer before I get too far into this post:. This post isn't meant as a complaint. I am blessed by every single sliver of Hive that I earn on this Blockchain. I am lucky enough to do better than most and belive me, I dont take that for granted.
Alright, now that I have that out of the way, I noticed something interesting with some of my recent posts that caught my attention.
It absolutely proves that after five years on this Blockchain I still have almost zero idea whatbis going on.
These posts were done in the newly renovated 
So like I said, a couple of weeks ago, I posted these two posts in the community:
@bozz/what-ive-been-watching-part-1
@bozz/what-ive-been-watching-part-2
I'd like to note that I posted both of these posts in consecutive days, so one right after the other. If you jump over to those post and you take a look at the rewards, you will notice that they did quite well. They got picked up by both Appreciator and Trafalgar for a quite decent payout if I do say so myself. One of them even got noticed by Haejin and Ranchorexalo.
One was about 1600 words and the other one was just over 1000 words. That's pretty typical for my stuff. I like to keep my word count somewhere between 500 and 1500 words.
I'd also like to mention that each of the opening images were taken from Pixabay as common use images and sourced accordingly.
Now let's take a look at these two posts that I made last week:
@bozz/more-of-what-im-watching
@bozz/what-ive-been-watching-blockbusters-and-the-way-out-there
Again, images sourced and attributed to Pixabay. Both right between 1000 and 1500 words and both posted in the
I'd like to note, I also posted the second two posts a couple of days apart from each other. I didn't want to fatigue my readers or appear to be "spammy", so I felt I should space them out a bit.
Of course, the rewards I am getting are nothing to be sad about, but I just find it interesting how big of a difference there is. I don't feel like the quality in the second two is any less than the first two. In fact, if anything, I feel it might be a little better because after the first two I was starting to get into a flow and really enjoy this style of post.
Obviously, the big difference boils down to the two (or four) large accounts that upvoted the first two, but not the second two. I mentioned them earlier in the post, but I didn't tag them because again, that isn't what this post is about. I didn't write it to call anyone out.
I am writing it though, to point out just how little I still know about Hive. Like I said, the difference is those handful off accounts, so I have to ask myself:
If I even did anything wrong, but what was it about the first two posts that was better than the second two? Was it just the shows I covered? Maybe the curator was a bigger fan of the first shows I reviewed than the later ones?
Was it fatigue? Did I try to do too much too quickly? Should I have taken a couple of week break between the first two posts and the second two? I mean, I would have thought almost a week was enough spacing, but maybe I am wrong.
Did the curator somehow feel my content was not as good as the first two? Again, I don't feel that was the case, but this is all subjective, so what do I know?
Ultimately, this might just be one of those mysteries of the universe that we never know the answer to. I don't feel like those accounts comment too much, so even if they did come across this post, I doubt they would reply. Nor would I expect them to.
I just found it fascinating. It really got my gears turning. I'm actually shocked that I didn't start up a spreadsheet comparing and contrasting each of the posts to see if I could get some kind of clarity through technical analysis.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Like I said, I know I am blessed to get whatever rewards I do get. Nothing is guaranteed on this blockchain and votes can be as fleeting as our youth. That being said, I know a lot of people see Hive as a game or a puzzle. Something that they are trying to figure out. Ultimately, something that we are all trying to grow at, excel at, thrive at.
I think analyzing these four posts and trying to figure out even a small reason why there was such a difference is a good exercise. It keeps you alert and on your toes.
It keeps us from recycling the same tired content or falling into complacency.
After all, nobody wants to visit a stale blockchain.
What do you think? Do you see any glaring reasons in the posts above that explain the difference? Have you found yourself in this same position? What conclusions did you come to?
I'd love to talk about it in the comments!
All pictures/screenshots taken by myself or 
