I like your Hive Story.

I also like it here. I barely know shit about crypto and block chains and all the other aspects of these things that I barely know shit about, but all that matters (to me) is that there are a bunch of creative weirdos here that I get to play with and share my own creative weirdoness with and, whoa, really? make a little money so I can hopefully retire one day and be a full time creative weirdo.
And pay my friends to be the same.
I want hive to be successful because this is the most I've ever felt like I've belonged somewhere in my life. If something were to happen and it suddenly all went away, I'd spend the rest of my days posting ads in the craigslist missed connections section trying to find all of you.

As for the vote trails, they are a lonely gift. It feels good to see all those vote numbers come tumbling in behind a curation. It's nice to have the extra funds roll in after the recognition given by one or two VIWs. But it's also nice, sometimes even nicer than money (but please also money, too, don't stop), to have someone say:

Holy fuckin shit duder, that's a fuckin awesome blog picture word combination art masterpiece you just made and I think you may have changed my life just a little or at the very least changed my day.

That's the kind of stuff that makes me keep creating. More than the money. I get the feeling I'm not the only one with this sentiment, otherwise all these crazy creatives I'm following would lose their drive.

Anyway, that's my half-crazed sleep-deprived .02HBD. Hope it made sense and I didn't miss any typos. My mind is still loopy after that weird blog I gave birth to last night.