Hey @slothlydoesit, appreciate the visit! I'm afraid you missed the @commentrewarder cutoff, so all I can offer is an upvote on your comment.

If we go way back here, we can't ignore that the original growth of the legacy chain was the result of people shouting "Earn crypto while blogging!" from the rooftops... and thus, the expectations of the vast majority of those who have joined Hive (old and new) over the years have done so on the premise of "earn crypto." Whether that is "good" or "bad" can be discussed for decades, but I think we have to simply embrace it as an inevitable part of the landscape... and do with it what we can.

Asher @abh12345 is not super active in the community anymore... but you could always try pinging him on Discord and see if he were willing to share some of the original algorithm/code with you from the Engagement Leagues... or maybe "sell it" to SlothBuzz for a beneficiary payout from future posts in perpetuity or something. Of course, he'll tell you it's a MONSTER amount of work...

I'll share the same sample link I shared in my reply to @hannes-stoffel, just as a sample of the weekly league post... it was pretty elaborate:

@abh12345/the-hive-engagement-league-6tggzo

Anyway, I'm glad that @sloth.buzz still maintains the Hive-Engine based outpost, means I'll probably go back to supporting it with posts... I was never much of a fan of the Ecency "wrap" for communities, the navigation is/was always messy. Maybe that has changed, and I'm out of date.