No, very little seems to have changed... and the old metric that 1% of the people "trying" will make (significant) money and 99% will not still holds.

I made my first "online money" writing product reviews for a site called Epinions, back in 1999... the first I know of to implement a revenue sharing model. Whereas there were a few people making $10K or more a month, most of us were thrilled to get maybe $200 a month or so. As with most opportunities, the vast majority would make a few dollars for hours of work.

I like Hive because I enjoy blogging more than my expectations of a reward. And I like the forced "savings account" in the form of Hive power... but I'm certainly not harboring delusions that this is a job! Maybe if Hive went to $25 it would bemore likely... but then there would be 25x more people competing for the pool, so it would probably end close to the same.

Meanwhile, I do make most of my living online, partially via eBay (since 1998) and partially as a contract book editor. It's not going to make me rich, but at least I get by... on my own terms.