STOP COMPLAINING!

Even now I can't think of a decent enough title for this piece. I wanted something punchy yet with a sarcastic undertone. I considered

How to complain like a professional

I also liked

Moaners, whingers and parasites

but I went with a pretty dull title instead. "OK Pete, we're 46 words in and I've still no idea what this is all about?" I saw a Tweet by @nathanmars

People don’t want to put in the work, because it’s easier to complain.

People who complain don’t go far in life.

Take ownership of your life and put in the required amount of work to get to where you want to go in your life.

My humble advice to #HIVE Owners

— HiveOnboard.com (@NathanMars7) August 11, 2020

now before I go any further.

Nathan does a phenomenal job of promoting Hive on Twitter!
His Tweet just got me thinking.

The thing is this topic has been going on for me since 2017 when I first joined Steem, while people would prefer you to, never forget Hive is a fork of Steem. I suspect this arguement has been going on long before I joined so you have to ask yourself "Is there something to this?" before we get into that though I'd like us to be crystal clear what Hive is about. Now be warned, I'm going to make some sweeping statements and or generalisations.

Nobody is on Hive (Or steem) for the love

There are far bigger and more established platforms out there that cater to most of us with a desire to vent our spleens and spend endless hours over a keyboard producing a piece of work that we're desperate for people to love us for. Now you could argue that these platforms misuse your content or read your turgid text so they can sell you stuff you don't want, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone on Facebook post: "NOBODY IS GIVING ME A LIKE!"

Yeah, but I want to be in control of my data!

I don't know of any platform that is legally allowed these days to withhold your data. If you're that worried about someone having that story about the time you accidentally widdled in your pants, then you could always get yourself a Worpress site. Speaking of which, I don't think I've ever seen "NOBODY IS COMMENTING ON MY WEBSITE!" in a WP blog post?

Nobody can delete my account!

I'm not convinced this a good thing? Many of my FOSS friends over the years have become almost anal with regards deleting their content and presence on Facebook, Google Plus and the Internet in general. I'm not sure they would approve of their data being forever embedded in the blockchain for all eternity. Now I'm hoping here someone will say, "Ah, but if you delete your account then your data is deleted." because if that's, so that opens up a whole other can of worms in that on numerous occasions, people have said that, for example, Steemit cannot delete your posts?

OK clever clogs, why are they on Hive then?

For the money and in some cases the power whichever way you look at it it's the rewards that hook people. Now you will get groups or individuals that will strike up friendships, form their own little communities and for them, the financial rewards element diminishes slightly it's a bit like being paid to clean Mrs Miggins house but after a month or so you're getting on so well you're almost at the stage of being willing to do it for free because Mrs Miggins is such good company. It's no good anyone denying it when you see so many people promoting the financial element across social media. "EARN CRYPTO FOR WHAT YOU WRITE!" and the number of Tweets and posts all talking about the price of Hive or Crypto in general people are left in no doubt whatsoever that Hive is a crypto-backed service where HBD is king. It does make me smile when I see people playing down the financial element it's a bit like having a brothel, telling everyone on the Internet that they can have, cough, that thing they don't get at home and then when people go there saying "Na, nobody has sex here." LOL

WHAT'S ALL THIS GOT TO DO WITH NATHAN'S TWEET?

So in life, you will get the odd serial moaner. The kind of person who will win a Million and say "Huh, could have been two, couldn't it?" but some moans are valid or at the very least have a "Mute Point" within the complaint. Now some subscribe to the view that these people should be ignored and I do not disagree with that exclusively but have you considered addressing those complaints? Have you really sat down and thought about what that person is saying, looked at what they are saying and then either said to yourself: "They do seem to be being a bit ignored?" or even god forbid, "Ooh! they seem to have a point?" For me, it grates on my nerves this: "You need to work hard." what does that even mean? I know there are some lazy people on Hive and Steemit, hell I've complained about them myself, but what this simple, non-explanatory throwaway comment is actually designed to do is to silence someone complaining. "You're not earning enough? Work harder!" and yet I have put a lot of time and effort into producing something and seen little to no return on this so-called "Working Hard"

The old saying of: "It's not what you know it's who you know." is probably the best advice you could give to a new user, so 'Networking' is the key here. Do a little homework, find out who's getting a lot of comments, some half-decent rewards but don't fall into the trap of someone who spews out hundreds of posts every day. Those people subscribe to the dictum "Throw enough mud, and some will stick" I see it a lot in my line of work "Stack em high, sell em cheap!" most of the time it's utter rubbish designed to keep their name in your face. The days of a Whale dropping a humungous vote on you are long gone, the last time that happened was around 2016 so stop praying for it. You will, as I discovered, get the odd nice little upvote now and again which makes all those posts that bombed seem insignificant.

KEEP COMPLAINING

Remember, complaints are actually opportunities to improve user experience and community harmony.

"If you don't have enough voting power or crypto to upvote me; reshare me instead. Reshares are worth their weight in gold!"

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