"but why would they pay me?", "who is paying?", "this money must come from someone place they would not give free money".

hehhehhee...this point made me remember a similar conversation I had with someone and she asked me the same question. God knows I could not answer, I was so new to the system, I did not know to go about explaining it.

If you ask me now, I don't think I still have a comprehensive answer to this question.

But then I have always wondered why a lot of people are not adopting HIVE. To think that it has been able for a long time. It is puzzling

Are they just alternate accounts of main accounts that are already in Hive?

Yes, there is a 50% chance

Is it people who make the account and lose their password and then make another one?

This one is likely too. One may lose their password just because of a minor issue as system scratch(the device they saved it)

Could it be that people who post once a week, or month, and because they don't understand how it works and doesn't get a return, either financial or engagement, give up on the platform?

I think I am selective about the people I introduce to HIVE. I do not bring those who want fast returns but do not want to make an effort to earn or work for it. So yes, these categories of people exist

Could it be that the same number of users are entering and leaving daily and therefore the final number does not increase?

Probably

My strategy. The one I would recommend

If you watch a lot of movies or read crime books, you will remember those folks who are always so desperate to get their hands on money and would do anything for it

In real life, we have them. People who are faced with a lot of challenges and would do all it takes to earn it. They are a group of people who have worked their ass off yet the pay is always low

Finding these ones and giving the keys to a HIVE account, where they can put in the same amount of work and effort, but this time, get paid and rewarded handsomely

Once they find out that it working, there will stay committed. Once they begin to understand the investment part of HIVE and how beneficial it will be to them, they will hop in as well.

Now, that reminds me, a friend of mine calls the equivalent of the tokens we earn every week, blood money.

It is always funny to me when he says it, but now, I think I have use for it

The people who join cults just to make enough money to satisfy their whims in life will find HIVE as a comfortable place to be. This time, we will not be asking them for human blood, no.