Even though it is theoretically possible to reward old content in a roundabout way after the 7-day window is closed, in practice it is not done. I don't do it, I may serve as a typical lazy user.

If I can't make a donation or tip with a quick click, I tend not to do it at all. Same, when I walk the streets and want to give some cash to a beggar. When I cannot immediately reach my wallet, the moment might pass and I walk away without having given something.

The ease with which decisions can be made with a click has become the standard.

If I'm already logged into my account (but forgot that I'm only logged in with my posting key) and I want to drop 5 HBD as a tip, I first have to go to my wallet, log in there again with the appropriate password, which I have to look up first, get a new window from there where I have to fill in several boxes and finally confirm until the transaction is complete. I know that this is done for security reasons and I do not complain about it.

But I am saying that it makes tipping and donating much less likely than being logged in with a master password and simply clicking from where I am - and from where I don't want to move - to make a small financial donation to someone else (preferably with pre-made visually appealing choices).
Since at the same time it is recommended not to be logged in with the master key all the time (have heard this more than once, unless misunderstood), I am, for example, only logged in with my posting key.

On other channels and with the usual products, the whole thing goes much faster. I'm just thinking of Paypal, for example. The standards are set by the established and Hive as a completely different entity - functionality and ergonomics - will not attract masses if they are not adapted to user habits.

It is a completely different thing in terms of user experience whether I see my posting paid out at 7.90 or at 85 HBD. So if someone missed my article and they come back after X weeks and leave a comment and I respond as the originator of that post and then get a 100 per cent upvote, that's a different experience than getting that vote together with others as the sum of all the votes. You simply can't compare that.

Yes, theoretically and factually you are right, but the kick is different. And it kicks when you get a fat vote that leaves the cent range. That's how it is with the so-called serotonin releases or however one argues that, when you feel rewarded.

It happened to me once that someone gave me a 1.something vote because they had missed my travel post. I was happy, but it still wasn't the same. It felt lame in comparison.

If safety is first, it's understandable and I don't argue against it. But then Hive has this as a unique selling point and it contradicts those "fast and easy kicks and clicks".

For making it possible nevertheless to give a "one click tip" it would be nice to make that possible with the posting key. By setting a limit up to 5 HBD, for example, and dropping all security queries. I don't know if that would work technically, but I'm just spinning my wheels.

I am not referring to what else you said for now. Maybe later.