This post took me 4 1/2 hours to write from a blank page in Notepad, to the final spellchecked and formatted piece. If I'd used ChatGPT (and told it to write it for me), I could've probably done it in 15 or 20 minutes, but it wouldn't have been my post anymore.

Then I had to edit the photo of the sign board that I took so that the text would stand out more, then resize it down to around 500 KB, so it would load faster on the page.

Part of the fun in writing, is finding better and more expressive ways to say things. I likely re-wrote parts of this 3 or 4 times when something better came to me. I originally intended for the paragraph about the movie Leave the World Behind to start the post, then decided it would be stronger near the close.

You've taught me something about helpful and legitimate ways to use ChatGPT in your workflow. Very interesting. I won't mention any names, but some of those people using it to write for them on Hive, were posting in broken English just two short years ago. Big names too, with regular payouts over $50 per post in a country where the average wage is just $1 a day. Thus, they take home a month's wages with one post.

If one of my posts hits $1 I count myself lucky! lol

My main task however, is to help grow Hive over the long term, while having a blast doing so. In that case, mission accomplished! :)