I think the longer post are for people who can pay 8$ a month.

You might be right about that! 😃

Of course it's a microblogging platform, but paying to be able to write longer posts don't really make Twitter a traditional blogging platform.

Absolutely! They just wanted an additional market share and another hook for their paid membership.

In reality, the length of a post isn't much of a value, but on Hive, we tend to follow people or consume content that means value for us.

Yes, and I, as a content consumer follow both people who write short and long posts. And videos, of course.

So value is probably not universal, but 25 years is the definition of longevity.

Absolutely! Of course, he has been successful in various ways, so he doesn't need a blogging income to live from, for example. If someone has that constraint, they will start to compromise one way or another, and eventually may give up if that doesn't provide for them as other ventures.