I think it's like many relationships, they will go away if neglected. I'm certainly one who will simply walk away and go else if a person stops interacting.
It's very hard to draw parallels to FB here, they are different but in the end a person needs to work out what they want out of it I suppose. Hive is new when compared to Facebook, and rewards users. Facebook rewards the owner, through taking from the users. People are looking more to instant gratification and that blue like tick seems to provide it. Here on hive it's not as easy to gain, especially at first.
People like you are what we need here, interesting people with the ability to write and something to write about, but I understand that if can seem more rewarding on places like Instagram and FB where instant reward (likes) can be gained. Here, one needs to build.
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