Ahh ok. I thought you meant me personally lol. Thanks for clarifying.

Dude, listen, neither Hive nor Steem is a perfect system. Like I said, growing userbase compared to what’s out there as far as social media on blockchain or dapps in general. It’s not like people are leaving Hive. Sure, it’s not on a rocket booster either.

As for the pyramid scheme thing, that’s a stretch. For one, if you’re selling, and someone is buying, they see either value, or potential to profit. You can’t even use the word pyramid scheme, because in order to be that, you have to be charging a fee to enter.

Is it likely better if a noob buys Hive? Does it have benefits? Yes. But is it required? No.

Do we see a massive amount of users earnings explode without buying? Not really, but we are nowhere near the scale for that to truly be judged. Truth be told, there just isn’t a lot of content on Hive that mainstream users would enjoy. So to them, there is a lack of quality content that would be considered viral. Viral on Hive does not translate to real world viral.

So, if Hive were to attract mainstream content creators, who could actually attract large numbers of followers to Hive, they would probably begin earning decently on Hive with zero buy in. But nobody here produces that level of viral content. That level of content is shared on mainstream social media platforms daily by a wide audience of content creators, and many times by random people who just happened to catch the attention of a huge content creator.

So, I think at scale, it’s possible to see that you can earn well on hive with no initial purchase. But that is TBD.

But as for pyramid scheme, nah. Compensation is not at all tied to you recruiting new members. Nobody is required to buy Hive, and there are zero promises that you can successfully earn money from posting content whether you have powered up Hive or not.

Question for you: if you really thing Steem/Hive are that bad, then why stuck around? Do you hope these things can change and get better? Or is it doomed and you’re here to watch the fireworks? Just curious, because the day that Hive is not fun for me, I mean i would just sell out and bounce. I did that with Steem. I just gave up, too much bs there. Hive isn’t perfect by any means, but as far as blockchain social media, what out there is better?