I don't think the price matters to genuine creators - those who want to feed and flourish from their crafts, sure, but most creators I know (myself included, in particular, when I do my photographic work, as opposed to gaming content) - I'm doing it for the reward of the endorphins I procure through the act of creation itself.

Most truly creative people (who need to scratch that itch like its... a hive?) will create, whether there's an incentive to do so or not.

As a result, we see this throughout the creative industries with photographers, musicians, artists, writers, performers, dancers, all asked to "donate" their skills and craft for the benefit of others.

This blockchain has the opportunity to change that, through the patronage that repeated upvotes can bring to the typical starving artist.

It's only a number of days until I start downvoting posts about the platform, to return to the rewards pool what should be there for creators. The proposal system is there for developers, and the witness rewards pool is there for creators. Witnesses, devs, and people who want to commentate on the platform and its economics itself should do so, but be responsible and support genuine creators such as those I've mentioned earlier, else we'll be in the same position on Hive as where we were on Steem - stagnation and creators leaving the platform because the ROI on their time (even though they're still creating) did not make any sense.

I've got a friend who is like that - she's just too busy to post her artwork to the chain, but she's unrelentingly prolific in her creation.