"Reward for effort" ...Exactly. I think anyone who is successful here worked hard and wrote a lot of posts or comments until their fingers fell off to get to the position they are. Relationships are important to building and retaining a following. It's like the iceberg theory, some judge at the surface but they don't see the work that has been put in long term and consistently, it's not an overnight success, plankton give up too easily these days. I wish they would give hive and themselves a chance, it takes a while to learn the groove of things around here but it's so fun and if an anti social person like myself can make it, anyone can!

I thought it was weird too, kinda disappointed. I ran it at a time where there was a lot of complaints about reward distribution and I even tried to fish them in as I welcomed them to the platform or saw complaints. Competitions are the best way to build a following early on even if we don't win, heck I still enter competitions and little games to meet new people. Guaranteed to meet like-minded individuals in niche areas and most of us who have been here a while take time to read every single comment left on a post.