It is true, Hive and its ecosystem is a very attractive social network due to the fact that it rewards creativity through the use of its own cryptocurrency, apart from offering a showcase where we can expose a diversity of expressions manifested in literary form, opinion, images or videos to an increasingly demanding community interested in supporting original and quality work. Under this scheme, most of us who belong (and believe) in Hive join this great virtual plaza attracted in part by the economic compensation and also by the fact of exposing our thoughts to the world.
However, the work of those of us who dedicate ourselves to the creation of quality content usually encounters certain stumbling blocks along the way, mainly because all posts are linked to compensation in Hive or any of its tokens, which is made possible thanks to the decision of the curators to offer their upvotes if they consider that what is published meets the standards that should be rewarded; so this subjectivity promotes the generation of great expectations among those of us who dedicate ourselves to investing time and effort in producing ideas or works to the collective liking.
And it is precisely the time and effort factors that from my point of view feed the expectations that determine the degree of motivation that drives the creator to continue feeding the blockchain, precisely to offer good quality works that are liked by everyone (or the majority) and to be compensated with the cryptocurrency and tokens of the social network. The problem is that many times this dedication does not translate into votes, at least from those curators with more weight in the network and the amount collected does not usually represent the effort made. I have read criticisms from colleagues who are also members of Hive Blog and its dApps who feel disappointed or demotivated given the little compensation they receive for the dedication they give to their work.
In this sense, objectively speaking, the process of generating value to what we publish goes hand in hand with the reputation we build. Pretending to get big profits just starting our way in Hive, Proof of Brain, Leofinance or any of the tribes of the ecosystem leads to generate expectations that soon collide with reality and with our motivation, also denting the process of creating quality. I always comment that this is a long term process, if you were called 'Justin Bieber' or 'Taylor Swift' it would not be necessary to build a reputation (nor quality work) to achieve success, crematísticamente speaking, here, however, the vast majority of us, we need to take the long and slow road to success.
Building a reputation in Hive Blog and all its ecosystem goes hand in hand with quality, so doing a job that pleases the majority is a process where you must necessarily invest a lot of effort and time if you want to make this medium an alternative not only to make yourself known but also to produce profits. Of course, if you do not feel comfortable, if Hive does not meet your expectations, the most sensible thing to do is to leave and do other activities that you think are more suitable for your capabilities and aptitudes, equally, wherever you go and whatever you want to do, building your reputation is something that will be paramount to achieve your goals.
Without criticizing those who join this 'club' looking for alternative forms of extra income, indeed, I think that can be a motivation, but it is necessary to understand from the beginning that this requires a lot of time and effort, that you will not always achieve that your posts collect important values in votes and therefore in money and that the minutes or hours invested in each publication should serve to make you more creative.
Of course, there is nothing that motivates people more than loving what they do, without that gasoline that moves the world it is very difficult to achieve goals, that is an absolute reality. If you are here it is because you like both reading quality articles and writing or publishing original images. This type of people (including myself) are moved by the fact of sharing ideas, expressing their creativity in the same way that feeds on the works of other creators as well as supporting what they consider to be in good taste and rejecting what is mediocre. Likewise, criticism and self-criticism, far from discouraging, creates parameters to correct errors and continue to take flight.
Definitely the relationship Expectation-Reality is conceptualized in a positive or negative way according to the degree of motivation and dedication that you offer to the community through your posts and interaction with the rest of the community, this will determine if you are ready to follow the path or step aside and seek other directions more in line with your desires.
