I wouldn't be interested in supporting an endless stream of "low quality" content. And I don't have enough time in the day to support an endless stream of "high quality" content.

Is this post of yours high quality or low quality? I can't say, but I can clearly see it has, qualities. I'm sure if everyone looked hard enough, they'd see some as well. And from there, naturally, the human figures out what appeals to them and what doesn't.

What's presented above hooks people in. Before I even knew what was inside this post and before I even had a chance to judge the quality of this content, I clicked on the content.

Inside could have been anything.

A short post doesn't make it low quality by default. 2000 words doesn't make it high quality by default. It's the delivery that matters. If I was to "complain" about content on Hive, I'd start with the delivery, and give majority of you shit for being so tame/bland. Take a shot of showmanship and call me in the morning.

Go ahead and flood this site with short videos, remove everything else. You'll find yourselves in the same boat talking about high vs low quality. You'll see an endless stream of content creators posting shorts, sure. Majority of those videos will have shitty titles and poor thumbnails, standing very little chance of attracting anyone, and they haven't even seen all the camera noise or heard the shitty mic yet.

Go ahead and flood this site with memes. An endless stream of randomness. No context, no way to connect, no hook, just memes. It's easy, right? But it appeals to no one except the content creators working feverishly to scrape pennies off the floor.

As a content creator, I don't give two shits or a single fuck about this concept of high quality vs low quality coming from some Hive curator's thought process.

It's my content. Produced by me. Designed by me. Mine. Exists for others to enjoy. But I'm not writing a long-ass article in order meet some sort of "requirements." If I write a novel, it's because that's what I wanted to do. If I publish a random nonsensical shit-post, it's because that's what I wanted to do.

I don't care if someone on Hive doesn't like it or thinks my work is "low quality". Stings a bit when folks say things like "longform doesn't attract people" for seven years as I sat there with longs posts and much higher than average organic engagement, but hey, they're the experts.

I think people just need to relax, and do whatever. Stop trying to pretend like things need to be a certain way. Blame yourself if your content isn't gaining traction. And of course quality matters. Unless you prefer to give your potential viewers garbage. There's no rule against that, anywhere. I suppose it just comes naturally to most people putting effort into anything often yields desirable results. Very difficult to find content creators who become successful by getting shittier and shittier over time. These are decisions an individual must make independently.

And on a sidenote, yes, things like short videos can go viral. Capturing an actual viral moment though, is not easy. It's hard and one of the most high quality things any motherfucker can do, yet doesn't require many skills. Can't make plans to create that sort of content though. Right time, right place. Total fluke.