The main problem with the "choose me" strategy of HIVE posting is that it doesn't grow HIVE.

That's the main concern I have with it.

• You have dissatisfied n00bs, grudging that they didn't get upvotes.
• You have grudge outcasts, or whatever, complaining about circle jerk vote patterns.
• You have kind of clueless, but well meaning promotional efforts to promote HIVE and onboard new people, that are largely focused on "Join Hive Cause You Can Earn Rewards for Your Posts!"

There's a problem with these three things, and it's basically a problem of a lack of resources within HIVE in order to meaningfully monetize the creative work that people are creating.

What ends up happening is that people make super small amounts of money, and pull it in, and think that they found another income source to supplement their day job, or whatever.

This creates another problem, which is:

• Constant sell pressure, and power down pressure on HIVE as a token, which works against the appreciation of the asset on a larger, more sustainable economic scale.

The answer to all of these problems is to basically turn HIVE into a small business incubator, and training ground so that HIVE posters become "Creative Professionals who Grow and Serve Audiences Via HIVE."

There is a distinction here, because what you end up doing is taking money from outside of HIVE to support your business, and attracting audience members from outside of HIVE, to bring into HIVE to follow your work.

This is a fundamentally different approach to using the platform than just posting good content regularly, and hoping to get noticed / chosen / followed by a whale / orca / dolphin / circle jerk / curation project / minnow support / curation trail etc.

And then when the curation trails do happen -- they are happy incidents. And the sell pressure is alleviated, so you can have the ability to take profit when it is advantageous for you to do, instead of whenever you need the money.

If I'm right, which I think I am, then this is a valid critique that ought to be shared, which is why I left it here.