not you in particular but look at the trending page. check some out a pic with no writing gets more votes than numerous quality posts.
what we have created is a make money for fuk all system.
but we forgot to mention in the small print that doesnt really work that way you need to invest money.
every single post video about steem now hive is make money by posting.
enthasis on money.
have you ever seen a post about facebook,twitter etc about making money the initial value is communication last thing they promote is money.
your 'growing userbase number' must be exciting litterly you.
splinterlands is the biggest userbase between steem/hive and that has 5k on a good day minus duplicate acc minus bots your left with? f all
ps you shouldnt give any votes for comments then see how many you get. also giving out vote(money) for free doesnt work.
if people started getting money and stopped buying hive. hive goes to....
so essentially we need people to keep buying.
if everyone decided to start selling tommorow and people stopped buying what would happen? end game
doesnt that sound like a pyramid scheme?