Great post with several very interesting points.

With content on Hive though, what is it that adds value? I believe that it is ultimately an unanswerable question unless the answer is, it all adds some kind of value. However, this doesn't mean that all content should receive value in return.

100% agree.

This is why the focus should be far less on getting paid to post and far more on getting paid to consume.

Interesting approach. But then a problem occurs when many users focus exclusively on creating content, and forget about those who interact with the content they have created. Do most of the comments that are written receive a response? Are few or many comments receiving votes? Does the content creator read the comments or ignore them? Are consumer comments good or bad? They are questions that need answers to solve that.

While I still have no idea definitively what kind of content adds value to the blockchain, I think that it has to be something that people enjoy consuming or, offers them something that improves their life.

I think that would be the best definition of value.

Thanks for sharing.