The problem with 'Social that pays' is that Hive fails to deliver on that promise. It sets expectations that they will make money here, and they are disappointed when they don't. We compound that disappointment by only giving half the advertised post reward to the author, and then locking half of that up in Hive Power (whatever that is).
Droves of people have come in on that promise and left bitter and disappointed.
The truth is, Hive pays some content creators, it pays investors and developers (sometimes). It doesn't pay ordinary users who are not "content creators" aka longform original content bloggers.
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