My Final Post For Hive
Last month or so, I announced that I will quit crypto blogging/retire. For a year, I have struggled money-wise due to the earnings suddenly dropping. Steemit stopped SBD as a part of their rewards and gives Steem instead.
Later on, my hive earnings dropped majorly. I used to get 3-5 credits a post or so. I am a chronically ill content creator and social media is the only job that's flexible for flare-ups, appointments, etc. It allows me to accommodate myself. Crypto blogging is no longer sustainable. I am feeling burnt out putting so much time into these posts just to barely make it. I am monetized on Facebook, that's the only platform monetized so far. Just imagine how much more I could get from Facebook by putting my time and energy into reels instead of making content for a platform keeping me struggling. I will no longer make content for these sites ( eg threespeak videos, blog posts, photography posts, etc) There is no point.
Instead, I will use this as a typical social media platform. promoting my podcast, Patreon, substack, etc. Dbuzz is like Twitter so promo is easier.
I will still promote my YouTube videos. That means no more vlog every day in August, vlogtober. I might just take the shot and post it to Youtube or a mini-series on TikTok.
I wanted to blog on these sites full-time. Looking at how my earnings have not improved, it's likely this won't happen.
I can also promote my YT content more with this retirement.
I will power down when the summer is up to try to gather what I can to see if I can take that and put away a little savings. I need glasses, which I cannot afford due to giving my grandma 125 for the new heating/air system. My earnings on these sites were still somewhat stable when the heating needed to be replaced.
I never wanted to only rely on these platforms. I tried promoting my YT equipment with Amazon affiliate links etc with no luck. it's tough starting up a gig when you are a small creator.
I will still post in case Facebook demonetizes me or something. I still need as many places as possible to promote my content.
If I need help I will just post a mutual aid post on Twitter and just block judgmental people.
Instead, I can either post veda, vlogtober, etc for Kofi members or a mini-series on TikTok.
I joined these sites due to unemployment since due to autism, it was tough finding a job with an autism-friendly setting. I will post more about this on my Substack as an ad-free exclusive.
I will make Dbuzz updates often regarding the progress with Facebook post-retirement
all the content I posted on here could have went on Facebook reels (or a flash reel for the autism content etc)
At 5k followers I will unlock instream ads (for a full video) so yeah I think 3speak content, veda will go on Facebook more than likely. Sometimes you have to quit in order to improve your situation.
I have to quit making content for these sites just getting pennies when Facebook will pay me my worth. I am expecting 132 bucks on Facebook and I can buy groceries with that. I cannot buy groceries with only 30 dollars, which is all I can get on here. The 30 dollars can help with a business expense before Facebook's payout.
I may mention it in my podcast from time to time. We'll see
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You got a dollar and 64 cents and you're still not grateful.
I'm very grateful for the $5,000 on my main account as well as the $900 hbd and savings making interest...
I hate to say it but the overall tone and entitlement really shows why people are avoiding voting for you.
In fact you've got to know how things operate here. You've got to leverage the introduction post earnings to make more. And the more that you keep leveraging all of that the more that you'll get ahead.
I'm making 80% interest on certain diesel pools and even 800% on one.
I teach everybody how to do this and I get even more individuals helping me to grow as well as investing in me.
You get what you put into things.
I can't see the damn future. I did not know until WAY AFTER this went up aka when your comment pointed out. Sometimes I don't know until DAY 5 what a post gets. I'd see it at let's say 50 cents in credits and in day 4/5 someone votes it higher.
You see an "entitled" person, under the iceberg is a disabled person who's only job that's accessible is social media. Sees their earnings getting lower and can't figure out what people want to see because oh idk, I can't read your mind. All yall have to do is say "I see you like to review stuff from Amazon, I think this watch might help you' then i'd buy the watch when I can and say
'thanks for telling me about this watch, Ganjafarmer I wouldn't have known about it without your feedback." not being judgmental and being understanding goes a long way
Thanks for the lecture. Enjoy Facebook.
oh, I will. Since a disabled person wanting to make a living bothers you, you did me a favor by unfollowing me. because I don't need people who just cast judgment to make themselves feel better.
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You turn yourself into a victim and wallow in it.
Sorry but that's a shit person. Elevate yourself and quit crying ..
Im not turning myself into a victim. You're judgemental and cold-hearted. You're too high on your horse to see that. Goodbye.
I clearly explained my situation and instead of being understanding, you chose to be apathetic and a cold-hearted asshole. So if anyone is a shit person, it's you.
I'm disabled and not always crying and demanding attention. Try not being a child and crying about your problems and actually get to work and do something.
Shit. Some stupid crying and entitlement. If you are going to do that don't expect the world to suck up and change to your advantage just because you threw a fit.
It's like watching a child that can type spaz out over not getting their way.
Grow up and quit making excuses. Its just a pitiful begging for help and pathetic. Nothing inspiring about hearing someone act like this. Infact it's dumb.
And you sure are quick to insult others when they tell you the uncomfortable truth.
Put on your big girl panties and grow the fuck up. The victimization of your own life is boring and no one wants to support that.
Now go on and self destruct is that's what you are going do.
how about instead of being a dick, actually giving me suggestions of content I can make. That's all I want is content suggestions. I'm so sorry my struggling and wanting help is "crying" and "wanting attention"Do you want a cookie because you're not struggling as hard? Just because you don't struggle as hard or you have options etc doesn't give you a pass to put down others who aren't as lucky as you.
Stay on your high horse. how about YOU grow up and learn there are people who don't have the same luxuries you do. They don't have the options you do. If your go-to is bringing people down instead of lifting them up, that's a YOU problem. I may "beg" or "what attention" The one thing I can say I I don't judge people and bring them down, I lift them up. You clearly are not interested in learning how some people need to crowdfund their survival. And how hard it really is for some disabled people. You're just hiding your righteousness behind "the truth" to make yourself feel better Get off of my blog, and stay off. I don't want you here. You're not welcome. now LEAVE
Ohhh if I don't are you going to cry?
Does it make you feel better to tell others what to do and think? That's the sign of a controlling and abusive person.
Pointing out how you are doing this to yourself? Oh yeah...
Continue to be a garbage person. You get what you give to the world. And right now you are a dumpster fire and an extra helping of totally idiotic...
If you aren't going to post fine. If you are going to threaten us with leaving... Then fucking go the fuck away.
Some bullshit people like this can go fuck themselves and then throw a temper tantrum like a toddler.
And having a feeling that you aren't able to control yourself and need a diaper as well.
Instead of telling people what to do think and where to go... How about you start working on fixing that pathetic victim mentality and stop flailing about demanding attention and rewards.
It's fucking pathetic. I'm glad I unfollowed you and your garbage content. Why the fuck would I want to support this bullshit again and again....
Best of luck.
The compounding effect on hive is greater than facebook if you let it. You can always put your hive into hbd and get 20% down the line for a rainy day :)
I've never come across your content on here until seeing this post, I can understand the frustration with only earning a small amount of money per post. But, at the same time, judging by the last few weeks of content, it all seems to be very short form posts, multiple times a day and most don't even have pictures. While it's frustrating, you do seem to get .60 - .80 cent for each post.
What if you focused on YT, Facebook, Tiktok, and streaming, then maybe write about that process here on Hive in longer form written content and add links to finished clips in those posts?
I was doing it for a while; I would stream for an hour, then cut down that stream to upload the full video to YouTube, and I would cut funny clips of 15-30 seconds and upload them on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube shorts for the days between a longer video uploads, to gain traction and it worked. I was getting 200+ views on my long videos on YT and I have gotten a few thousand views on clips, but I didn't have enough subscribers to become monetised.
It's tough, and a bit of a chore, but nothing is easy, and making it in the online world is hard work. Nobody just makes it happen without putting in the work.
You could stream on Twitch for 1:30 hours, then cut that up into 15-20 minute videos, you'd have nearly 6 days worth of uploads and many more short clips + writing each episode alongside screenshots of gameplay.
I only post once a week on Yt now. Also, I have a plug-in when I upload on my WordPress blog, it posts to hive automatically. I am doing to embed my live streams when I go live. The issue with that is if I have never seen the game, I can't give a proper description.
Also, I thought I'd go back to my roots when I embed my videos to help send you to that video.
I wanted to use dbuzz to promote Twitter (reach sucks)
YT videos, streams and more. Also over all, uploading to YT is quicker than uploading to 3speak. I can't download my TS videos if I delete a video by mistake, I can download my tiktoks Youtube, etc
Then again when I am not uploading, I could boost an old video. Maybe I should start hotlinking previous blog posts when I explain my situation in case new people come along.
And you still did not get a good vote on this post either , which is so sad , but then do what's best for you and you'll see that you can get it all done in no time cheers to a new beginning
Upvotes are never guaranteed x)
This is sad 😢😭😭
No its not.
Its reality :)
Nobody here is obligated to upvote anything.
Nobody here is guaranteed any money or profits.
Hive is also not a get rich quick scheme :)
did you read the blog? I stated I am disabled/chronically ill and social media is the only job that's accessible and flexible. Yes, it's sad. I am not expecting to be rich, just to make enough to keep me afloat. I will share more posts about disability so ya'll can really see how hard it is. You see a person who thinks they're entitled to upvotes, below the iceberg is a disabled creator who's means of keeping them afloat is slowly going away and they don't know what to do because social media is the only job that is accessible and flexible, allows me to take off for flares, accommodate myself hassle free and so on.
I am not saying otherwise.
I am just telling you that you are not guaranteed upvotes, whether you need the money or not x)
That's why I quit and started channeling towards Facebook, and Youtube, etc.
since quitting I've prepped so many reels for facebook instead of content for a platform that's keeping me broke and struggling. I'm still going to promote YouTube, Twitch, etc since the more reach, the better.
It doesn't change anything though?
The fact is that you are not guaranteed upvotes. Thats it. Nothing more. Regardless of your situation.
another reason why I quit. No point in stressing myself out for content on here when instead I could be growing a platform that has potential like YouTube. And direct people to my YT channel, twitch, etc.
I used to get way more credits but my earnings dropped majorly. IF my content is the reason, I can't read minds. Folks need to actually tell me what they prefer to see. Although I can't promise I can immediately, stream the games you suggest nor take everyone's requests. Any game requests I'd more than likely stream on my Twitch
So, it seems like you are trying to milk hive :)
Posting alot of none-quality content daily which still gets upvotes.
I don't think any of your dbuzz posts should receive at amount of value x)
I clearly said i can't read minds and maybe suggest a game i can stream. But go off and be a little judgmental asshole. If you were getting pennies you would be discouraged from creating. It's easy to judge when you're not in my shoes. I guess I'm supposed to read (come)
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I clearly said im going to still embed my YT videos and live streams etc. IF you think my YT is "low quality" you have no idea how hard it is to record and edit.
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I clearly said i could be promoting my Facebook videos, twitch streams etc
Also said i can't read people's minds to know what content they prefer and you have to suggest what games you want me to stream or record. I can't guarantee i can buy it immediately. (Cont)
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Wanting to put more effort Into my Yt videos, Facebook content etc and share those and grow my YT, embedding my videos to peakd is "low effort' and "miking hive" make it make sense
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That's the thing people are too quick to judge.
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Dbuzz has a character limit not much i can write without a whole bunch of threads. Im not"milking hive" im trying to survive. Walk a mile in my shoes before you judge. Good day or night.
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Are you okay and listening to me or just ignoring me and getting yourself mad??
Keyword in what I wrote is "seems", I didn't say you were milking. I said it seems like :)
I said dbuzz is low-quality. Didn't talk about your yt or face or other hive posts, ok?.
I misread you. wanting to not be broke should not come off as "milking"
also it's easier to embed my Fb videos and tiktoks etc via dbuzz since it doesn't work on Peakd (I tried)
I get you don't want to be broke, no fun in that.
Fb or yt, might be best for you right now.
But I believe Hive can become better down line because of how to compounds.
If I were you, I would figure out how much I need to survive monthly. See if I could get that from facebook and yt.
Meanwhile either delegate your HP to some bigger account and get Hive dividends and put that into HBD savings or powerdown all of your HP and put that into HBD savings and with every post you post and earn some HBD, straight into HBD savings for that 20% apr.
Nobody can take those savings away from you even if your earnings on your post drops.
That's why I am quitting. I am tired of putting so much time into 3speak videos, and photography posts for nothing and instead put time into Youtube, something I have the potential to grow and promote my Youtube videos and Twitch streams. Dubzz makes promo easier so I can use that.
I understand sometimes we do our best, we prepare the content, photos and nice texts that require some time. And later you feel you wasted those hours...
I know well that I won't make money here but working, so I post now less as I can't lose always some hours to prepare a long post. Just when I can and just because I feel like.
I wish you luck and the best.
Do what is best for you.
But remember that here on Hive, you own your account and your content.
Dont throw your Hive keys.
If Facebook pays you more, it is good for you.
I honestly rather take time and put more work into YouTube and embed it on Peakd. And grow my YT and stuff.
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Don't throw in the towel, not now!
Don't think that on other blogs it is as easy as it may seem.
Ask what people might like: this is wrong, you don't have to write things that people like, you have to write about you, your passions, your words.
Unlike other blogs, here you write to grow share, not to please others!
Come on now, sit down, and start writing with an open heart: we will notice, because those who write from the heart feel it!
Don't miss this chance you have!
I mean tbh Im getting burnt out making content for all these platforms and YouTube, Tiktok, IG. I want to channel my focus there. Steemit.com is basically dead. It's not as active as it used to be. I've been thinking, it's a risk to keep investing when the future is uncertain.
Which could be causing the drop. Maybe if I stick to one thing (embedding my YT videos) making a review
shorts, my focus is on one thing and I can give my YT videos their all and people will see a huge upgrade in how my videos are presented.
I'm still going to embed my YT videos, Twitch streams, and promote TikTok. I'm just not making content FOR hive like daily vlogging challenges, or daily photo challenges. And instead direct people to YT in case you'll get bored with this sites
At least it’s better to try here and hope than to waste your entire time elsewhere hopeless. I’m sorry though 😢
You people don't even read do you? You just simp for the tribe.
Hive is not here to make you rich, what did you expect?
I've already explained social media is the only accessible job. I don't expect to be rich. I do at least want to stay afloat. I'm burning myself out putting in so much time into my content just for pennies
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If there is a game you want me to stream, i can't read minds. You need to actually tell me "hey so and so game is coming out i think you may like it" if there is content you'd like to see with in my niche.
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