RE: Community Brainstorm

I really like this post, not sure I will have time to participate but there certainly is a lot to consider. I think brainstorms really help you think out loud and put pen to paper.

The element which gave me the most food for thought is where you mention shitposting. First of all I don't like that word, it's not really reappropriating the word shit in a way that hasn't been done before. And, yes, you are right, it would be nice to have a forum system that is no more rewarded than say, comments on a post so your autovote suite could be more effecient at promoting content. It's no secret that rewards give you exposure and so it makes sense to have billboard and places where the monetization is much smaller and less likely to even happen.

1. The ability to post to a single community of your choice from your blog without it being any different than posting directly to the community so that it can be on your blog directly as opposed to you having to reblog it to yourself.
2. Removal of the ability to vote on your own posts for users with 500+ HP OR a reputation of 60+
3. The ability to rate your post in 3 categories
   A) Full blog (full reward)
   B) Actifit, Appics etc. (partial reward)
   C) Forum and interactive community (minimal reward)

Of course in all 3 categories it would be nice to have some high payoffs but, in category C), it should be based solely on proof of brain, no autovotes.

Everyone has a different idea of how to add value to this platform. Being from the art world, I know that there is no meritocracy in fine arts and sometimes, the lazier artist is more succesful at what they do than hard working one. However, we should foster a culture of Proof of Brain as opposed to how we are actually thinking of Hive as a ROI. It works for the LEO community, bless their hearts but for those of us trying to focus on culture and entertainment, it can backfire to think of things that way. This is because the content needs all the help it can get to come off as elevated and therefore outsiders should see high payoffs on content they feel can be considered good. Sometimes it's not your cup of tea but you can see how someone may dig this particular makeup tutorial for example.

You can always argue that autovoting made Hive into what it is today and that is fair but I also feel like we can create value by holding the potential of this technology in high regard and perhaps find more ways to organically burn Hive with
different actions, keeping a close eye on the liquidity of course; crypto is still volatile.

To Hive's merit, it is already doing this fairly well and much better than in it's previous life under the old blockchain. The content feels much more elevated. I know a few users who I have been watching for years and who shitpost on a daily basis, in my opinion, it hasn't taken them all that far in terms of visibility but they make a hell of a use case for Hive. We all do in our own ways, spending some spare time on here.

Lastly, as far as the UI, I would love to search my own blog by month and year or know how to back the pictures up within their wordpress format.

Thank you @riverflows for you really cool post, I am always so admirative of how consistant you are in your style and participate so actively in the different trends.