RE: The Secret To Hive Success: Get Busy

A great post! 'Get busy' is the most important advice for achieving success in any endeavor.

I feel a little more conflicted about the advice to just let time pass, especially since the ability to earn rewards on a post expires after 7 days. The time only works if you're continually putting in the effort.

Not that any of that matters to me. I live in NY state, so my ability to trade HIVE, or most crypto for that matter, for actual dollars is extremely limited. I seem to be a bit of an anomaly around here in that I have no real interest in the rewards, I'm simply here for the platform. I liked Facebook and YouTube, back before they bombarded me with advertisement. I never made a dime from either, and that was just fine. I make my posts to share learning, not to make money. That leads to my advice for finding success on any platform, from a guy who has neither attempted nor achieved much success on any social media platform.

If you're a creator, don't think about the money. If you're making content people want, that will come in time. Stay focused on creating what you're compelled to create, and making it as good as you possibly can. When you feel you've polished your content, then promote it. If you make quality content and put it in front of people, the rewards will come. If you're so focused on rewards that you're not making a quality product, the rewards will never materialize.

I'll just stop right there, because if I keep going, this will turn into a whole post, and I have a strict rule about keeping posts and comments separate 😆 Have fun out here, Hivers, and remember: If it was just about the money, it would have been a lot easier just to change the rules on the big platforms that already existed. It's also about the freedom to share, and to shape your online experience according to your own tastes, without having some nanny constantly guessing at what you want to see and insisting you look at their choices.