After 30 days of being a #premium user, here are my honest review.
- Premium creates more attention. It gives you more eyes as other users see you as a "serious" player in the game.
- It will increase your engagement. The good thing on being a premium user is that more people will love to interact with you. On a side note, you are also forced by yourself to be active to recoup the 10 $HBD for next month.
- Upvotes are not guaranteed. Even the team is aware of this — and the statement came from them. It's a no secret phrase in the community.
- It gives more convenience. I love writing a semi-long form posts like this, so being a premium user has a privilege to do it. You can write more characters.
- You've got a lot of customization. There are limited features for free users, and premium can edit and customize the UI based on their preference.
It's a good habit to be premium especially if you fully invest your time here. It's totally worth it, but if you are not active, do not buy the premium.
But like I said, it's also the way to be more active since you are forced to be active by yourself to recoup the 10 HBD for next month.
From my experience, 10 HBD is not guaranteed to be recouped if you do not write long-form posts.
So if you fully rely on threads and short-form content, I don't think you can recoup it back.
UNLESS you are getting a lot of upvotes from bigger users + you are postig quality contents.
I heard that joining in threadcasts will guarantee you from saving it back — but I never tried this one.
All are wonderful.
#4 is my personal favorite.