Keller's 1000 true fans have always inspired me. This model was the first thing that came to mind when I started on Hive. You're absolutely right, I believe that content creators would need a lot less than 1000 true fans on Hive, which is just insane. But 1000 is definitely a magic number.

Kickstarter, Patreon, Netflix. They're pretty "old" 1000-true fans-based strategies.

If we consider that YouTube and Instagram have slowly been introducing subscription models to their use cases, it really shows that Hive is way ahead of the curve. Especially if we could introduce a feature such as delegated locked HBD.

The one thing they all have in common is that they are soon (s)hitting the ceiling. They can't and won't be able to expand much longer. It is proof that the 1000 true fans can easily be adopted and evolve on Hive.

The one thing they all DONT have, is the ability that 'content creators' are able to reward all of these 1000 true fans that engage with them.