"They seem to forget that Hive factors in social dynamics and various kinds of people react and interact with various kinds of content, activity and behavior."
This resonates with me, I totally agree. It seems to me that a user with "B" level content, pretty good but not great, will out-perform a user with "A" level amazing content, if the "B" user is willing to do the grind of reading and responding to lots of other content day after day. Engaging with others, building connections. Networking, in the least shitty sense of the word.
Not "nice post!" type comments but actual relevant posts, genuine attempts at conversation, intellectual collaboration, emotional support, or what have you.
And besides, most social media sites reward people who do a lot of stuff beyond the content itself. If someone has a simple post with a lot of upvotes, it may reflect that user's immense value around the ecosystem overall, not just the value of the post itself.
This is pretty much how it goes. It is about relationships, not content. People read books for fun, not encyclopedias.
There are many parts to the social journey here and what I like about it, is that there are more ways than one to approach it. Some people are social, some not - but if a person is willing to be authentic, they will attract authentic support, relative to their approach. Most people expect results too fast. "I commented for a month and nothing"
"I started a business a month ago and nothing"