I appreciate this comment, @denmarkguy . I especially appreciate that you seem to have taken more time, care, and attention to digest both of my posts on the matter. Thank you.

Sounds like you, nonames, and I are on the same page regarding Hive benefitting substantially from consumers doing 'consumer things.'

I'm not really attached to any particular marketing approach, (hopefully shown by the fact that I made 4 separate ones in as many days.)

I respect your apparently substantial experience with pay-for-content platforms. I mostly pay attention the successful ones like Medium, YouTube, Fiverr, Patreon, etc. as I prefer to 'model the masters', as it were, but things can certainly be learned from projects that weren't able to pull it off.

grossly underestimated the sheer number of people willing to go to almost any lengths to extract, manipulate, scam, steal, exploit and otherwise grab even fractions of a cent they can get for free.

Yep, but if those 'holes' and 'vulnerabilities' exist for scammers to take advantage of, it's only a matter of time before they're found and exploited. Avoiding marketing based on such things only delays the inevitable. (Note: This is not an argument for or against any particular marketing approach, it's simply a statement of fact that seems relevant to the point you've raised and worth considering.)

I enjoyed your tale of how you got here, and to me it's a very laudable and respectful way to 'onboard' here, thank you for sharing, and for expressing yourself so civilly and well. I agree it's an important topic, so I'm very glad you support my raising it for discussion. Wishing you a great day! 🙏

P.S. If you do make a post on it, I'd appreciate being tagged so I can absorb your thoughts on the matter further.