One thing I hope most people will eventually realise is that on Hive, or in life generally, nobody owes anybody anything! The sense of entitlement that people naturally have sometimes makes them think that they deserve to be rewarded a certain amount.

Would you believe that in all my time on this platform, the largest payout I've ever had for a post is around $25 (after curation rewards and beneficiaries were removed). For me, living in London, that's absolute peanuts; maybe one meal in an average restaurant. Most of my other posts make what I call "coffee money". I clearly don't do this for money. So I understand exactly how you feel about doing it for the people rather than the dosh.

I'm in the process of onboarding a friend that I'm sure will quickly "outperform" me on this platform in terms of rewards. Her content is much better than I can ever create, and she has incredible social skills. She will do well here and probably acquire a lot of haters quickly haha.