Excellent point.

There is no protocol that says you will earn if you do a good write up or not.

But to be fair, I think it's clear that using the word 'free' in this manner is simply a clickbaity headline to increase their casual viewers.

Hey, it got us here, didn't it? ;)

Crypto rewards are not guaranteed

But yep, rewards on Hive/LeoFinance are not guaranteed and most of the time post quality doesn't correlate with high rewards. There are a ton of other factors that go into which posts get rewarded, like their stake, their standing in the community, their friends etc etc.

We are a social network after all and that means that being social is an important factor when it comes to earning crypto from your content.

If you want to give yourself the best chance of earning free crypto, then get social in the comments section of others posts. The relationships you form there will ultimately increase engagement on your own blogs and give you a higher chance of receiving upvotes.

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