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Will you still earn so much if rewards were based on number of Views?

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I ran into a conversation initiated by @rem-steem that talked about the lack of views that video content gets on Hive. She was basically asking why video content consumers are so few on Hive and my response led to a productive conversation that you can read here

Basically, I talked about the fact that there's a Hive bubble and lots of people are living in it. Most of us, including me, have become so comfortable in the relative comfort that Hive gives us, and we've forgotten that in reality, it is a lot more competitive. I try not to get caught up in this bubble by interacting outside the Hive and make an attempt to grow my profile outside.

Take YouTube for example; with all the issues surrounding censorship and whatnot, there are still a large number of people joining the rat race to the top of the viewer ranking to receive ad revenue. Most of them will rather go through the months and years of hustle to get to the top, rather than jump into the more superior @threespeak.

I also believe that one other issue with the lack of viewership in the video content part, in particular, is because of the lack of aggressive marketing from content creators. Due to the aforementioned bubble that Hive gives us, people don't feel the need to shove their videos in everyone's face because they know that a few views here and there may result in receiving upvote.

I'm the biggest critic of myself and that's why this question bothers me a lot. I watched a video my cousin posted on YouTube that got 41 views the other day and it really struck me because the most a single video I've ever uploaded got was 24 views and that earned me $6, which is $6 more than what my cousin earned. I tell him about 3speak almost every time he posts on YT but he still prefers that route for some reason best known to him.

The point is, I feel like we'd be getting more views if we could implement the YouTube hustle mentality to Hive platforms as a whole. It is fine that all it takes is one whale to give you a fat upvote before you earn, but if you're not raking in decent number of views from your content, and doing more to promote your work with the earnings, then you probably don't deserve those rewards in the first place.

This is what I think anyways and it is something that keeps me up at night. I always wonder how I can get more views both on Video content and writing. @peakd did us the kindness to add some nifty tools that include view counters, and it is a tool I use regularly. All I'm saying is that views are as important as the earnings and the only way I can justify earning a single dime from my post is when I see more people viewing the content I create.

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