*Doing Hive should be fun!*

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Recently I had an interesting engagement with Aspie96 on Twitter who lamented on Hive becoming a place where *people come for the money and not for the social*.

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You can follow the conversation [here](https://twitter.com/Aspie96/status/1605628197785292807?s=20&t=eeaf_rho8T7MzpUCAPDngA), and I shall not repeat it.

The gist of it is that I think Hive is more than what he thinks, though I stop short of telling him more. I trust that he knows enough of Hive.

However, I got into more thinking and I tend to agree with what he meant, at least in part.

Comparing the posts on Hive and the other Web2 socials, it does seem that posts on Hive are packaged to earn rewards through votes. The culture of Hive is one that expects people to provide value of sorts through their posts rather than to *just socialize for the sake of socializing*. 

*At least this is what the majority of the Hivers who post are thinking, I believe.*

Is this good for Hive? I don't know. But I do know a bit about theories of motivation that could drive Hive posting activities, and that could have some implications.

Simply put, people need to be intrinsically motivated to want to write something for it to be good. If it is extrinsically motivated, there will be a limit.

*Some of us escape work to come to write on Hive because it does not feel like work, but when it is all about post rewards, we have walked into another work situation*.

I am concerned that when more new users come on, and if they have the expectation that Hive is where they can earn, they will not stay long enough. Few would have the tenacity and talent and luck to receive high curation rewards. Those who find that is not the case, will leave.

**What is my personal revelation on this?**

I think Hive is more than writing posts for earning. Unfortunately, the notion of earning has entered my psyche. Naturally, I am curious how much I am getting. 

I know for my own sanity, and longevity in Hive, I need to find other ways of looking at it.

This is what I decided.

Every of my post should be:

- effortless and self-satisfying in its production
- serving my own needs
- valued independently of the reward it receives

Think back to how we used to be trigger-happy when we are posting on Facebook or Instagram without regard for financial rewards, I am trying to make my Hive experience like that.

*I am pivoting towards having more fun on Hive!*     

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P/S: This is not financial advice, and please do your own due diligence before investing.

**If you read this far... and if you are a like-minded Hiver who is on the path to learning more about Hive and crypto investing, and if you like to be tagged when I write such posts, I welcome you to leave a comment below and let me know. We can form an alliance to support each other's growth.**

*You might be interested in this post, @jacoalberts, @young-kedar, @svanbo and @hankanon!*

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