RE: Unpopular Opinion...

I get that what I write is not everyone's cup of tea - we lead very different lives. Your life is so crazy different from mine that it's hard to find common ground sometimes, so we probably scroll past each other a lot. I've watched your commenting over the years and many times have wanted to add to the conversation, but once you said you find it hard to do that as you feel as if you're jumping in on someone else's conversation uninvited, so I've been reluctant to do that since. But I've sure appreciated you as part of the Hive Ecosystem - you always engage beautifully with the people whose content you are interested in. Most of the time I enjoy writing more than commenting, so I envy you that!

I don't know, I don't think your opinion is unpopular - we all have our habits here, and so long as we're contributing that's good. Sometimes people aren't that good at writing or social relationships, they're more observers.

My biggest issue is with those that don't even TRY to move outside their social circles or interests, which means some communities and some content gets more support than others - and of coruse the groups where they're all just upvoting each other and not going wider to support other people so that they too feel like they are valued and want to hang around on the platform. And I think it's sad how if you post in some communities you dont get whale votes as the whales might not be interested in that content - like literature/stories or Ladies of Hive. That's problematic as the content here gets weighted to where the votes are, and then from an outsiders perspective, they might not want to join as they don't see their niche area being supported or encouraged. I hope that makes sense, I'm not sure if I've explained it right.

This year I'm doing a couple of things - vowing to comment on a few little guys more, and to talk to others I've seen around here for EONS and not really engaged much with. Hive is a social platform, so you shouldn't be just hanging out in your own pond. It benefits everyone if you spread the love. I do rarely look at wallets though. I'm interested in interactions. Of course I care about upvotes, and it annoys me that the same people get the same upvotes for not doing that much, but the less I care abotu that the more I enjoy myself here. Seven odd years and it's very much part of my life.

These opinions too might be quite unpopular!