X Blue vs INLEO Premium [Plus My LPUD Participation]

A little over 2 weeks ago, I subscribed to Premium on X (former Twitter) with the thought of testing and seeing how it is going to be. Paid the subscription fee on the 29th of October and it was until the 1st of November that the blue checkmark appeared on my profile. It was just good that I didn't have to go through KYC.

Anyhow, just as my initial thought, my activities there were not consistent and I barely posted any, let alone engage with others. My general online time has been dropping as of late so my focus is still here on Hive and I am unsure whether I can still spare some time to be active on X.

With that, I'm now considering canceling the subscription since I'm not putting it to good use but will see before the month is over.

During the first week, the account gained about 23 new followers but I think most of them are from here (Hive). Here's the analytics in the last 7 days - the numbers are mostly down and I am not surprised because like I mentioned above, I've not really been posting anything or engaging.

And apparently, in the last 18 days, the account managed to earn around 5.2k impressions. Not good, I would say. It means I'm paying $$ for the blue tick, but I'm not really making any progress. That's a pretty bad investment, yeah? That is of course due to my inactivity.

Meanwhile, on INLEO, this account is already 11 days old being premium after becoming the very first recipient of Khal's giveaway on the 5th of November. And whilst I do not have any account analytics, I can easily check how much LEO that I have earned through threads, curation and long-form content (which I rarely do from this account).

And guess what? I calculated 117 LEO. That's the earnings in less than 2 weeks which when sold at the current bid price of LEO in the HE market results in at least 19 HIVE or a little over 7 HBD). I think that is what Khal meant when he said INLEO Premium pays itself and based on my LEO earned, it sure does! I'm not even very active on threads so how much more when I get back to my usual momentum and engage on threads most of the day?

I even read Nonso mentioned in one of his threads that his earnings on threads can cover a part of his wedding expenses which is amazing!

That goes to say we should not underestimate the micro-earning via threads.

LEO Staking

Since today is LPUD, I did my part and added 154 LEO to my stake and it now stands at 22,686 LP. My ultimate goal in 5 years is to grow it to 50k. I'm almost halfway to it so it's quite exciting how it grows over the next months and years.

If you haven't done yours, there is still time. Don't miss your chance at the prizes (LP delegations) and the bonus INLEO Premium subscriptions (for 20 lucky participants) for a month, if we meet the total number of people participating (220) and staking at least 50 LEO in today's LPUD.

All the best and Happy staking!