If I Was Still On Hive
I converted my HIVE to BLURT and made this my blockchain home in May. How would things be different if I hadn't been downvoted off Hive?
Current scenario
After putting 10 years into fulltime content creation (starting on YouTube, then Steem, Hive, Bitchute, Odysee, etc) I was targeted by the Hive Downvote Cabal early this year. All my posts and comments were being reduced to $0, and my rep score was being whittled down, which ultimately would have resulted in my content being grayed out and hidden. They promised to continue indefinitely, and had the firepower to do it.
Friends of mine from Hive were joining Blurt in April, right around when this was happening, so I logged in and made some posts. I was encouraged this was a safe place for my content, so I made it my main blog (although I still post a backup to Steem, and sometimes Hive). I converted most of my HIVE to BLURT and powered it up.
Today, I have 470,000 BP (value 1645 USD). A month ago, I calculated my monthly Blurt profits (including posts, comments, curation, interest, and fees) to be about 60 USD. The price of BLURT has fallen in half since then, from 0.0070 to 0.0035 USD each. That means my monthly income and interest on investment is now $30 (at most).
I also have 2000 HIVE, crumbs left over after converting the majority to BLURT. Sadly, those crumbs are worth almost as much as the BLURT itself - $1120.
What coulda been
( Data courtesy of https://peakd.com/me/analytics )
If I had not been targeted and shut down, I would currently have about 25,000 HIVE (value $14,000). My monthly income would be 500+ HIVE, or $300, ten times what I'm making now. That's how quickly I was earning it before the cabal struck, and indeed, that seems a low estimate considering most of my old Hive peers are making between $50 and $200 on every post.
Summary
Instead of $14,000 USD in tokens and a $300 USD monthly income, I have less than $2800 in tokens and under $30 in monthly income. On top of the overall collapse of the crypto market, I took another 80% cut to my savings and 90% off my income.
Result
I no longer have a nest egg in case life throws me a curveball. For example, the owner of the house I rent just sold it to someone who evicted us so they can live here. There is literally nowhere in this province available to rent (unprecedented 0.0% vacancy rate), which means my wife and babies might be out on the street in the Canadian winter. It would be less scary going into this if I still had my savings, in case we need some funds in a hurry, for example to get a hotel room to temporarily escape the cold weather.
And I no longer have income as a writer, which means I can't afford to spend as much on housing as I would have. $300 ($400 CAD) a month is enough to go from barely paying the bills, to being comfortable with a little cash in pocket.
For me, the attack by the Hive Downvote Cabal couldn't have happened at a worse time. Not only had I FINALLY managed to grind 10 years of fulltime effort into an income, but unbeknownst to me I was headed for eviction into a hopeless rental market. I was this close to being able to pay off a personal debt that handicaps my lifestyle (it prevents me from having a driver's license, passport, or bank account), thereby upgrading my life in a HUGE way. I was also this close from being able to weather a homelessness crisis thrust onto me through no fault of my own.
Unless I get very lucky, I soon will have no way to continue posting at all, because my PC will be boxed up in storage, and I'll be in a shelter. There's simply nowhere to rent. But if I still had those funds saved up, and more constantly rolling in, I'd have options. My blog wouldn't go silent, my activism and truth-telling could go on, at least for now. The work I do, which has been credited with changing and saving lives, would not have to end at this critical moment in history.
It's almost like the Hive Cabal is more than just a bunch of cyber bullies decimating fellow bloggers at random for kicks... The enemies of Liberty and free speech are powerful, and they have influence almost everywhere.
Do I wish I was still on Hive, keeping my head down, having never bought any BLURT, making good money with my content, and reaching a larger audience? Yeah, sometimes I do. But I wasn't really given that choice, was I? The good news is, I'm still alive, there's still a chance I will find somewhere to rent, and I'm not giving up on Blurt. If possible, I will keep on creating content, engaging in discussions, and curating full time. I will keep trying to reach an audience and help others see what's really happening in the world. My thanks and respect go out to other struggling content-creators, and to the curators who support our work.
DRutter
Garden of Eden abandoned over 100k of hive across 4 (that I know of) accounts, sitting there. Because of the flaggots.
Hive is about promoting some of the most racist people in Team Ukraine, where zero flags are incurred by blatant hate speech and Russophobia.
Anyone critical of the Plandemic, nuked and rewards canceled, and some of the highest earning members here are literally flagging someone who earns pennies, if that, from posting original art:
@baah/faggots-are-gathered-neatly-here
(Peakd and hive.blog blocks you from seeing my images but not ecency.com)
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