Hive Vs Medium: Which Writing Platform Is The Best?

This was a response to the question a Hive user asked about a certain article I republished at Hive. The result was 1800 views and 300 reads on Medium with 33 hours of reading time and 77 dollars received so far as payment.

While at Hive, the result was some cents and 30 bot likes.

I wrote this article because I think far too many in Hive don't realize the pointless system they created that doesn't value content but opportunistic attitudes intead. They just don't understand where they failed or why. Probably don't even understand Hive has failed miserably. Plenty of people are living in a bubble cut off from reality.

When I received that comment, I was astonished at the arguments made, since that guy had it all wrong thinking Hive is some kind of ultimate platform for writers while in fact, it is serious crap instead.

I will republish it at Hive and Medium, although I don't expect much from this one. It was made mostly to set things straight.

You got a point and you have a first hand experience from both platforms so I'm not in a position to criticize. But what I knew is that we all have different circumstances. You're a great author and you write exceptional content which is most likely true. The overwhelming response from Medium is more than enough proof of that. Hive gave you some cents and 30 bot likes and that's also a fact.

But does it mean that all exceptional authors are not appreciated in Hive, and only those who suck up to Whales earn big $$$ ?

But does it mean that all exceptional authors are not appreciated in Hive, and only those who suck up to Whales earn big $$$ ?

I think so, yes.

I'm just an average writer, though. The Hive users publish unfinished articles since they know nobody will read them. Yet, they will get upvotes nonetheless.

Read.cash has amazing writers that are far better, and on Medium, there are at least a thousand better than me just on the topic of cryptocurrency. I just feel that anything I publish at Hive is a lost cause.

medium do not with the way I have seen it to be. I think they tip.

They have a curators but mostly the reading time is what matters.

I have never heard of this ban on Medium. I not only write and publish on Medium, but I also edit a couple of Medium publications. Would you please show where you got your information?

@JonicaBradley It is not a ban on Medium. In fact, Medium bans bloggers for writing questions on the experimental COVID jabs! You can't see the banned blogger, because they are censored, and not viewable by the public! I came to know it from a blogger friend!

I do not believe this at all. For a while, Medium was not paying money for stories on Covid. It is possible your blogger friend was not distributed by Medium. I have never heard of someone being banned for writing about covid. Plagiarism, though, yeah. That'll get you banned.

No need to believe. But, it is TRUE.

Yes, Medium has an import function. Use that, edit the format that it missed and republish your content at will. With import it will mention the content is republished but it doesn't matter for views.

As expected there is nobody that read my content at Hive. https://ecency.com/leofinance/@pantera1/hive-vs-medium-which-writing-platform-is-the-best

I boosted the article with 150 points I had left, but seriously it makes no difference. This is a dead platform.

Boost or promote?

Boost adds a little extra to your author payout.

Promote puts your article in the spotlight for a few days (but only on the Ecency platform).

I boosted but I've used promotion in the past. It didn't change a lot. There's just too few that care to read content at Hive (Leo), besides the content that is on the top of Leo page which is a monopoly of a few accounts and their subaccounts.

a monopoly of a few accounts and their subaccount.

Accounts and subaccounts. For instance, @taskmaster4450, @taskmaster4450LE.

Always at the top even with nothing but incomplete articles without sufficient information to hit the point since the upvotes will definitely come without anyone even reading it.

They constantly use the lack of interaction as an excuse. This is absolutely false.

I've posted several videos on 3speak.tv (a video-sharing platform under the Hive blockchain) and within the first few minutes, I received about 45 upvotes without a single view on the video. Shows just how messed up the system is. No sincerity.

I commented on this post on Hive some days agp since I spend the lots of my time there now. Checked back a few minutes ago for your response but it seems you haven't been there in a while. Had to trace the post back to read.cash.

Did you share this article with the Hive user?

That's the plan. Maybe tomorrow. I'm confident nobody will care besides some of the people following me there.

When a trail leader upvotes good content all the users automatically upvote too.

Thanks for clarifying this part. Still, it explains why there are only limited authentic interactions. Following this trail means that users like articles they didn't read. So, the likes at Hive are not a credible factor of anything. Perhaps it is also the reason view numbers are hidden. Probably in many articles, the number of views is less than the number of likes these articles received since users signed up in this process to automatically upvote content they never visited.

Both methods provide a good way to add extra income streams to your Hive operation.

I'm interested in real users and numbers. This whole curation trail makes no sense.

It's up to Hive to maintain the advantage of the head start it has.

It's been like six or seven years since Steemit appeared? I don't see it having an advantage. Content-based platforms should favor content over anything else. Hive favors its token's value above content.

It doesn't pay in your region because it is connected to Stripe (which supports only certain locations).

However, this can always change one day, so you'd better be ready if it does.

You will need 100 followers (real people) to become a partner. Also, you will get taxed 30% of your earnings as a non-American. That's also only when Stripe becomes available in your region or Medium adds more payment processors.

Read Jonica's guide if you are interested.

https://read.cash/@JonicaBradley/a-medium-tutorial-28016356

If one can't join the Medium partner program, they can still enable the newly added tipping feature. And maybe earn something that way. Of course, it's not comparable to the partner program. But it's something.

Thank you, Pantera!

I just read this after I posted my comment. Too bad Strip is not available here. But then I found this https://medium.com/publishous/how-i-get-paid-on-medium-despite-coming-from-an-unsupported-country-ff60e457df65

There is hope! :D

You're the best, lee!

A lot of the world still doesn't support the Medium Partner Program. So, though you can read and subscribe to Medium if you are in certain areas, you may not be able to get paid to write there. The Philippines, for example, does not support payment through the Medium Partner Program. :-(

I don't know about medium but base on what you have said, its good too.

You must be too young then, since Medium has been a top-100 website for the last 10 years.

As I recommended before, Jonica's tutorial can guide you: https://read.cash/@JonicaBradley/a-medium-tutorial-28016356

Yes i am very young in hive and still learning. I have a lot more things to learn. Thanks for sharing it.

I suggest starting there Jane. Your location is included in the regions Stripe accepts, so you can begin. Remember you will get taxed 30% of your Medium income as a non-American, and you will have to declare your Medium income in your yearly tax statement (you will get a letter every year from Medium with the details).

Also, you might get taxed again if Hong Kong doesn't have an agreement to avoid double taxation with the US. You may have to check the internet to see if there is such an agreement. Luckily for my country, there was one, so it is just that 30% as a tax.

You will also need 100 followers to become a partner. Well, besides me it will be 99 more!

You can read Jonica's guide here: https://read.cash/@JonicaBradley/a-medium-tutorial-28016356

Do you need to interact on Medium as well?

There's no need to comment at all. Also, there's no need of supporting others or asking for support. The user base is millions and the writers' tens of thousands. There's no need to struggle with anything else but your content.

Thanks for the comment. Indeed, Hive has strange ways. You need to hold at least some Hive staked, and the more you stake the more your voting power grows. Many whales game the system which is made to support those with the most voting power and bots.