I don't necessarily agree with the part before 

> they are leechess

but I agree with the part after, that if all they do is post. There are however many that can provably be shown they provide other forms of value to the chain and telling those people what they're doing with their hive feels wrong, it's like a layer of sorts, if we can fight off those getting big votes who as you said quite literally do nothing else and always sell - then later we can move on to those who do a lot but still don't hold any hp, for whatever reason. 

I don't disagree that those holding more should earn more either, but in a scenario where someone has never sold and only posts compared to someone earning the same who does more than just post but also sells, I don't think one is worse than the other by much. 

If people wanna come here and just provide value we shouldn't judge them on what they do with their rewards, there's even proposals where people are getting hundreds of thousands of hbd but the person has no stake and sells everything. Or some who've done something in the past but haven't grown at all since a certain amount and have sold everything they've earned the last 4-5 years after keeping a certain amount but doing nothing of value since. I.e. they have some skin in the game, an amount they consider risk enough to keep but sell everything beyond that, especially if it's earned easily for maintaining a project with tiny updates here and there pretending they doing something. 

My opinion is that one can do whatever they want with their stake: if you earned it, it's yours, and that's ok.

**However**, Hive right now is in a position where it needs people working to make it thrives. Selling everything, not building your HP, shows everyone that (probably) you don't care about Hive, and that, at the very least, is bad because people reading your articles, or following you, or looking at your nice earnings, might think that that's how Hive works.

Maybe one day we will be able to have huge influencers selling all (or almost all) their stakes and that will be a drop in the ocean none will care about... who knows.

But that's not the case, **yet**.

People coming here have to understand that if you want to be a (good) part of Hive, you can't only think about extracting as much value as you can. 

Instead, you have to give something back. Building your HP, showing that you care about Hive and what you earned here, is a good first step in the right direction.

It can't be the only criteria to support someone, but I'm happy to see that, lately, a lot more people are starting to consider it as **one** of the criteria to consider.

To get something you should give back something.

If you are not bringing new users, or building awesome dApps, or engaging (in a meaningful way) with others, well, you should at the very least build your HP to support others, otherwise I can't see why you should get my upvote.

Snakes are everywhere indeed. The menace of vote buying is very detrimental to adding real value to the community as a whole because hardworking hivers would be drawn into feeling that their hardwork is not enough. The annoying thing about this vote buying is that the users do not even produce useful contents. You will see a content of few lines and nothing useful to learn from and then upvotes everywhere and you would be wondering where you got it wrong…The leeches should be flush out…if not totally at least be reduced to the barest minimum m. Money should come from adding real value not abuse

I'm not exactly opposed to people delegating to communities that in turn choose to support them.  What's the point of delegation otherwise.  There are tons of people on Hive who would make nothing for good posts if it weren't for that.  I do agree though that you can't be pulling it all out.  Build your account.  That's the best way to grow here.

https://peakd.com/@buildawhale/activities #buildawhalescam #buildawhalefarm

**Hive Deserves Better: Exposing Hypocrisy & Fighting for Fairness**  

For too long, **vote selling** has thrived on Hive—hidden in shadows or brazenly paraded. But isn’t it *absurd* that the very actors who **farm, scam, and exploit Hive the hardest** are the first to point fingers at smaller creators?  

**We’ve exposed scams like Buildawhale**, yet the **comment farms and payout schemes persist**. No action is taken against the real culprits, while honest creators face relentless downvotes and attacks. How can Hive grow when those *claiming* to support it are the same ones **powering down rewards, selling every last token, and treating Hive like a personal ATM**?  

**Hive is not a bank.** It’s a community built on creativity, innovation, and mutual respect. Yet, **ex-bid bots and vote manipulators** now weaponize their power to silence critics and suppress truth-tellers. Attacking those who expose flaws won’t erase the reality: **transactions on the blockchain don’t lie**.  

The louder they shout, the clearer the truth becomes: **Hive’s growth is stifled by greed**. But we refuse to stay silent.  

**Join Bilpcoin in demanding accountability.** Let’s protect creators, reward authenticity, and shut down the hypocrisy.  

*#Bilpcoin #BPC #HiveTruth #StopTheFarms #BlockchainJustice*

There are a lot of blurry and weird positions all over Hive. For beginners (that mostly replicate what they see) it might be a huge problem if all they se are leeches. They would think that that's the only important thing to do on Hive. I already have almost two years here, and I've had a good guide at the very beginning, and then I helped others to start posting on the platform, and the first thing I always say is "This is a place to share your value eith the community". Actually, I didn't know that this massive problem existed. Such a thoughtful post, Mr. Gen 1 👏🏻

It is hard to wait for alt season and it is not coming, 
I am waiting during long long time and I have a little bag waiting to be a whale or an orca.
Sounds like I am a snake but I am waiting for.
I am sure when the markets will be crazy a am ready to get the advantage.
Best regards.