I just hope it's enjoyable in some way.  Feedback is always nice.  The rewards are just icing on the cake.

When I click on <b>Publish</b> I feel that it is the moment of truth, I keep thinking if I wrote well in English and if I left some bullshit, I would not forgive myself.
yet I am used to speaking in public (in Italian) even in front of a hundred colleagues, but the fucking <b>publish</b> button is different! I can paint safely on my feet, or on a street with thousands of people and many looking at you, but when I click on <i>publish</i> it is different, a sense of euphoria and discomfort mix for at least 10 minutes.
I reread and reread and think if I made a good post, then I take a look around, on similar posts of art and I lift myself up. I see a lot of shit without quality and I reassure myself thinking that my students could do much better. 
Then I go back to see the results and I think it was a post with good content (at least artistic).
I don't run after money and this helps me a lot because I can sell my paintings fortunately.
But the <i>publish</i> is always a moment of excitement and concern at the same time, then I go to vote for others who have clicked on public and deserve the prize.
Best wishes.

"hopefully" ... "doth butter no parsnips"

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I hope it causes a reaction. Any reaction really. Even if it is some one laughing at the post or the idiocy of the post or questioning why did they post that, what were they trying to say. Why share a thought, an Idea, or an opinion, if you don't want a reaction,for me the reaction doesn't even really need to be known to me. Just the thought of pushing the publish button and believing that maybe I will be the cause of a reaction from someone is enough.

You are fast :) 

>buy a mountain of it at a low price.

Low price is very relative as many of us have experienced it. Buy the dip, and that's how we end up with a big portfolio of shitcoins (myself included).

How would you put it nicely hope and expectations differ regarding Hive? You are good with words, would love to hear your take on that, even in a separate post if you consider topic worthy.

I should have added in a previous comment that i find a lot of value in Hive as education, entertaining sometimes even scientific from a behavioral standpoint and last but not least i enjoy gamification part of it. 

I like seeing my HP grow, i like the neat UI feature that shows your position in comparison with other stakes and climbing that ladder little by little. I am curious at which point i will stop getting higher without buying any Hive since i realize that bigger accounts grow faster that smaller ones. 

And finally while i can not deny i have hope for Hive to appreciate in value, i am careful with expectations this time. Been there too many times already and that does not feel good and i have learned that it's not the fact that makes you sad, but expectations you had. So i'd rather enjoy the trip this time and think less of a destination :)

Oh, and when i click publish i WISH my influence on the platform grows, no matter the financial value, for that i only HOPE. And that somebody actually reads my post and i get some meaningful interaction and engagement since financial compensation for my effort and time can not be justified yet. But i HOPE it will some day :)

First of all I hope that people see my post and if so, that they read it. Hopefully they like the content and if they do that they comment on it and upvote it. And the cherry on top is always if a bigger account gives me an upvote.

As I do a lot of photography, I always hope people like it and tell me that they like it.

hope that i haven't made many spelling mistakes. hate to edit 

A big fat whale upvote. lol
To be honest, we all are here for rewards and we all want that big fat rewards on every post, but that is somewhat rare, so instead, I want people to read my content and tell me what's they like and dislike. Rewards will anyway follow once more and more people will see the post.

>When you click Publish, what do you hope for?

During the publication of articles that are really important for articles, I hope to receive comments and change something in the world in my own words.

In other cases, I hope to get additional funds to achieve my goals.

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To be honest, I don't count on votes, which is different what we all hope on.
But I do know how the economics work and know that I only have a slim chance on writing on post with double digits rewards. I guess it would be easier to win the lottery. If I would play on it.
I can't espect a lot of comments due to the fact that I haven't written so much in the past month. Strange but most the comments I am getting, if any, I am getting on the Steem side and not on the Hive side.

So what do I hope for. Both comments and votes of course, but there is no expectation. I just write because it has become part of the daily routine. I write because it does trigger other braincells to work.
It would be great if people do read it, but if not than they don't.

Stay safe,
Peter 

Not gonna lie but the first thing I hope right after publishing my post is that big juicy vote. But, for me to get that reward, I have to put something for the community to take away. this can be a story or a nice picture from a place that many of them haven't gone to.
I have to give something worthy to be able to get some good rewards.

So before clicking that publish button, I try to put effort on the content.

Rewards and engagement. 

Usually I hope yo receive positive feedback and may comments!!

I’m always hoping for comments and engagement. 

Sure the votes are nice, but I stuck around for the community. 

A disabled man sat in a tin shack. He was injured in the mines and the little amount that he got as compensation was long gone, as he has a wife and 6 children.
Yet, he smiled as he spoke to me about hope!
Without hope, we have nothing!