Entitlement is the worst for sure. It is almost tied into the quality of the individual. There are those that post and care about what they write and there are those who pretend to care and post what they think is the minimum acceptable amount to get what they feel they are owed

Then the effort becomes less and less, often with a doubling or more of posting frequency and boom. Cheating shortcuts and instable insanity when the downvotes arrive for being caught. it's almost predictable.

So yes, those are the greatest dangers!

Is there somewhere a document or guide for hive communities development?
I'd like to have my community recognized by 3speak, but I'm allergic to Discord ;)

Entitlement, so far, is the most common threat to this chain although there are other things too, notably indifference to engagement and networking. However, entitlement is still a major problem that (might) upset the newbies when compared to the rewards earned, given the content quality being equal or even close.
Another issue that creates a thin line of conflict between the entitled users and newbies is the frequency of posts, no matter how great one can write, I believe posting too many times (3 or more) a day surely has a different intention than purely helping the community to grow or honest contribution to the chain. You might want to call it milking. And to be honest, there are milkers everywhere; either in disguise or notoriously exposed.
There might be another factor working behind entitlement; networking, which typically favours the people either connected in the real world or virtually; e.g Discord community server. And when you have good relationship with some heavyweight users here, they won't mind giving you a big chunk of vote regardless of content frequency or quality. After all, you get some when you give some; for free of course.

Entitlement happens when you start to get rewarded/recognized, for either your good content, or your connections/networking.

I just realized that it happens, the connection or networking thing. It is one of the reasons why I chose to minimize my exposure to blogs, although I'm always willing to make a lot of effort to present my content. I feel like making not that many engagements and making efforts to articulate your thoughts are not the only way to survive. We also need a network to stay motivated. God, I wish I won't feel this feeling again where I would face my laptop to start writing what I think is worth sharing and don't need to mind the value of my upvotes and emotions. I remember hearing from some of my virtual friends who also joined this blockchain that Hive is just a connection thing. Nevertheless, Hive is still a good platform and one of the most sustainable communities I know. By the way, thank you for those authors who upvoted some of my blogs with their connections.

But the trouble is, reward pool being constant, as the size of the community grows, the segment of the reward pool that was supporting the community get stretched and eventually taps out.

never looked into this, but if community understands how things work should not that community grow in rewards (or at least stay on the same rate). Because if community members stake hive and don't cash out everything, the voting power of the community grows with time. ( i simplified it, i know it is not the exact math...)

I get some nice auto votes, but I never take them for granted. I would actually rather see some other deserving people get more, but I don't necessarily have the influence to make that happen. My own votes are mostly manual, so I try to target them where they can do some good. It's not about paying people back for supporting me if they will do okay anyway.

Communities are important. Having that group support can make a big difference, but they ought to care about quality and what is good for Hive in general. We've seen plenty of voting rings who just try to milk the rewards. Of course quality is a matter of opinion. I've seen people driven away when someone else thinks their posts are 'over-rewarded' and those little dramas break out. Getting the right balance is not easy.

Hive is tiny really, but still does great things. I want to see it thrive.

Spot on! I find it super sad to see when users post rewards increasing and receive some or similar rewards on each post they publish, their efforts decrease. Some complain, others don't. But in general, I see reducing of effort in posts by those that have constant high rewards (talking 20/30$ upwards). Even sad to see many of those users take a significant step back in engagement. Maybe they are still responding to comments to their own post, but rarely go out to visit and interact with other users' posts. That said, we even see users constantly being at the top of reward lists who don't even take the effort to respond to comments to their own posts. Or just drop a 'thank you', the lowest of lowest effort responses IMHO, since one doesn't even have to read the comment itself, just drop the 'thank you's. Sad to see. But the net effect of having a monetary system as we have here at HIVE with to little we can do about it. Sure, when running a community, some tools are available. The MUTE post is one I use when a post isn't on par with the minimum required for the community I'm co-running. Fortunately, I have never seen users feel entitled to the rewards. I hope this is because we (moderators) try to explain why we use the MUTE button, or do something else that lowers the exposure of the post or reduces the rewards on the post (or not add additional rewards).

I am reflecting on it. "there are no guarantees"

It's true. I've seen this in many aspects. On one hand you have the smaller, littler members complaining where the big dawgs spend their votes. I see it often, recognise it even more now with brofi - there's definitely a line to tow for whales to keep in favour with communities.

Not dissing it though, it's good that there's an element of (at the very least) social pressure on whales, because if not, god knows what we'd get up to.

It's why I like hive. I've seen wallets on other chains decimate projects because there's no repercussions. If they don't join the communities they can act with impunity and crush without care. It's a bit different here. There's actual consequences for most people on the chain were they to act selfishly.

But on the other hand there's the entitlement -- you see it from low effort people complaining that you got $100 and they only got $0.01. Then you slide into their blog and there's like 1 post a week, and they've really not made an effort at all!

That's not aimed at anyone, but in reality it's what I frequently see.

Oh man, retention is quite possibly the hardest thing to do on blockchain. I remember BRO being instantly successful. Then, immediately, after the hype died down.. what now? Keeping that engagement going and during the bear and the bull keeps me on my toes. That's for sure.

Luckily we still have lots of legs left! We are still building :)

Dear @azircon I am convinced that the right to rewards should always occur when the publications are very well analyzed to check if they are in accordance with the requirements of each community, likewise if the aspects dealt with are important, in view of the topic dealt with, it is a criterion very personal. Dear, if I'm wrong, you, as more experienced and reputable than me, can clarify it and give me some recommendations. One of my goals is always to learn from you. I take this opportunity to express that once I read your post, I consider it very important. successes

In life I have always thought that rights must be earned by fulfilling one's duties.

Given that I write for passion and I do it on hive as well as on my personal blog, I believe that in order to have the right to vote it is necessary to fulfill one's duties of quality in writing, the contribution of value with what is written and also the development itself of the community, if this does not happen no right exists.

Obviously this is my thought and I know that many will think differently; it is useless to deny that everyone likes rewards, I too would like many more eh eh!

But I confess that I don't want undeserved rewards, obtained only for automatic votes given to a post I wrote in a disgusting way, that would be degrading to me.

I try and avoid the drama if I can, but sometimes my principles just won't allow it. Sometimes it is rather entertaining to watch, though. I'm glad Splinterlands has a nice curation trail. How about this new !KOG reward ehh? Go Hive Go!

!LUV

I do agree with your take on retention.

I personally find the misaligned incentives and intent more of problems within communities than entitlement.

Entitlement is like a mass shooting. It shocks. It creates drama. It creates strong emotional response.

But misaligned incentives and the intent of individuals in a community will decide its long-term course.

Hmm, as a stay-at-home mom who never sees a lot of people now that I am living in a new country, I enjoy leaving comments on any blogs that I find relatable. I am still a newbie here on Hive. There are times, it's frustrating when my blog doesn't have a lot of upvotes. I'm happy when one of the articles gets an upvote. But I love to read and to engage, or make friends virtually. Reading someone's blog is my way of getting to know the person.

Thank you sharing that with us in person, I feel it is important for a Community to understand the potential threats early so that we may formulate a plan of action. I keep thinking about the Good example and the Bad Example that you shared where the lady had made a business out of Peakd, extracting all that value, having others write articles. She lost her reputation, I feel that was bigger than the Money she had made.

Thank you for the answers here, azircon. That question was very important and your answer was just as insightful.

Retention is probably by far the hardest to do as it's always a day in - day out kind of thing in the community. Keeping the community engaged is the most important thing and I think a constant reminder of why the community exists and what the goals are should always be reinforced so that the members don't lose sight of the goal.

For entitlement, I think it goes both ways. There is also potential entitlement for newer members especially if they don't know any better and it's up to us as a community to make sure to remind them that nothing is guaranteed and that you also have to build yourself and your reputation.