People seem to get really confused by the term passive income. Hive is unique compared to other content creation platforms in that posts do not pay out in perpetuity. It closes after 7 days and then you have to put more actions in to reap further benefits. There are often incremental gains but this is different from a passive income like having a book published and getting long term royalties. Hive looks worse when you consider all the liabilities associated with it but it has become increasingly audit resistant so these liabilities are often obfuscated or hand waved away which is another liability should the fraud here get the attention of authorities that can do something about it.