HiveComb

OK: I have an answer for you. I call this the Square Deal Plan because it has four sides, and is a good way to get organized:

• Find as many as four communities that meet your interest with rewards of at least $1 on a fair number of posts
• Read at least four posts a week in each community to discover what different community members are passionate about, and what types of posts tend to get rewarded (16 posts read across four communities in a month, or a bit more than two posts per day)
• Vote and comment on however many posts you like, but never let that number fall below 16 posts read, voted, and commented on across all communities per month.
• Post in each community once per week (four posts a week in each community, 16 posts per month if working in all four communities)

Now, that's scaled up to the highest ... but the key is the four steps. One of the major problems on Hive is the lack of engagement. People expect an audience without building one first, and without being consistent in presence not just as someone needing to be seen and voted on, but as someone who supports other members of the community. This is a way to remedy those problems, and also settle into consistent posting habits. It does not matter if someone chooses to work in just one community -- it is the reading and engagement that helps the content creator learn what a quality post looks like, make connections, and thus have his or her posts do better in the long run.

Hope this helps!