I relate to a lot of this. Lately the frustration for me goes beyond price action. There is a growing feeling that Hive is less decentralized in practice than it is in theory. A lot of meaningful decisions still seem to be shaped by a very small number of large stakeholders. Even sitting at orca level, I often feel pretty powerless, which makes me wonder how dolphins or smaller accounts experience this system day to day.
That erosion of agency matters. It changes how invested people feel, especially when prices are down and the narrative of “build now, it pays off later” or when you join hive you are now a CEO… it all stops feeling credible.
I keep coming back to the idea that maybe Hive does not need to be for everyone. It seems we have been telling the same story for years and expecting a different outcome. What I would love to see is a small group of people who genuinely still care about HIVE get together and rethink how Hive is presented to the wider world. Less hype and trying to appeal to the masses. More leaning into the misfit side of Hive. Trying to find the people who are tired of main stream platforms and going for folks that care about owning their digital footprint and like building and being part of the weird corners of the internet.
If we keep repeating the same patterns, we should not be surprised if we keep shedding users. Breaking that cycle likely means embracing that Hive is niche, renegade, and not polite or tidy. That might be exactly what the next generation of Hiveans is looking for.
But what the fuck do I know. It’s just how i feel currently
Mm. Yeah, I feel you. The climb, even in these early days, feels pretty impossible. Part of the problem is, the whole "spend your time now and have faith" paradigm only works if you assume people have the basics of life taken care of.
Most people want to make enough to have a roof over their heads, food in their bellies, and the occasional treat. Until Hive can offer the masses this, it's not going to be a catching proposition.
Expecting newcomers to have faith in something that may or may not pay off ten years from now isn't exactly reasonable. Basically, unless you have a ton of money or talents specifically relevant to the platform (development), yeah, it's harder to make a small amount to sustain off of, let alone to save up.
I think telling people who are interested in the platform but are just barely getting by (that's most people at this point) might be turned off by "hey, just save up".
This might be part of the reason why Hive seems to be doing very well in non-western countries. The power of Hive to actually sustain these individuals and allow them to save is much, much higher.
Anyway, those are just my two cents.
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