Puts tinfoil hat on
I think Hive vs. Steem scared the bejeebus out of most of the web 2 giants. Their whole game plan has always been to buy out the competition. Now they see what happens when you try to buy a community using open-source tech. There is a reason why Hive is the obvious answer yet is being elegantly silenced on web2. It started with not being able to post hive links to Twitter without your tweet being collapsed. Lots of people getting banned, little by little, but I'd say we are down a good 20-30% of Twitter Hive accounts due to just bans alone. People seem to be extra quiet when talking about Hive, and a small part of me thinks there's a reason. Hive laid out the blueprint for how communities can become independent, and there is no business model for web2 in breakaway communities.
takes off tinfoil hat
Weirdly reminded of this:
This pressure-cooker gonna explode sooner or later.