Anyone care to throw an opinion out there as to why STEEM has outperformed HIVE over the last year with seemingly nothing really to justify it?
As @dbooster, @enforcer48 and @curatorcat.leo clearly exposed in their comments. The serious problem that has Hive plunged into total stagnation & decline and by which it is always surpassed in the cryptomarket by any shitcoin that arises or will arise in the future.
It's nothing else but the belief of the current Hive whales, a few Orcas and above all the handful of early Steem ninjaminers still here. Who believe themselves to be the exclusive and sovereign owners of this "social network" on the blockchain. That they believe that they all are already members of a Type VII Civilization and everyone else are just hordes of scammers, spammers, plagiarists, reward farmers, poor peasants, parasites and leeches that only come here to devalue the loot that they have already lavished, in a not so dignified way only for themselves, since long time ago.
And to verify and confirm this, all you have to do is solely take a look at the valueplan's wallet, snoop a little what DHF proposals they are supporting with their high HP stake, check which users they are downvoting and trying to chase them off from the platform and simply taking a look at one or another of the many statistics that can be found on the blockchain.
In conclusion. That none of them can afford the luxury that some new opulent investor comes here, surpass and displace them from the temporary control of the chain and their privileged position until they have squeezed the maximum benefits from this.
And therefore they will never invest in professional marketing and advertising or any effective public relations efforts that will truly put Hive at the pinnacle of people's attention to show them all the benefits and advantages of our blockchain technology.
And in consequence, it's already more than clear to me that they do not want any more new users or investors here who can threaten their current control, authority, privileges or supremacy until they can leave the project with the profits they once dreamed they could obtain.
Can't really argue against this...
Exactly, a brief look at the hard facts does not leave room for further discussion. };)