Yea I actually think we are on the same page on all this stuff.
YouTube is easier to monetize again but they are like other platforms. I think they just lower the boundaries for monetization.
I think X monetization will ramp down. I used to love X (even after Elon took over) but the AI videos and fake rage baiting content is out of control. Like half the breaking stories I saw ended up being fake to some extent.
Who is our target customer! Is the right question. I think we need to ask that more.
I believe there was originally a “if we build it they will come mindset.” (Very common in crypto)
But then there was a rush to increase the user base and it seems like we onboarded a lot of people by pointing to the reward pool as “free money” versus pointing at all the other interesting stuff we do here.
The reward pool is “cool” but conceptually is pretty simple and is not the main thing we should be known for in my opinion.
I like you idea on communities. I can’t help but be biased though cause I’m working on a TradFi community right now 🤣
Separately, I think Communities is an untapped gem and there is a lot of potential there! That’s one of the things I’m looking forward to the most right now as I’m poking around HIVE and trying out new things.