Yeah it's been interesting seeing how things have changed since the St**mit days, and I can't say I miss the prevalence of bots from those days.
Luckily in the @skatehive community we've had people mostly focused on sharing the passion of skating, rather than just ROI, which kept my experience positive from the start. I also think it helped me understand the vision of what Hive is, and can become.
One of the things I really try to focus on, is to vote for content of people who are community minded, rather than just on the people who make the nicest looking posts. Sure those others posts usually do better, but those community minded people are the ones who bring everyone together, and that is Hive's strength.
SkateHive is actually working on some things that I think is going to benefit all of Hive, and deserve support from everyone. But soon, I think everyone will see.
This is great, I love reading about your experience on Hive. Thank you!