The way I think it will go is that Hive will somewhat pump along with the market which will create an inflow of new users who start out (I would say as all of us) with an eye to make money with part of them staying the the community or the tech. At least that's what I hope.
** I have been procrastinating moving the @upvoteshares project to the next level and will try to do it in the coming weeks as I should have a bit more time as the football season is in a winter break.
That seems like a reasonable turn of events. Perhaps some new tech-side developments might ad some positive side effects on our predictions too!
Regarding @upvoteshares, I'll patiently wait with a small pile of liquid hive to buy some of them! Thanks for letting me know :)