As with much that concerns Hive, few people know about it. Although it's known to more Hivers now than a year ago, Hivelist is still unknown to many of us.
Is there a demand for it? Outside Hive, likely not. Is there a demand for it among our fellow Hivers? Maybe there is and maybe there isn't; we don't know.
One of the complaints I see a lot about Hive is why it doesn't get love from the crypto community while other platforms get more press or community members. Splinterlands has been carrying Hive on its back since at least August 2021, but it can only do so much. Blockchain gaming is going to reach the next level on Hive with initiatives from the 1UP Cartel, Team PIZZA, Psyberx/LVL, Pollen Loop network/PLN, and others I don't know about. These will help more people discover Hive.
Even so, I don't know what else we can do to give Hive a higher profile so there is more demand not just for HIVE/HBD but also for Hive dApps. All I know is that as a Hiver, I would rather support our community by using its offerings rather than continuing to patronize services from Big Tech. If Hive lacks a service (such as tokenized search), then I would rather use a Web3 service such as Presearch over a Big Tech service. I can't be the only Hiver who feels this way, although I may be one of 9.
We would also need to know how many Hivers would be willing to be part of a "dev team" to make a project a reality. I use the term loosely here because it will be not just the coders and techs who bring the platform to life but also the content providers who publish the posts which serve as raw material for the content to be "mined" by people who massage it into wiki-ready content. Then there is the investing aspect.
You raise excellent questions in your reply, and they need to be answered well enough before we can answer with "Yes, such a project is worth our time and funding" or "No, the ROI isn't worth it in either money or time."
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