Hive communities have great potential for niche interests, but they seem to be used more to fish for votes in various projects. I go to those that match my interests to find good content and that is how I think they should be used. I have done some posts to The Ink Well in a little short story collaboration, but it's not likely to be one of my main things. I'd still like to see it do well and foster fresh talent.
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Fishing and farming are a consequence of the gamification of Hive and of Hive as early stage blockchain technology. As community leaders develop more sophisticated models of incentivisation, and there is greater competition through attracting new users, that will change.
In The Ink Well, we are developing a model that will be able to cope with a range of users from professional writers who write to publishing standards through to people who enjoy it as a leisure interest, including a pathway for writers who want to develop their skills. I'll be writing more about that in a later post in the series.
Attracting new users will depend on exploiting structural holes and meeting needs that are unaddressed. That means having a precise understanding of what those opportunities and needs are and designing models that respond to them. It will require people who have some insight and knowledge about each of those opportunities and the challenges that create them and having imaginative ideas about innovating new use cases for Hive. We're having those kinds of discussions within The Ink Well.
It's about looking outwards and not being constantly obsessed with what is happening internally - of course, observing and learning from what's happening but not being governed by it and not putting too much attention on it. It's about understanding that we are in the early stages of adoption and looking forwards, thinking about and designing the next stages.
Sounds promising. We need projects like this that work to make the platform attractive to a wide audience and not just to enrich a chosen few. We have to think long-term. This is part of why I want to keep powering up my account as it will enable me to support more people with meaningful votes.
Have fun!
Well, we will be making it attractive to a niche audience: readers and writers of fiction and poetry :) Other people will have to take up the baton for other sectors!
Yes, but success in one sector could inspire others.
Hope so!