Well then counselor, if I put it to you that buy your own logic, we can conversely make the claim, based on truth... that if investment hasn't flowed into Hive... that this here Blockchain really ISN'T that useful.. at least not in it's current STUCK FOREVER IN BUILDING form.
HIVE is a super basic text chain.
With BLIND VOTES extracting rewards
VIDEO on Hive SUCKS
CHAT on HIVE is non-existent (STING not even utilized)
COMMUNITIES are SILOS of tiny groups existing in obscurity (NO NETWORK EFFECT)
I could go on...
But really... that's enough to show you why it's not "useful" and why only a tiny group stay committed. Outside of LATIN AMERICA of course, where by wayy of circumstances, Hive is really a blessing.
Those part of the world make do with what's here, but really Hive needs to complete the most basic offerings of social and finance and then continue to tap into first third world users and by that, continue to attract and retain bigger audiences...
and FROM THE WEST...
WHERE BIG MONEY PLAYERS COME FROM.
ELSE, this is just a tiny operation and people need to start accepting that no one outside of this bubble feels they're missing out on much.
You fundamentally misapprehend what Hive's unique value is.
It is NOT to become a blockchain Facebook, Twitter or Youtube. That ship sailed with the crypto ad ban.
It doesn't need mass adoption (and frankly I wouldn't want that mass of idiots on traditional social media to come here).
Hive's blogging and community aspects and its financial aspects are secondary to its unique role as a self-sustaining decentralised public database and notifications mechanism.
Its user base will grow as those use-cases grow.
Proof of Brain via rewards for content was only ever intended to widely and fairly spread the Hive token to create true decentralisation.
Splinterlands, eXode, PodPing and Keychain show the way to Hive's true future.
We don't need or want the morons of TikTok or other mindless "influencers" here.
We want more developers to discover what Hive offers them.
Good luck, most those have already seen Hive and said, "fuck that"! The masses don't give a shit about the tech, period. You ppl that think they do are why they aren't coming. You miss the whole point and don't understand basic psychology.
Hive doesn't want or need the masses. Psychology is irrelevant.
You simply don't understand what Hive is and where its future lies.
Read my full post.
https://peakd.com/hive/@apshamilton/hives-unique-value-the-trifecta
No, you don't want the masses. but many do, because they think it'll bring in investors, which in turn will increase the value of Hive. So, you can't really speak for Hive in general.