What I would like to see is if a small community of global users (something like the 10,000 users we have) can sustain itself without attracting the masses. By sustain, I mean, support each member with a livable income. And I think the 'circle jerks' could be a way to attain that. We can see these circles as communities of mutual support, a modern day equivalent of the guild. Those are already in place and growing: the writers, photographers, gamers, etc. For these groups to think of themselves as a collective, support themselves and each member to grow their share of the pie and increase their earning potential until it is livable. I think this is already happening. And when the Ink Well, for example, has a vote large enough to pay a short story writer several hundred bucks worth of Hive for their work ... then more people will come and it will also be unnecessary for more people to come. I don't see why that couldn't work.
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