Thanks a lot for your very kind and educating response. I really and honestly appreciate it.
I think, when comments are made like this in a constructive manner, without sounding harsh or rude, it spurs higher levels of engagement.
You've really answered well, and I appreciate once again. At least, the fundamental nature of Hive has been made open, a purposeful design, deliberate at providing high levels of privacy to the users. The user chose how much information he or she is willing to give out, which makes a lot of sense.
Also, with this design, there's no need to spend huge amounts in time and money, developing complicated algorithms to match users interst with contents, to glue them more to the platform, against their will, a practice common to social media platforms today.
I wish to see more of your responses on future editions of the Town Hall. Gracias!