I had a very interesting night, to say the least.
My friend @ankalagonchik was sitting inside an OpenPod on Snapie.io, dreaming, I suppose, about ideas on how to make it better, when all of a sudden someone joined. Someone very special joined: @epodcaster.
Sometimes it feels like planets do align, and it's just a matter of time until they do. Patience is a virtue, or so they say, but time is a luxury, echo the masses. Both can be true, but it takes finesse and a little bit of luck.
At any rate, I was tapped on the shoulder, so to speak, and joined them for a lovely conversation. We spoke about Snapie, FirstContext, long-term goals, and practical things we could do to move our plans forward. Not going to lie, a lot of things got thrown at the wall, but it was hard not to get excited about the possibilities.
The thing is, if we can—and I submit that we should—build things that are, funnily enough, disconnected from the valuation of the token itself, things that still matter and still solve problems for people, then eventually the markets will realize "the truth," so to speak. The protocol, a piece of the pie, becomes needed, wanted, desired... stalked.
Okay, okay. I'll stop.
I was explaining to @ankalagonchik that Hive was, and still is, a honey trap of sorts. A protocol where a smart person can spark the magical flame of a network effect, of mass growth, and then leverage its voodoo to build a business, an idea, or something entirely unexpected.
Hey, I realize I'm daydreaming a bit, but that's okay. I can forgive myself, and I hope you can as well.
The potential has always been there. It still is.
The obstacles are plenty, the politics disgusting, and the feeling of inadequacy is never too far from our minds. But the potential—the first step, the first brick—has always been there.
Without a doubt, if we are to move toward greener pastures, we need to become completely comfortable with breaking dogma. We have to blur the lines between what we idealistically white-knuckle as liberty and freedom, and where the people actually gather to gander.
Yes, that makes sense.
Let's go with the geese.
What I find most amazing about these thought experiments, these little dives into my own head, is that as difficult as it may seem for these things to happen, if they do—or should I say, when they do—the speed of it would make these red days easy to forget.
Maybe not for me.
Maybe not for you, dear reader.
But in the broader timeline people will remember, these days are little more than blips.
The best advice I can give anyone these days—and I'm not even joking—is this:
Don't forget to touch grass.
But do so only long enough to get back in the saddle, back to the grind.
-MenO
My side of the story? I was going to hang out on Hive for bit before going to bed. For me, Hive on a Friday night is a good time to check in. See who was doing what and then to play a few hands of Splinterlands. Which lately has been my Friday night fun.
As I was doing the "see who is doing what" part of my evening plans I ran across this article from @jongolson
https://peakd.com/hive-112281/@jongolson/human-content-still-matters-on-hive-fte where he spoke highly about Snapie. So, naturally I clicked to see what all the fuss was about.
To say I was impressed with what I saw would be an understatement. A beautiful engaging interface. So, I started clicking around to get the full experience. And a full experience it was.
Then I saw an option called OpenPods with soundwaves. As a longtime podcaster this made my eyes light up. Could it be that there was a podcasting component to Snapie? I couldn't click fast enough.
There was one active room/pod/space and when I clicked into it, I was in yet another beautiful interface with chat and what looked like a main area for video or potential screensharing or for speaker and attendee avatars. I began chatting away to let whoever was hosting that I was new to Snapie and just kicking the tires of every feature. @ankalagonchik was a gracious host who then introduced me to @meno who was the visionary and core developer of Snapie.
What started out as as a simple Friday night activity turned into an exciting conversation. To say that my mind has been lit up with the possibilities would be putting it mildly. Kudos to fantastic developers who create engaging and beautiful destinations for creators like me to unleash our ideas, thoughts, and creations out into the world.
It was nice talking to you! Hope we can do it some time later as well! :)
Yes, I would like to talk further about the two events I have coming up where Snapie could play a part to increase awareness of what Hive has to offer creators.
!HBIT
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Type: original post | Authentic: authentic | Importance: important
Topic: Meno
Tags: #snapie
Claim: Testing apps
Stance: support
2330 — Testing the app
Why it matters: The high need to create
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Off topic, but just wanted to listen to the last Hive thrive. Where is the best place to listen to it?
hey bud... on the official posts, they have a playlist. but i dont think its been updated in a while.
There are quite a few in there tho...
Ah ok.
yes, people will use things more that actually bring them value to their personal lives, the vote should be a bonus.
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yes, WHEN. ;)
dream it, then make it so..
The first brick the the most important
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holy shit man.... it works!
#hive #posh
Big systems are not growing from big ideas, it's from small daily fixes a lot of us just overlook. The developers are fixing errors and updating tools all the time. These small things decide if what you build will survive so big thanks to Hive developers