No worries, I don't mind going off topic if the discussion is genuine and not just to increase the number of comments.
As far as quality content is concerned, basically one should have the right to post what they want, as long as it's not abuse, and quality is subjective as we have different level of education, different backgrounds and hudge content differently.
Hive is also not just about blogging and could be about and is about a lot more.
I also don't have a solution for all the problems, just a few, but if our voice is not heard, there's little we can do.