Of course it's disappointing, though tbh it's not surprising. When I originally joined Steemit I saw the "user generated content" and "social media influencer" wave coming and thought that everyone would become a content creator to a degree. So I was half right haha. I also thought that Steem would be natural for integrating into the apps those people used. I eventually learned, though I didn't realize it for a long time, that this vision I had for Steem was quite at odds with the creators. They didn't design Steem to be integrated into apps other than Steemit, and only pivoted in that direction much later and very reluctantly. Many of the problems can be traced back to those early decisions IMO, but that doesn't mean Hive can't still be a valuable corner of the internet! But it is not my intent to get involved in the politics or drama of Hive. I'm here as a user and ideally nothing more.
Being a CEO for 4 years actually gave me a newfound respect for both @dan and @ned. I couldn't have done what they did. Actually building stuff is much harder than looking back and criticizing. With the benefit of hindsight, however, it is my opinion that the original focus should have been on building and promoting Steem as a universal social database that any website or application could integrate. That was always my vision for Steem.
Sorry, didn't directly address the second question, but I would extend my previous response and say that I think Hive's USP is that it is a turnkey database of social information (people, posts, voting data, etc.). But bear in mind I have not been paying attention to Hive for 4 years (crazy!!!), so I wouldn't put much stock in my opinion.
Do you think we kinda ruined it for ourself by having several forks from Steem and diluted our userbase or could there be an audience for several ones with some unqiue features?
I don't see forks as a problem whatsoever any more than forks of Bitcoin or Ethereum are a problem for them. I started Koinos Group at the same time as Hive began, so I don't think I'm really qualified to opine on the possible problems with Hive. When something doesn't have the kind of runaway success you were expecting it becomes easy to find a million problems with it but really hard to find "the" problem.
Of course it's disappointing, though tbh it's not surprising. When I originally joined Steemit I saw the "user generated content" and "social media influencer" wave coming and thought that everyone would become a content creator to a degree. So I was half right haha. I also thought that Steem would be natural for integrating into the apps those people used. I eventually learned, though I didn't realize it for a long time, that this vision I had for Steem was quite at odds with the creators. They didn't design Steem to be integrated into apps other than Steemit, and only pivoted in that direction much later and very reluctantly. Many of the problems can be traced back to those early decisions IMO, but that doesn't mean Hive can't still be a valuable corner of the internet! But it is not my intent to get involved in the politics or drama of Hive. I'm here as a user and ideally nothing more.
So what would you have differently if you could start over and be CEO?
What do you think Hive's USP is?
Being a CEO for 4 years actually gave me a newfound respect for both @dan and @ned. I couldn't have done what they did. Actually building stuff is much harder than looking back and criticizing. With the benefit of hindsight, however, it is my opinion that the original focus should have been on building and promoting Steem as a universal social database that any website or application could integrate. That was always my vision for Steem.
Sorry, didn't directly address the second question, but I would extend my previous response and say that I think Hive's USP is that it is a turnkey database of social information (people, posts, voting data, etc.). But bear in mind I have not been paying attention to Hive for 4 years (crazy!!!), so I wouldn't put much stock in my opinion.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing @andrarchy!
Do you think we kinda ruined it for ourself by having several forks from Steem and diluted our userbase or could there be an audience for several ones with some unqiue features?
I don't see forks as a problem whatsoever any more than forks of Bitcoin or Ethereum are a problem for them. I started Koinos Group at the same time as Hive began, so I don't think I'm really qualified to opine on the possible problems with Hive. When something doesn't have the kind of runaway success you were expecting it becomes easy to find a million problems with it but really hard to find "the" problem.
Thanks for sharing :)