Hive in 2024 is like Apple in 2004

in #hivelast year (edited)

Twenty years ago on July 6, 2004, (the first day of trading after the holiday), The stock price of Apple (AAPL) opened at $0.56, and closed at $0.47...

That's right. Three years after the opening of the first Apple Stores in May 2001, and the release of the original iPod in Oct of that same year, the company stock hadn't yet reflected the innovations that Jobs and Co. had built.

Hard to believe seeing that the current stock price is $221 and Apple is one of the most successful technology firms in the world. But if you were paying attention to the tech news back in 04' the word was still about the malaise affecting the stock, and when oh when would the market catch up with what Apple was doing.

2004 was also the year that the world learned that Steve Jobs had had "successful" cancer surgery, and would be back at the helm once he recovered with Tim Cook keeping an eye on things during his recuperation.

There were articles at the time where Steve mentions how he didn't "get" the financial press, and wasn't going to lose any sleep over the stock price.

Apple was just going to keep innovating, and sooner or later the world would have no choice but to take notice. It seemed that no matter what groundbreaking product and services the company released, it had almost no effect in boosting the stock price.

Until it did.

Damn the Torpedoes- Full Speed Ahead!

I see so many similarities between Apple and Hive. Like the Cupertino company, Hive is a hotbed of development as well as being the thought leader in its space on the blockchain.

Like Apple back then, we're also a few years removed from a bitter schism (as per Steemit), when Steve returned to help save the company from mismanagement like a Phoenix rising from the ashes.

I can still remember that out of the initial confusion, Hive emerged and was up and running very quickly. At the time, I almost wondered if there hadn't been some sort of secret skunk works project going on behind the scenes on a "just in case" basis.

Such as when Apple had Mac OS X secretly running on Intel chips years before the official switch from PowerPC chips to the Intel platform.

You know, "just in case."

Once the Steemit/Hive split occurred, it was full steam ahead for Hive devs and users, as we began creating content on the new platform. At 1 Infinite Loop they were doing the exact same thing.

People at Apple weren't wringing their hands over the AAPL price, they were getting down to business of creating a culture where 'Insanely Great' things could be done.

Below is a short presentation that a very young Steve Jobs gave in 1980:

Inspiring isn't it? It's astounding that he could see things with so much clarity, while being completely unhindered by the monumental task at hand.

My hope is that this article will help to tamp down any concern about the token price. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Just Keep Creating. Everything else will take care of itself in due time.

Rome wasn't built in a day, but was added to like the thin skins of an onion over a long period of time.

My message to the whales and others with large stakes is; you know who sells and leaves when the token price drops, it's the same type of person every time. They power down and sell off, then write an "I'M BACK!" post once the price starts going up again.

Whales, I suggest that you support those stalwarts who hang around year after year, who are down in the holds of the ship bailing water to keep "this thing of ours" going.

These are the people who continue to create content, power up, engage, and build throughout cycle after cycle with an OWNERS MINDSET as their North Star.

To me Hive is like a great ship and we're all its crew. We know who's pitching in year after year, and who's just here to TAKE what they can only when things are going well, then scatter like roaches once the lights come on. You simply can't rely on them when the storms come. Sometimes we enter rough seas, but there's a cohort ready to man the pumps and patch the sails.

They pitch in even when the token price goes down...

We know who they are... Like me, they've weathered the cycles and aren't going anywhere. So keep that North Star in mind, and plot the next course towards our destination. Together, let's build a home here on Hive that we can be proud of.

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Unfortunately, sentiments might not allow this to a 100%, but I know people who makes effort. People who are doing it through thick and thin are sometimes ignored. For a place to scale, there has to be undying support through thick and thin.

The other day I was bored and was checking around for something to read on Hive. There were so many good posts, a good chunk from your part of the world. All over, people are upping their game and putting out good content day after day. It must be challenging as a curator to have so many great posts to vote for, but not enough votes in the day to reach everybody. But I'm glad those of us that truly care about the platform, continue to stick around rain or shine, year after year.

Yes there are, but I'm particularly sad about people wanting to leave when they think the price is down and wanting to come back when it's all good. It's saddening

Hopefully things will improve so that we can retain the creators who've been loyal to Hive no matter what the token price does.. I'm shocked though that after 12 hours of being published, this post sits at 23 upvotes. 23.

I put about 5 hours into writing and researching it, and really thought it would have struck more of a chord with the readers on Hive compaired to what I see that IS getting the huge upvotes. However I'm grateful for the 23 people that did bother to vote at all. Including you. 23 is better than nothing at all. Thanks for your support. Now on to preparing for my next post (gotta stay positive!) :)

Well, rewards are mostly that way nowadays, I just do what I can and sometimes the rewards come good, sometimes they don't. I'm not a regular curator myself so I tend to miss a lot of posts as well..

I am sure Hive will eventually rebound. I do have a feeling it may fall some more, but that is just a reason to grab some more and post more content.

It will be so cool to see more development as Hifve grows and to see what apps come out of it.

I was really surprised at how quickly this place was setup after the split. It reminded me of how smoothly Apple transitioned from PowerPC chips to Intel. A lot of thought was put into creating a home for content creators to express themselves on the blockchain. We're still in early days, but I'm excited for the future.

Yeah, I think something was already happening behind the scenes, but that is just my opinion. I would like to see more development for Apps besides content creation. Hell we used to have a soccer management game on the blockchain, but it went under. Not sure why.

I hope that wasn't GenesisLeagueGoals, as that looked promising. The site is up, so maybe you're talking about something else.

No that doesn't sound famaliar. Do you have the link for Genesis LEague Goals?

I guess that means It's a great time to get on the Hive ship. Just like people missed apples 0.5$ buying point many would miss Hive too. But I don't want to be among them so it's best to get active and be a part of this innovation.

Some people were really smart and accumulated during the dips. But in order to do that, they had to have the confidence in the platform to keep growing their stake cycle after cycle. I'm glad that they did.

Whales, I suggest that you support those stalwarts who hang around year after year, who are down in the holds of the ship bailing water to keep "this thing of ours" going.

Yeah, it would certainly be nice, but I don't know if many whales listen to this call. I find more and more medium-sized accounts who support each other. Maybe let's help people make it to Orcas.

Great idea. What hurt me a couple of years ago was having to liquidate my growing account in order to help an ill relative who was being financially abused by some of my relatives. This made my account less valuable to vote for as I had to drain my HP in order to assist the matriarch of the family. Who in the hell wants to upvote an account with 300HP? Not much in it for them, so I totally get it. But we're rebuilding slowly, and if I can find another no-KYC Bitcoin ATM, I can start the BTC>LTC>HIVE trail and begin re-growing this account much faster. The ATM I had been using earlier this year used to allow no ID purchases under $150 per day. It now requires KYC for all purchases. But I hear there may be a new one in the suburbs that I'm going to check out.

I have some extra money, It's just finding a way to turn that into HIVE without having to use Plaid at my local bank that's the issue. I really care about this platform, and the drop in active authors (and upvotes) alarms me. I want us to grow, not wither away like MySpace. I do see and appreciate your support.

Well let’s hope it’s at least 10% of this potential, then we would all be very happy. 😅

Let's hope that's on the low end as well. :)

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