RE: Some Thoughts on the Future...

I think the most realistic path forward is something in between what you're suggesting.

Having everyone focused on making Hive the absolute best at one specific thing will give it a much better chance at being successful than if we have our relatively small community split between many different things (like we have now).

I think the best we can hope for is a tier of priorities. I think for all the different users here, someone will think any one of the options you mentioned is "THE OBVIOUS ONE" and anyone that says different is a stupid idiot who should be shunned.

It's always going to be based on people's areas of expertise as well. If you're a hammer, you want to use nails to solve every problem because that's what you know.

As a content creator and designer, I see content and improved design in the apps that deliver them as a path to success.

A developer probably sees the most promise in Hive as a development platform, etc.

I definitely would love to see more collaboration and leveraging of everyone's strengths and knowledge and hope we can figure this all out, because the potential will be endless if we do.