I appreciate your efforts on the lazy curation problem, and I use the KE as a rough guidance.
However I don´t have a solution for the oligarchy problem. We see this also in the real economy, there is a tendency of companies to become larger and larger, like how Amazon started and where they are right now. Same with the Hive accumulation, a huge share of it is unfortunately concentrated among 10 or so super large accounts (plus their alts), they control who is the top 20 and the DHF as well.
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This is a very legitimate comment and concern. I am glad that by simple conversation that we have started from very different sides, we arrived at the same place of agreement.
This is why it is always good to have an extended conversation.
One small side note: the person who helped me the most in providing me with the data and creating all the tools for free is @beaker007 . Someone I called an extractor in a comment and he responded with data :)
Someone I consider one of the best friends I made here on this platform! It’s funny how this goes. We have worked tens of hours together in conversations and we created 4-5 different websites together. In fact beaker did all the work, I only provided the ideas and data visualization.
My point in sharing this is arguments are often good if both sides are honest. Lot of good things comes out of that.
Likewise, @azircon—it's funny how things can come together like that. And you're absolutely right: honesty is key in any meaningful discussion.
I’ve seen a lot of conversations around this topic lately—some more constructive than others. But when people are willing to listen and consider different perspectives, even tough discussions can lead to something positive.
At the end of the day, most of us want a sustainable Hive ecosystem. That means we need to keep calling out abuse—both intentional (which definitely needs to be stopped) and unintentional. And that's the tricky part: KE is just one metric, and like any metric, it just one piece of the puzzle.
For the intentional bad actors, there’s no room for them. For the unintentional ones, we should aim to educate. I put myself in that second group at one point—I listened, I learned, I adapted. These days, thanks to working with the data, I can see both sides more clearly. And that’s one of the great things about blockchain: the data is always there. Though we must always be cautious with how we interpret it.
Lastly, I want to give a shoutout to the others who are also digging into this data. It’s not always easy, and they don’t always get the appreciation they deserve. In fact, they often get hit with criticism. But their work matters. Just wanted to share my thoughts on that.