Hive suffers the same problems Steemit did, no one is reading and everyone is autovoting the people who autovote them. STINC was at least delegating to a few initiatives like steemhunt or Busy where smaller accounts could get upvoted. I am not investing in Hive, its repeating all the same mistakes.
Absolutes are rarely true. Many people do read and not everyone autovotes. My votes have little to do with who votes for me. That is not even the most profitable path anyway. Hey, I voted for you :)
Steem could have succeeded, but Justin came in and messed it up. We definitely learnt from that experience. What will you invest in then?