It's also interesting in a way, this blockchain is not a capitalist model where anyone can pick up a global brand and say, I was here first therefore I have rights to this global brand.
It's the same when I was in Occupy Sydney and the socialists set up their table with their banners and it looked like they represented all of us. They just behaved like capitalists and said, were not breaking any laws. Yet didn't consider that none of us were socialists.
I would put effort into marketing something I believe in. I have a mailing list and am on a songwriter's forum.
Thus my criticism. It's because I want to support something I believe in.
I think anyone who sets up a challenge can set their own conditions and we can decide if we want to participate. If there's no prize then you don't miss out by skipping it. I saw you posted a song for the other one and I'll have a listen later. Positivity is good, but so is being realistic about how things are. I like plenty of music that might get other people down. Do whatever works for you.
I want to get more musicians active on Hive. The great thing is that you don't have to be part of any organised event to earn something.
Rock on!
Sure, 'anyone that sets up a challenge, can set their own conditions', but... lol... anyone that tells me I must only post positive things for a global brand, is in for a disaster - they have to contend with my ability for rational deduction!
There's also a SGL Solidarity open mic style thing going on by @ylich
It seems there is a vacuum, while we're all in transition... haha
Because what there is demand for, is an unconditional open mic, just like steemit open mic... but called Hive Open Mic.
As I said before, to carry this name is to carry a great responsibility - the responsibility of its genesis. So, despite @cabelindsay 's extremely valiant effort, what he's pinched upon is a vacuum that requires a need and this need is very specific.
This need won't tolerate conditions.
I'm sorry this came across as an attack to you @cabelindsay . I'm quite blunt with the way I put things across, but this can also be appreciated.
Wishing you the best of luck with this genesis!
As I said, it's his challenge and he's entitled to set parameters for what he wants to include. There's no 'global brand' on Hive although his tags are generic.
And as I said.. haha
I won't go there again. My comments state already what I want to say.
It is my argument that there is a global brand, and that they are the communities' responsibility.
To revisit this, because I'm still not over it. haha, yeah you're thinking, here we go...
It IS a global brand. That's just it, anyone that walks in and says, ha! Look a brand that hasn't been utilised! I will now grab it and capitalise on it! And because I am the first one to grab it, therefore it is mine!
Ok, you CAN treat it like this (and I'm not saying that this is what @cabelindsay has done). But for the person that does treat it like this, in an open autonomous community, their perspectives and their work will quickly be shunned.
To not respect a 'global brand' for what it is, is to attract disrespect.
So to pick up the mantle is to take responsibility for that brand and that service must be inline with what that brand dictates - minus the personal biases and conditions of the founder.
It's up to the 'founder' of the brand to use it with the respect they expect from others, in order to gain the respect of the community in order to see it grow.
Once again Hive is not a capitalist system, it's a system thoroughly entrenched in community and community participation.
It's like we have a tribe of people living in huts in the desert and someone sets up a stand as part of that community that says 'Community Lemonade'. They're thinking, hey, no one's taken this name, I'm just going to go ahead and use it... Everyone in this community LOVES lemonade, so it represents the community in this regard but this person chooses to put raspberries in their lemonade and only 1 person in the community likes raspberries. The stand should not then be called, 'Community Lemonade' because if it is to represent the community on a community level it must provide a service that the majority of the community wants and needs according to that brand.
So there is great responsibility and accountability in picking up a community brand. Or a global brand as I have previously called it.