I would definitely change something related to DHF, it's the topic of the moment, we would need to greatly improve the way it is applied, think about alternatives or improvements, because lately the impression is that a lot of "money" is being used and we are not getting a return that matches it.
I think that although peakd badges, for example, define some hive users with certain achievements, I think we could bring this natively to the hive. For example, we could create visible ways (staying on the profile) to define that a user is a great addition to Hive, that is, that they contribute a lot. I think more ways to reward those who really strive to grow here, help people, and trust Hive are very welcome. Just as we could flag someone who has committed some abuse, leaving a warning or a flag for a few days, it would also be nice if this flagging ended and the person had a second chance to continue creating content.
Finally, perhaps we could create mechanisms to improve marketing. I think we really need that, but exactly what that improvement would be should be a good brainstorming session to get us there.
In my opinion the best measure for marketing is high post rewards and a stable token price. Splinterlands didn't need a lot of marketing when the return was high. People find where to make money easily. Now however, a lot of whales and big players prefer to avoid big rewards with the pretext that it weakens the price of hive.
Sometimes I wonder whether they don't understand the mechanism or whether they want to make sure to keep their power position. What is distributed through the reward pool needs to be compared to what is paid to witnesses and also what is paid through the DHF. Let's not forget that at least 50% of what is paid through posts is directly staked. Post rewards spread Hive to more accounts in a partially staked form. That's the best way to give stability to the network.
Now the powerful hands on hive prefer to distribute huge amounts of money through DHF in partially shady ways with no control or oversight. This hurts the price of hive much more than the rewards people would get...
Sensational, it's a point of view on the situation that I fully agree with. I believe that our biggest differential is the payment/monetization of content, which makes most people happy and motivated to continue engaging and participating in the hive.
I've been talking a lot about powerup too, that everyone has to think about it, distribute power among accounts, and not just wait for the whales to vote. If we have many accounts with high voting power, the whole community as a whole wins.
I saved your answer here so I can read and study more. I want to learn more so I can spread the information better. Thank you very much, Achim!