I am talking about marketing, perception and psychology. The success of social networks, just like crypto is largely based on hype and public perception. Even small things can make or break a platform. Every person who tries Hive and finds that big players have deleted the payout that others elected to direct their way will likely go and tell their friends they have been treated unfairly.

Yes, this has been my experience with trying to onboard new users although it only happened a couple of times.