I don't agree with that person's stance. The main reason I like these sorts of platforms is that people share art of all of types on it, whether that's writing, visual art, videos, something else or a mix like a video with accompanying text (much like how you described your own content and much like I have done in the past, especially when it comes to my robotics content). I think within reason anything goes is the right way to treat a creative platform.
The other thing I liked about these platforms is a lack of censorship. I am also on YouTube and Youtube started having a heap of censorship. If we start deciding some content is more acceptable for these websites than others based on if they are "low effort" or "high effort" or "good content" or "bad content" we create the same issue, just caused by snobbery instead of by advertiser demands.
I should be able to create whatever I want and put it on here and so should you and so should the person who complained about memes. If someone makes a funny meme, they should feel free to share it on here. If they didn't create said meme, they should have rewards turned off since it's not their creation, but that's the same for everything on here. We should be able to create and share and read and watch and look at whatever we want on these websites and snobbery over what medium it is (video, blog, written thought piece, meme etc) will only serve to make the site worse not better.
RE: Hive. The People's Blockchain.