Over the last year or so there was a high call towards building web3 decentralized options after we saw presidents being banned from twitter, freedom of speech destroyed online and pushed agendas by social media companies.
There really has not been many good options...
It's not enough to simply create something and offers crypto tokens in exchange for publishing content on that platform. It's been tried and done hundreds of times with fiat currency in the past and every one of those companies the same thing happened. It turned into a giant spam fest where everyone tried to game the system for a few pennies and then
Your site or application needs to be as good if not better then the web2 variation. This means signup, understanding of what to do next and ease of use. It should simply flow and be something people are used to.
It needs community support heavily at first with a welcoming mindset. It should be open to others to get involved post content and the overall community.
It still needs anti spam measures however it should come down to each individual users to make the choice. A simple mute button a user can select I fully support. This doesn't block freedom of speech it just makes it so if you're an ass hole people most likely are going to mute yo ass.
It's crazy to think but Hive has already been doing all of this for years. While it does have some of it's downfalls such as stupid downvote flag wars. Besides that the platforms been offering all of these positives for years but hasn't ever taken main stream.
Is this from lack of marketing? No
Lack of easy onboarding? Yes
Lack of applications being built on it? Yes
You see when you build something awesome and powerful the community itself will spread it and market it. We saw this heavily with Splinterlands as soon as the play2earn market started to heat up people found out about Splinterlands and start to market and promote it to their friends and their networks. This created one of the largest rallies yet in Hive but also Splinterlands assets.
These bottleneck areas are starting to be addressed by front ends that are treating their front ends like a business. Platforms like Ecency or LeoFinance are opening up easier ways to get started with Hive that eliminates that confusing blockchain part of managing keys etc.
We are also starting to finally see more applications and larger projects being built in the chain such as video 3spk, LeoThreads which will eventually be turned into a platform like twitter.
There's a lot in the pipeline coming to the Hive blockchain. Things that have been in the works for years are starting to launch and become something. The groundwork is building and next will be the user base introduction. Be on top of it by becoming an active part of the Hive blockchain community.
