Change Matters

There have been some fairly positive changes that have been happening on Hive in the last few months, I think.

The thing with change is that it is often difficult at times. It can be a hassle to try and bring about change but the important thing is that it is often a good thing and sticking to it can be very beneficial. Nothing that has been a good thing is likely to be an easy thing to accomplish. Building the first anything is a real pain in the ass. It can be exhilarating for sure but it also comes with a lot of work. A really big part of that work as well is refining and making changes as we go.

With Hive, I think there have been some really nice and promising things that have unfolded recently.

The recent focus and attention that the Return Proposal for the DHF has gotten has been a wonderful thing. The DHF is a really important part of the ecosystem but there are quite frankly quite a few people who just abuse the shit out of it and simply assume they are going to be getting money out of it. By us making it HARDER to get that money out, we make it much more resilient and less vulnerable to poor actors who want to extract things from us.

As well, there has been a noticeable and positive shift and change in terms of people who are at a moderate stake and certainly some who are lower. A lot of us have been focusing on rewarding content creators who are invested in the platform instead of those who constantly extract everything from it. This is an important mindset shift because it removes the incentive for shitty people to just constantly drain the resources from here that we have all worked so hard for.

Then there is the recent adjustments I've highlighted to potentially how the Downvote process works. The suggestion is certainly not perfect and has a lot of room for improvement but it's a good start.

At the end of the day, what's so important about these above highlighted things is that they all started somewhere, and that is in conversation! When people discuss with each other what is going on, and identify things that we see that we dislike but at the same time, make steps and suggestions for how to improve that and make changes. That's where the rubber meets the road! When people are able to not only see a problem such as the shitty users who just withdraw all their stake, and then dozens of us make it a point NOT to distribute any rewards to them, or if we do very nominal ones like a dust vote, then we can enact change.

I think these are all so important because it shows that the people in the middle, the middle class of the platform, are the ones who can really work towards making systemic changes in the platform. When the people in the middle who outnumber those in the top tiers are able to band together, we are able to really make some important moves in the right direction. These are just a few examples of such actions!

What about you, have you seen other things here on Hive that make you hopeful for the future? Let me know in the comments!