Recently, I have been checking out more Web2 apps social media platforms, creative spaces, content-sharing sites — just to see what's new and how people are using these platforms. But the more I explore these apps, the more I notice something that gives me some concern: too much policy and too little freedom. Web2 has many social apps now place, and yes a lot of them have great features and functionalities, great design considerations, and yet, deep down, there is one thing that is always conerning to me and guess many users, that's the too much control.
I posted a video on on Tiktok a few weeks ago. Nothing hateful, nothing rude just my thoughts. Then few days after i couldn't find the video again so I realised perhaps it had been removed.I received no notice, no warning, no explanation. It was just gone and i did not remember deleting and even if i did, it would be in the bin for about 30 days if I'm right. I read through their “community rules” and guideliness which were so lengthy but I couldn't even or pinpoint what i did wrong. Anyway mine wasn't that serious as those that get their account bound when someone reports their account.
And you want to know what is most annoying? They build a platform ans everything on user's content. Their voices, their creativity, their stories - those are the things that get the views, the engagement, the revenue. Yet, they have little control. They central players decide what stays, and what gets removed. They decide what should be seen and what should be hidden. You could spend years building a page and a minor issue or misunderstanding can take it away.
This is why I love Hive.I have been on Hive for years now and still enjoying every bitnof it. The difference between Hive and most web2 platform is big: Hive is different. Really different. Here, I own my content. When I publish something here, it stays unless I take it down myself, and even if I'mable to do so and still remains, the blockchainis immutable. There is no central authority whose job it is to 'police' every single post or delete people's voices.
There is no central player that is trying to extinguish certain voices or opinions because they simply don't like it. That is the kind of freedom I think you will find on Hive. And we are not just talking about just your ability to express yourself speech but the freedom express yourself without censorship.Your post can earn real value on Hive. Not just likes or views getting nowhere, actual rewards. And because Hive has a blockchain structure, there is not a central person or company in control. The community is running the show, and that means it's power sharing - not taking.
I am not saying Hive is perfect. No platform is. But from what i have experienced and what I have witnessed what I have seen about most Web2 platforms, this place seems a lot more honest, more free, and more fair. When you create here, you know it is yours. You have a part of something bigger, something that keeps growing - and you are part of it. So, yes, I have come to this basic yet honest truth: Freedom is important but not fully given on most platforms. Hive is changing the game and here... it really does feel like a free world.
