OK OK yes, Proof of Brain is really more like 'Proof of how much HP your mates on Discord have' so it is flawed ...

This comes up quite often. Since I'm a transparency nut, I've never opened an account on Discord, or Telegram, or any of those social media. I've never been involved in a work group either, so that's another reason why I don't have accounts on those places ... since they're really designed for that type of activity. Nevertheless, the use case can always be perverted. It's shocking to think that people who have HIVE, who are on HIVE, choose to "go off" HIVE for anything regarding HIVE (other than the legit work groups between Devs, of course). I mean, why aren't they talking about their ideas here, on HIVE.blog, on the blockchain itself? And the bit about instant messaging is a total cop out in my opinion as well - as if the comments section of every post doesn't serve the purpose! So, is this really as prevalent as people say it is?

Edit: like @josediccus says, HIVE's my main bag too. 😎