Yes, I also find it very easy to get overwhelmed when I realize just HOW long my "to do list" is... and I spend more time organizing and restructuring the list than actually working on it! Much

Hey there! Nah, I'd never leave out the cats. Pretty much everyone knows that the Internet's true purpose is to post pictures and watch videos of CATS!

Hive certainly has the potential to be a marvelous and unique community, as long as a significant number of community members continue to just stay true to themselves and engage with each other.

I do think Hive will probably end up fine as long as those who are out there telling the world do so from a premise of it being a community and a social sharing platform, rather than a "make money

I sure do hope we see a reversal of the downward trend soon... although it seems like all of crypto has been a bit shaky for the past few months. Maybe there will be some revival with "Hive Power-up

Appreciate the thoughtful comment @bashadow, and a bit of background on your own social Internet experience. My own affinity for Steemit/Hive came as a result of my former favorite web format which I loosely

Hi there @cuddlekitten, I'm so glad to see you are active again!

Thank you @prydefoltz! I think part of the deal is that I just try to keep what I do interesting, without trying to cater to the maximum rewards potential. Let's face it, I am pretty much nothing and nobody

I think part of my reflection here also dates back to the time I found and joined Steemit, and HOW that happened. I was on Facebook, and a friend sent me a link to AN ARTICLE, and there was no mention

I do like that meme... remember seeing it somewhere, a long time ago. I think blockchain developers and crypto maniacs have a tendency to become a little myopic about what they are doing and get all wrapped

Just so much energy goes into small groups' and "factions'" petty squabbles... One of the things I never liked about Steemit was that it had that "Reddit-like" feel to it; a clique-ish

Interesting that I often feel something similar: a "failure." For me, I think the fail came because the primary pitch to the greater world was that this was a place to make money, rather than

Thank you!

Many opportunities, indeed... but I am also skeptical. Inevitably, we face the problem of "dilution." Let's not forget that there was WEKU long before the current situation, a Steem copy in response

And here's the Zapata twitter, which appears to be brand new:

They are totally adorable! And so very young... their eyes are still blue.

Hey, we just have to stay true to ourselves... I think that's the most important.

Thanks for the support, as always! Best community on Hive!

And thank you for the kind words! And I appreciate the fact that you are one of the genuine community members around here, and someone who actually consumes content, as well as creating it!

Yeah, I pretty much suck at it. But I do write a really good grocery list!