Thanks for the kind words! I think society pressures us far too much to go after some pre-prescribed goal, and what we actually want is forgotten, in the process. Happy New Year to you!

All of the above are incredibly annoying, and particularly people who are oblivious of their surroundings. I'll add to that people in cars who behave like they clearly are the only people to ever use the

Thank you.

It definitely is a good thing, yes!

People are very distracted. And the distractions are time consuming. The Mrs. and I were talking about the time all the distractions take up in our lives... and she joked that there's probably an app out

Which begs the question: Have you tried @peakd's version of short form content, called SNAPS? For my money, it's (so far) the most viable/functional/intuitive short form interface in the Hive ecosystem.

Hey @slothlydoesit, appreciate the visit! I'm afraid you missed the @commentrewarder cutoff, so all I can offer is an upvote on your comment. If we go way back here, we can't ignore that the original growth

The @commentrewarder bot is really useful once you understand exactly how it works... in this case, I am mostly speaking to the potential for abuse. The original poster is actually in charge of where the

Greetings @hannes-stoffel, and thanks for the thoughtful comment! I'm afraid you made it here after the @commentrewarder cutoff time, so all I can offer you is an upvote. I have long thought it is a bit

Thank you for stopping by, and the same to you! Good to see an "old face" still on Hive!

Thank you @ewkaw!

And meanwhile, we worry about overflowing landfills... At least our washer and dryer are still good... Swedish Electrolux machines from when they were still good. Everything else? Not so much... One of

Of course, what you say rings true for me, as well... and perhaps part of the reason I never really "succeeded" at Facebook or twitter/X is related to the fact that I value my friendships and

Not as much social engagement as there used to be... and with Hive having beem valued low, few people have sufficient HP to upvote comments.

"Smombies." I like that! I think these trends often work like the swing of a pendulum... something is "new and exciting" so everyone flocks to it, but gradually they discover that there

Happy New Year to you, as well! Let's make 2025 a great one!

It's very difficult to get "heard" and seen in this day and age... people get so much information to their computers and phones every day.

I blame Disney... OK, so that was a joke, but in all fairness most popular fiction portrayals of love is conditional, that is, men (mostly) are trained that they have to earn a woman's (mostly) love...

There are some big egos at play there, but Trump is pretty famous for firing pretty much anyone who's not in lockstep with his ideas of the moment. Elon is only loyal to a version of America that furthers

Yes, commentrewarder does seem to do the job. To wit, see screen shot below of this post and my post from the day before... both of which have similar rewards and number of upvotes. I'll check out the