Does seem like there are some good thing starting to happen; the folks at LeoFinance definitely seem to have a good thing going.

I didn't realize there was going to be a 3Speak airdrop till you just told me now, so thanks for that.

Meanwhile, I also recently read that the "CTPtalk" community is developing their own front end from scratch, as part of building their unique identity. not sure how much effective impact that will have, but if more and more "2nd layer" projects get up and running, it has to eventually have a positive impact on Hive.