In some of his earliest interviews and commentaries on the original Steem White Paper, Dan Larimer would often point out that Steemit was an experiment. And I'm guessing it continues to be "an experiment."

Hive is also "an experiment," in this case an experiment of looking at what happens when you take four years of experience and perceptions of mistakes and flaws... and strike out in a different direction.

I'm very much in agreement with Hive representing a clean slate in some respects, while I am also well aware (from 20 years past experience) that "split-off groups" typically fail at gaining the traction of the original version. And I'm not even talking blockchain here.

That said, I am planning to put a lot of energy behind promoting and supporting Hive as a great content platform, and so far the "follow through" from those guiding the new chain has been excellent.