There are parts of NZ that have snow in winter and I have had a play in it, and frost does occur here even in Wellington once you get away from the coast, but no, I like a climate that essentially never goes below zero, it's my definate preferece. It's also generally not too hot either - now is the hottest, getting up to high 20's, but I like to stay between 15 and 20 deg most of the time. We do have a lot of wind though, to a degree that most people would hate.

I'll give you a better answer to the second question soon - but in short, at this point, no I don't think we can win this battle on Hive, and that is why I'm now so behind VYB. I called out the account behind my Hive downvoting knowing my Hive rewards were over and out, and looking ahead to a new front end.

If you speak out you will be blacklisted with every post and comment you do downvoted, which as well as wiping your rewards, also drops your rep over time. But long term this may help VYB which we are seriously aiming to develop as a downvote free platform with a valuable token limited to 21 million total - like Bitcoin (and unlike Hive!)