Hey 
You know this is a great post that brings up a great question "who really are we talking to online here" and highlights ba magnificent phenomena- the ability nto connect with people from all walks of life and from every corner of the globe.
With Hive the focus is, or at least should be, on inter relations, community, engagement that forms an interwoven social tapestry. Its one of Hives strengths because in doing so Hive humanizes the user in a way that's not common. It cuts through socio economic obstacles. Cultural obstacles and even the obstacles of distance and boarders. You get to meet and interact with a real human being in a meaningful way (granted youre not shit posting or doing post n runs where theres no sincerity or effort to engage other humans )
For instance on Hive i talk daily to people from all over africa, the uk, sweden, australia, venezuela, portugal, philippines, the usa, india and so many other places and the one thing ive learned from talking to these folks that come from vastly different walks of life is just how much we have in common, how much we're the same and just how human we all really are. That level of connectedness and quite frankly enrichment to my life is priceless.
Its true that people can conceal much of who they are and yet if you put in the effort to nurture the friendship youll still cut through to much of who the core person is despite that and a bond can still form into a great friendship.
As for your weekend engagement topic. Its going to ve ypur best one yet. I can't wait to jump in and pester you um ...i mean engage when it comes out. I also think it will also have the most engagement snd comments of all your weekend engagement posts because i have a feeling the theme of the post will proliferate into the comments where it will carry over to people extending the topic to eachmother in the comments. It with be threads inside of threads!
I recommend everyone drop in for it when he posts it this friday. It should be a lot of fun.
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RE: Who?