I would say that a platform like Hive is either too unimportant or too small to expend energy on at the time.
Maybe, but then again, the resilience of an international decentralized blockchain where new frontends can be rolled out in no time at all, not to mention VPNs and TOR, exists specifically to challenge centralized censorship. And the point of crypto is the ability to circumvent regulators, not find ways to comply with government edicts and trade for government fiat. We don't win through permission.
laws only work if we follow them"
Does anyone follow the law? No one even knows how many US laws, regulations, and policies exist in the first place, much less how to navigate life without breaking any of them. There's a book which estimates people could easily commit an average of three felonies a day. Never mind the fundamental principle of "no victim, no crime."
political representatives seem to do whatever they want.
Which disproves the notions of representation and delegated authority which are the foundation of modern myths regarding democratic republics.
So you can blog yourself and complain about this or that encroachment on your freedom, but I would then ask, what does that change?
I can't prove it changes anything, but here I am talking with a stranger about the ideas of individual liberty, someone I would have never encountered otherwise. That's not nothing.
How do you know if it's worth it, since I assume that you yourself have not been officially accused? In what way is it worth it for you personally?
My own dealings with the State are another matter entirely, and irrelevant to the topic at hand. Value is always subjective, but the pursuit of virtue is the way we grow as individuals, and the individual is the foundation of society, so seeking personal growth is the best, and perhaps only, way I can effect real change in the world.
Do you believe government authority is legitimate, legality has any bearing on morality, or virtue is attained through obedience?
RE: The ATF vs. The First Amendment