I have been sitting at my desk, planning out a big long 'rah rah' type post for Hive....
And I understand, a lot of the nay sayers aren't fans of those kind of posts. Sometimes it feels like we're putting lipstick on a pig because we constantly ignore the glaring needs here on chain.
While I always want to stay positive, I have been known to 'rant' every now and again. But at the end of the day, Hive is going to...Hive.
And we have beaten the dead horse over and over again...What needs to change, what needs to be built....I'm sure there are plenty of those kind of posts out there to go over.
But tonight....Something else came to mind and I hope you guys enjoy this little bit of...Flipping the script.
Instead of me just rambling on and on for 500 or so words about how much I love this blockchain, I wanted to ask you guys. few questions...
And hopefully, you get a ton of a value from it, and have some fun in the process :)
I'm going to ask a pretty basic question, but I'll spend the remainder of the post going over what kind of information I'm looking for in response...
Ready?
At first glance, that seems like an easy question to answer, but then we need to dig.
Are you here because of the promise and potential?
Maybe you are here because there are still rewards being dished out?
You are still on Hive because of the community?
It could be a combination of all of them or something else....
These are just probing questions and I hope you give some time to give an answer to the question above :)
This is my thinking, maybe we are going about this all wrong. Maybe we need to ask the question what makes people stay here and then focus on that for a bit?
Because we have spent so much time going over what's not working and how we should fix it....Crazy thinking but how about, let's see what does work and FOCUS on that?
But I wouldn't be a good example unless I practiced what I preached, so here is my answer....
I'm still on Hive for multiple reasons and some of them are yes, stated above. The promise of this blockchain just cannot be denied. It's still the ultimate #web3 experience and there is nothing that is close.
But don't for a second think I don't love the rewards either. It would be silly to say that I don't love seeing those payments coming in every week. And while I truly am grteful for each and every one, it's not the main reason I'm still here.
Like I said, it's a little bit of everything...The people and community are second to none. I've met some of the greatest human beings here on chain over the years, online and in person. Salt of the earth type people!
But when it comes down to it...I'm still here because this is my online home. While I've dabbled in other projects built on this chain, some of them quite foolishly. I've always been coming back to Hive.
This place just feels right and when I think about I can be in an awesome community, that's on a blockchain, I get rewarded for my effort and I see amazing things still being developed....
I honestly wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
Welp...I guess this turned into a rah rah post after all ;)
Looking forward to reading your responses and of course, I will value each of them!
