As this world continues to drift more and more into censorship and centralization, Hive might be one of the lights in the dark; a bastion of true decentralized community & friendship.

That may be the mythology, or maybe even the goal of Hive - but it is FAR from what is actually offered here, where a few folks (azircon, altleft, curangel, acidyo, ocd being some of the main ones) actively attack, down-vote, and do everything they can to make this place just as censored as FB or Twitter.

Just because it isn't centralized Hard Censorship (straight deleting posts & accounts) doesn't make it any less of the central control (stake) driving people (creators & consumers) away from the platform, and showing that all that matters here is kissing the ass of whales.

Luckily, there's still a few whales with principles here, but it seems like they're all going more and more inactive, or leaving the platform completely.

I only recommend Hive to folks interested in playing Splinterlands or throwing out their art/music - as it is most certainly not a place for journalism, research, or others wanting to push the conversation and get away from censorship.

It's unfortunate, and I was definitely among the hopeful when we forked from Steem, but it's become clear that while the chain is more (economically) alive than it was under StInc, it has also given up any real pretense of being a decentralized or censorship-free/resistant platform.