I was grandfathered into Hive through Steem. The Steem crowd made promises of its future worth. But it was a pain in the butt to do, mainly because Steem (and Hive) look like sales catalogs. All the titles look like some of the best copywriting I've ever seen. Aside from other Hive writers, none of the articles feel as if they're personal -- from the writer's heart -- enough to draw in outsiders. They're all cheesy one second attention getters.

There are a few good apples. I love this article, for example.

But a living system must constantly have something poured into it. And I wonder how Hive can survive if it doesn't try and attract the outside world into its fold with something other than flashy titles.