"a lot of people focus on the dollar value and don't necessarily understand the mechanics behind it in regard to Hive"

A lot of truth in this post and we will hear the complaints again as new people come in and the token value goes up. I found it curious myself that many whined about the unfair advantages the super early adopters had with cheap tokens on the old place for the 2017 bull run but were so quick to leave when the price was on it's way down yet the token rewards got better especially after the platform split. Anyone claiming the long term game should have caught on that just continuing thru would pay off in the future, storing unspent economic energy for later as I like to call it along with the opportunity to build a name in a less competitive environment. However you shape it, it's a great experiment and tool to analyze social dynamics.