As I mentioned it to @gentleshaid, I do not think that I will involve my current pair of bachelor students to any long-term participatory research project we may build on Hive (if any). The reason is that they have their habits, and that I don't want to mess them up. The internship is supposed to end in a couple of months, and they need to stay focused.

However, we could build something fresh with the Hive community directly. The required level of expertise will be very low (similar to that of my bachelor students), and only motivation will be mandatory. At the end of the day, we only need a few people who have a few hours per week to start the experiment. What makes me hesitating about proposing it more loudly, ... is that I am very unsure that I can find those 4-5 people (in fact, even having two participants would be sufficient to motivate me to run the experiment to the end).

On Hive? Hivers are very welcoming for all new ideas I think, so there's no issue there. From outside Hive? I don't see how here would differ from any other stage or platform, be it forums or blogs or what have you. The immutability is a big plus too.

I meant on Hive, as outside Hive things are pretty clear. I guess many Hive users may be interested... But without crossing the line and actually playing the game (and doing some work), this will not be sufficient to create a precedent. This is the full source of my hesitation. Running a project without participants makes no sense.