I'm attempting to help set a productive tone to the conversations we are having about hive these days. A few days ago, @friendlymoose, wrote a thoughtful piece on the subject of rewards. How some people put a lot of work in, and get nothing, and others shit post and get lots.

His questions, and the discussions that followed in the comments point to a lack of common ground, as far as I can tell. Which is to say, there's a very good chance we've not taken the time to reach some sort of community consensus on how this place should run.

Today I began writing down a list of the problems we have on Hive. I'm of the idea of tackling them on separate videos, so that we can achieve a common north, so to speak. If such a thing is even possible, that is.

Our challenges - In no Particular Order

• User retention
• User culture
• Vote Selling
• Value extraction
• Shit posting / Low Effort
• Scammers and Spammers
• Hyperactive Immune system (Hivewatchers)
• Content/user discovery

I'm aware there is no way this is a complete list, and I invite you to add more items on the comments. I should say, just in case, you are welcome to disagree with the list as well. That's the point of this post.

Let's talk solutions

This is where I want to end up at. As I say in the video, it's easy to complain. I do it all the time. It's a lot harder to come up with solutions. Most of the time the easy path is the wrong one, so I guess the message should be clear to all of us.

I want to open up the floor, if you will, with the idea of tackling the issue of user retention. Which to me is probably our hardest challenge to overcome. We have thousands upon thousands of dead accounts, to prove this very point.

I suspect @josephsavage's UBI is an attempt to fix this problem. The one also pointed out by @friendlymoose (people leaving after their efforts are ignored). But I will let him speak for himself in the upcoming Podcast @buttcoins and myself are putting together.

So, I'll start with a proposition. I think we need a Safety net of sorts. I think in order to fix user retention, we have to learn the lessons of the world outside of our blockchain.

In the video I do make references to some things I've written over the years. Before you attack me for being wrong, it would help if you precisely how I feel and understand these things.

• Libertarian Ideas & Safety Nets
• Incubator Accounts - Solving Onboarding

My expectations

This post would not be complete if I don't put forth my expectations too. Do I think we are going to solve everything? Of course not. I'm not that naive. I think most things if not all things can be improved, but the there is no such thing as a perfect platform.

If anything, I hope these conversations help set the tone going forward. Rising tides raise all ships, and we are all already in the water, so it makes sense we collaborate on finding solutions that benefit us all.

MenO