When a new user shows up and is told their opinion does not count until they power up, that is a growth-negative interaction. When a developer ships an app and is told their voice in governance discussions is proportional to their wallet, that is a growth-negative interaction. Each one of those interactions is a data point that gets shared in group chats, Twitter threads, and conversations with other developers about which chains are worth building on.

Because it is true. You can say whatever you want, but if you do not have the power to back it up with governance power. It is nothing more than pissing in the wind. People with power might come and ask your opinion. But giving them your unsolicited opinion does nothing.

Hive needs more people. Not more whales. It needs developers, creators, users, and community builders at every level of stake. Treating wallet size as the entry fee for participation has never worked. It did not work on Steemit and it is not working on Hive. The pattern is well established at this point. The only question is whether the community is willing to learn from it.

People that say Hive needs more people miss one single fact, and that is a person does not create equal value for the chain. Some do not even generate positive value for the chain.