This is what happens when a project/platform stagnates. I'm not saying that Hive is stagnant as such; I think it still offers many things and still has a lot of potential for more. However, as is the case with 99% of crypto projects today, they depend heavily on external influences from large investors in parallel markets.

It's no surprise that many people are leaving Hive due to falling prices and uncertainties in the current crypto market. The same thing happens with investors, who mostly get carried away by what people are saying or by the emerging and superficial popularity of a new project, and that's it. However, what Hive does have is a product that is stable and can be developed (something that the few who are still active here with us are doing).

However, what's the problem with this? Among so many developers who dedicate their free time to creating something on Hive, whether as a hobby or for something more, They do nothing more to bring their products to a larger target audience than the hundreds or thousands of followers they have on Hive. We live trapped in a bubble where we believe that developing a thousand things that are mostly copies of copies without doing anything else to promote or take those products to the next level is not enough. When push comes to shove, the product is abandoned due to lack of funding or support, lack of money, zero votes on a proposal, etc.

Ultimately, many developers are leading us to an uncertain future where there are many products with the potential to offer a huge audience, but without the resources or the team needed to to carry it out. There are also many other customs, habits, and even the occasional trauma of some veterans who have been here in Hive for years and who refuse to trust anyone new for fear of being disappointed again.

I chose to stay and continue here in Hive for myself, for my future, and for those who continue to support and accompany me even now here in Hive. I agree with everything you say, we must look beyond the numbers, the rewards and the votes we receive. But we also need to think about how we can make Hive a useful tool for creating something much bigger that will serve us in the future.

Good post, as always.