I guess most of you came into this space about 2-4 years ago came here with the intention of making a lot of money. Some of you bought at unthinkable prices
$4? $3? $2? $1?
Well, unfortunately, steem doesn't exist--not the way it used to. It could be considered a cesspool for bullshit. Now you have hive, well for those who decided to move. Now, most of you are buying the dip--so to say.
So maybe hive/steem will never be what you expected it to be. You won't have your coins pumped! You might have more reasons to be sad and grumpy in comment sections talking about how these projects will never amount to anything; how you're smart and everyone who chose to be here is stupid.
Don't you ever get tired of people coming in here to tell how what things will never work because they know better and we don't? We are just a bunch of stupid people following greedy investors and witnesses to the slaughterhouse--doing their biding? Maybe we are stupid and maybe we just don't give a fuck. What better option do you have really? Oh, YouTube? Facebook? Twitter? Yeah sure, let's see how your great content and initiative works out well there. Oops! I forgot you were once there right? What were your achievements? A thousand likes? A celebrity retweeting your tweet? Did you ever go viral? But wait a second, if you did have some influence outside this space, if indeed your work was worthwhile how come you're not getting any recognition outside this space? You don't really need crypto to achieve the things you want? You don't need a blockchain to run your own platform. People have successful websites all over the place so what's stopping you really?
I understand the limitations of this platform. It's more or less an experimental work and we keep trying new things and ideas. Certain things haven't worked--even great ideas. We've had many of them trust me.
When people speak about onboarding it seems quite easy, right? We are offering free money, that's good enough an initiative for people to come here. But it hasn't really worked, has it? I can't claim to know what works because I not really like social media that much anymore. It has become more of a necessity. I do not understand the craze about Instagram and TikTok. It consumes too much data I would rather use to Netflix and chill, or bicker with on hive because I am weird and it covers my internet bills.
No one has the answer.
Everyone thinks they know what they are doing but they don't. They are simply gambling; simply experimenting. Brilliant ideas don't always translate into brilliant results. However, when you're building you need to trust your guts and at least be responsible for your ideas because I have seen a lot of people come here with their great ideas for the community to support and it ends up in smokes. Some have made a point of duty to complain about not getting support. The latest is this said free airdrop that is driven a lot of people crazy.
The thing about this place is that we have a lot of seemingly smart people making silly moves. They all have unresolved issues they've carried for so long it has clouded their judgment.
I was writing an article about decentralized social platforms today (which I am yet to finish), and it is annoying thinking about the fact that the people investing (mostly speculating on the project) are using the platform to talk about the platform and what it should be and it's probably the only thing that could get you engagement here. If not for anything but for the future of this platform this culture should be killed
Speaking about speculators. I think they're a major poison in the crypto sphere. Isn't it crazy that when people speak about a crypto project, price is a major factor? Because basically, all we have in this space are people buying and speculating. There are a few people who care about what's been built. It's just about the candles. Unfortunately, we have many people with this type of mentality on hive and our sister chain, steem. It's all about the price. I do understand that people put their money into this project and are concerned about their investment but that should not dominate this space.
In conclusion, I want to state that I will continue to support the hive blockchain (I honestly do not have any reason not to) and whatever initiative that brings us closer to our goal. I'm not overly concerned about being right. It really serves no purpose. Most of the people who claimed to know better and left aren't doing much within the crypto sphere. I do not know if we will become a blockchain of mainstream platforms in the future. The future is quite uncertain and personally, I feel that's an opportunity for all of us to do something.
