Aside from the proverbial "oh, it's too complicated" excuse, another thing I have heard a few times is that it's just too much work, too much effort.

Well, what did you expect?

So much... this! I stopped trying to get my friends to join in Hive; still trying to tell everyone it exists, but I also tell them exactly what your post is about: if you're not going to show up, take 7 months to do an intro post, and not going to take your time to interact with the community... no point in expecting anything! !BEER