I am still buzzing from the meetup yesterday. I suggest you check out the people who were there. There are also posts by @mcsamm here and
@heruvim1978 here. I am sure there will be more events around the UK next year. I will get to any I can.
The crypto prices are still nothing to get excited about, but we can keep earning anyway. I think a lot of people are getting fed up with the state of the big social platforms with billionaire egos running things. Freedom is valuable and we have that here. I would never say Hive is perfect, but it offers opportunities. We may not like some of the people here, but we can still enjoy it by finding the communities that inspire us.
Something we were discussing yesterday was that some people on Hive are good at holding grudges. That can be unhealthy. There are some people who used to be part of the community, but made themselves unpopular by their actions during the 'Great Fork' a couple of years back or may have thrown their toys out of the pram over things that happened since then. Given how small the active community is I do not think we can afford to drive people away forever when they may have something to offer. I think we all make bad decisions at times, but we can change. As long as someone is not currently harming Hive then they should be free to use it. It is supposed to be a platform that embraces freedom after all. You do not have to support them. There is plenty of content here that I do not want to see, but then I do not generally as I do not follow those accounts and I can mute them if necessary. Focus on what you enjoy.
I am inspired by taking to fellow Hivers yesterday. I would always encourage people to try and meet in person as the bandwidth is better than online. Just set a place and time. Good things may happen. We are thinly scattered around the world, but you may find others not so far away. This is why I work on the #BritList as it may help facilitate meetups.
We can all play a part in making Hive better. That is what decentralisation means.
Hive five!