I've seen all the drama too and I try to avoid getting dragged in. The are some big egos here who often clash and others gets caught in the crossfire. I just saw another fight broke out this week and it did involve a person selling what they earned. The fact is that people have to pay the bills and Hive may contribute to thatheirt. Not everyone can afford to stake it all. In places like Venezuela and Cuba it makes a real difference.

We ought to be free to do what we want on Hive and others can choose to support us or not. Of course we have to deal with generic abuse, but just disagreeing with someone is not a reason to drive them out. I have sometimes worried that the place would be taken over by extremists, but that has yet to happen.

I've met lots of Hivers in person. I might totally disagree with the politics of some, but we managed to get along. We've lost too many good people over various disagreements and we can't afford that.

Despite all the drama we have lots of active projects. People will think that some of them have little value, but the community has some say in how they do.

Hive is still tiny really, so we're like small fish fighting over a pond whilst the rest of the world swims in oceans. Growth will bring challenges and we have to face those as they come up.