I used to follow Atheist Republic. They posted all their videos here, but didn't really engage. Maybe that put people off them, but having their content on Hive was an asset. The fact is that some whales here will use their power to drive people away for whatever reason. You cannot generalise about them though.

I looked up @cryptofinally and @blocktrades tried to help her deal with a troll. Hive does not have the protections of centralised platforms, but it has some ways to deal with that sort of thing.

I just watched this guy talking about how little he makes from his videos elsewhere even with millions of followers. That is largely down to having to pay to use copyright music, but Hive could pay better if it had those numbers.

I've been here almost since the start and seen so many promising people give up on it. I think some just went where the biggest audience was. We have the chicken/egg situation of not having the audience for 'influencers' and not having the content to attract more consumers.

We do have !BEER though!