I've seen your name around at times, you write rather well, I made it through your discussion finding it interesting that I am not the only one who wonders where a lot of people went. I also think of Hive now as sort of a ghost town, basically so is steem, if not even worse. Steem originally was vibrant and full of fun. It had a matrix of colorful characters along with interesting stories of how people lived in different regions of the world by telling their everyday life stories. Of course you could get your intellectual stimuli by clicking on a dozen or more topics, like psychology for example, and finding enlightenment. Than, one day, that dreaded value added came along and destroyed everybody's fun, that, and the dreaded "pick your corner concept" tribe to follow. When you lose the insight to accept individuals for their contributions, while setting limits upon a pedestal, it's a failed endeavor to keep the growth needed for viability to retain the base as a whole instead of closed door private club.