Interesting. Thanks for the input.
I can only comment on what I see on the surface. Steemit seems to have evolved into a KR love affair so the lower economic nations have aligned with Hive and those rewards I believe need a boost.

Their commitment is truly something. After all many have no hope left in their own real-world systems, and this platform is a place of promise. Fulfilling that promise could really ascend Hive into the "feel goods of mainstream" A result of such a thing, beneficial to all.