A sprained ankle then.
Or some sepsis going unchecked.

Seriously though.
Imo, had steemit had the ability for user retention there would be no need for all this patchwork that Hive now needs as a must in order to stop the leakage.

I know you've got some good ideas and respect your input but I've seen you yourself say that it's just pointless to onboard to what's currently here.

Chat + superior mobile experience is my two vitals. Without that all I see is fragmentation and only die hards accept that.

If that's what Hive wants to cater to then OK. Which, imo, is why devs don't really go ham. They like it niche. Community however pretends the masses want to come here. When, that's actually conditional.

Can it do what mainstream does and more?
Answer: No.

Does it have enough content to induce gratification overload to make me go there and stay hypnotised, drooling with delight, despite Hive lacking the other things mainstream does for me?
Answer: No, sorry I bothered you.

I know you believe that too because again I agree with your point that CONSUMERS OF CONTENT aren't catered to here and if they were here in large numbers, they would be a source of revenue.

The "paying customer" after all is why all social platforms came into existence. One way or another our activity generates the money. However, content didn't come into existence on the internet from the get go. There was once a time when putting yourself online was a negative. So it was once all that started existing that Big Tech pounced like a vulture.

This here Hive (steemit) attempted it in reverse. Money before the content. Worse: Platform without completeness.

To me that's the broken.