See that's all true and completely relevant to the state of Hive. I agree with you completely and see minds like yours as vital to the road ahead.

It's the consumers who always stick around.

That's why I believe money/rewards (and promise of) before content was what set this all up for failure. For what could people stick around for?

So then the fundamental flaws that exist right now is Hive punishes low level votes. Hive doesn't provide consumer connectivity ON HIVE. It also has a ridiculous system of CURATORS getting more than the actual content creators.

WTF!?
Blind trail voters over actual creators?

So hey I'm all for community love parades of "make best use of what you have" but fundamentals that are broken going unchecked is an issue that keeps on bleeding out.

Even @acidyo makes the point that this initiative is manageable now. However if millions of users come, then one person can't manage it. It's people that keep it going. The network effect.

But then... it's either:
the platform sustains it / or kills it.