"I failed miserably at following this rule when I invested in Hive.'

LOL I relate to that a lot.

"I think the standard that no one is allowed to change their mind should not be pushed on people."

I don't think that standard exists. However, changing one's mind is an important matter when obligations or agreements with others are involved, and it should be clearly communicated when we change our mind about things to folks that it matters to. Unfortunately, we do not always do this, don't always know what matters to other folks, and etc. Other people can accuse us of lying, but if we have documented when we changed our mind, that can be countered factually. It matters a lot what we change our mind about, too. Is it something personal and private that doesn't affect anyone else, like whether we collect butterflies or collect moths? Or is it something that will dramatically affect others, like changing our mind about being against war and suddenly deciding to attack Iran?

Most people are great with you changing your mind to agree with or benefit them, but the accusations start to fly if it doesn't benefit them.

"What things need to change to convince the people who are already here to double down?"

That is indeed the $64M question. I am sure you know I believe I have the answer, but I intend to surprise you by not mentioning it, because I don't want to spoil the party.

"Hive is a lot of things to the point it’s pretty unbelievable."

It really is. I reckon Hive can serve as a form of government, in fact. It's that rife with potential. It has a couple drawbacks that keep it from being able to actually perform that role, however, and requires reforms that can't happen.

"I want to have a different role than I do right now."

Hive is able to enable you to do that. You can just register a new account for that purpose, and perform that role exclusively on that account. Hurtlocker can become inactive, or not, as you prefer. Or you can powerdown and try to adapt your account to that new role. Hive is your oyster.

"You can interact with people who run proposals and give them feedback."

You can do that without HP, but they're less likely to listen. I do it anyway, and sometimes I manage to help folks despite not having phat bank.

"...leave Hive better than when they came to it..."

Pretty sure that's how we should approach everything, or at least I try to do that.

"I want Hive to be successful."

You and I agree very strongly on that.

It's a good policy to let people know you care. I can be chary with emotionally charged statements, like 'I love you', because people interpret such statements from wildly varying places, and I don't want people to think I mean something I didn't say, like 'I love only you, above all others, and want to marry you and have your babies' or something. But a couple weeks ago one of my ex-neighbors that had gradually blown me off after I moved reached out to me confused and frightened by cognitive issues. I called the gal whose little girl I bought a bicycle for Christmas to check on her and they brought my her straight to me, right then because she was in crisis and needed help, and knew I would do everything in my power to keep her safe and help her. I really have a deep affection for her, but I am not interested in intimate or committed relationships, or anything like that, so there were complexities to our friendship she misinterpreted, or something like that, which is why she gradually blew me off. But when she was confused and frightened she knew she could count on me.

When she got here I could see she was in distress. She couldn't tell me if she'd eaten, or any of a number of things, and after I fed and reassured her, I was able to get her to urgent care, where they found she had a brain tumor.

Now all the reticence I had to emotionally charged statements are right out the window. I tell her I love her very much. If she misinterprets that I'll do my best to explain, but I'm only in charge of me, and I can't even describe how dedicated I am to helping her through all the terrifying things she is facing now. I am not less dedicated because when she was frightened and confused, she knew she could count on me and came to me for help. I feel very obligated to live up to her trust in me, and I'm doing everything I can to help her.

The problem is it's not much. I am pretty fucking helpless against glioblastoma, and it's very frustrating to be helpless when someone needs help.

I think, though, that from now on I will let people know that I care about them with less concern about them possibly misinterpreting my words. Misunderstanding can be cleared up with careful and thoughtful discussion, and if it happens, that's what I will try to do. But I do not want people that would reach out to me for help, if they thought I cared, not to reach out to me for help when they need it because I was worried about them misinterpreting my statements about my feelings of affection for them. I wish I'd been more willing to tell my dying friend that I cared deeply for her, because she might have reached out to me sooner, maybe even soon enough.

Anyway, I cannot more strongly support your advice to let people know you care. I want you to know I very much am happy to have got to talk with you here. We didn't always agree, but we could always disagree agreeably, and I think that is the superpower of honest men. I have appreciated our discussions very much, and hope we can talk again, when you find it convenient.

Thanks!