I agree with your assessment, with the caveat that you neglect other factors that strongly deprecate Hive, and I particularly refer to the constant profiteering of certain whales through circle jerks, and the brutal censorship through flagging of users targeted by those profiteers. Curation rewards cause the content of free speech to be all but irrelevant to profiteers because it enables financialization of rewards, and oppressing and suppressing financially those that run afoul of profiteers.

"They aren't here and they most likely never will be because theres no community manager leading the charge."

While the misapplication of financial incentives remains fundamental to Hive, the lack of community management is almost irrelevant IMHO. There have been multiple parties on multiple occasions that have undertaken promotions on Twatter and elsewhere, and these promotions have been initially productive. What has always happened is that the n00bs onboarded were first basted in upvotes from dolphins, orcas, and whales. After a week or two, those upvotes went to new n00bs onboarded, and a significant percentage of the now neglected were found deplorable by the masters of the rewards pool, and flagged to capitulation.

Flags are necessary for spam protection. They are absolutely fatal to a censorship resistant community when flown on accounts for philosophical differences.

Thanks!