LOL I don't care for the rep repercussions it's funny that people get butthurt here when you speak the truth to them in among the usual ass licking that the majority partake in hoping to win some "whale" affection.

You're right though that the exchanges still hold the bulk of the wealth and I wasn't really thinking about the bigger picture. I tend to just analyze the interactivity of humans since should that die off beyond the already small niche, then what the hell will the base token be for?

I don't see that the tribes thing is successful, it just shows how difficult it is for people to intermix and feel connected on main platform of Hive as a social system. Gaming on here is equally niche only run as a money scheme really.

Hive will likely serve as a case study for 'how not to do social+tokens' and it was clear from the early days that the poor would be the only ones who it would seem attractive to. India and such were those early comment farmers but then they were run out of town. Now the farmers are the Latino community but as I said on another comment. That's a race to the bottom.

Spanish content can't attract a western audience and Spanish users don't bring much money to put buying pressure on token. So then the big dream of blocktrades to ONE DAY create a system for Enterprise to build on... then I just think... to what audience? Business always needs a target audience first.

Even poor folks selling oranges on the side of the road do so when the traffic backs up.. not when there is just one or two cars passing by.