Well then counselor, if I put it to you that buy your own logic, we can conversely make the claim, based on truth... that if investment hasn't flowed into Hive... that this here Blockchain really ISN'T that useful.. at least not in it's current STUCK FOREVER IN BUILDING form.

HIVE is a super basic text chain.
With BLIND VOTES extracting rewards
VIDEO on Hive SUCKS
CHAT on HIVE is non-existent (STING not even utilized)
COMMUNITIES are SILOS of tiny groups existing in obscurity (NO NETWORK EFFECT)

I could go on...
But really... that's enough to show you why it's not "useful" and why only a tiny group stay committed. Outside of LATIN AMERICA of course, where by wayy of circumstances, Hive is really a blessing.

Those part of the world make do with what's here, but really Hive needs to complete the most basic offerings of social and finance and then continue to tap into first third world users and by that, continue to attract and retain bigger audiences...
and FROM THE WEST...
WHERE BIG MONEY PLAYERS COME FROM.

ELSE, this is just a tiny operation and people need to start accepting that no one outside of this bubble feels they're missing out on much.