The last Hive Humpday Hangout show was very interesting as we were talking about Hive Proposals, but during the show, we went a bit offtopic, but not far away from HIVE... As we had a few new participants (I don't like the word "audience", as in our show, people actively contribute to the show!), we addressed certain issues that newbees (pun intended 😃) have on HIVE...
Similar to my Hive journey, @femisapiens joined Splinterlands first, and after some time, he discovered that there is a completely different world here on HIVE... He found the blogging side of HIVE, but he had struggles (and still has, so be kind enough to visit his blog, and show support in the comment section 😉) to find his place... Hitting the wall when he would ask for help or directions...
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After that, @jim-crypto jumped on the mic and acknowledged that it isn't an easy job to plug into the community when you are new, but also he said something like this:
If you are not a developer, you are invisible on HIVE...
In my personal opinion, I wouldn't go that far and say that it is ALWAYS like that, but I have to admit that it is partially true... It's like that saying... Where there's smoke there's fire... I was talking on this topic before, and how we need different types of people on HIVE, gamers, bloggers, vloggers, investors, developers, programmers, etc. Speaking of the latest, I have tried to clarify the difference between developers and programmers and found this answer...
Although developers and programmers share similar job responsibilities and skills, these are actually two distinct professions. While a programmer is a technician who specializes in code, a developer is a designer or project manager who also can code.
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/developer-vs-programmer
As HIVE is a relatively small community, it's not that hard to spot who is a developer and who is a programmer... But, let's go back to Jim's statement... I said that I partially agree with him as maybe a good approach to "measure the truth" is to check out the Hive Witness leaderboard... From the Top 20 witnesses, maybe just one isn't a developer/programmer, the rest are... But, to dive deeper down the rabbit hole, if you check the list further, you can spot curation projects and "individual" influencers... They are still in the minority, but still, they do exist...
The other measurement would be to check the HivePower rich list... That will show a bit different picture as we have some big HP holders in the Top 20 that are not developers, but rather accounts that curate content... Again, they aren't the majority, but when you go down into the Orca ranked Hivians, the image changes a lot... Most people are individuals, and bloggers, that create and curate content on HIVE!
As I'm in the Orca rank cohort, and I'm probably biased to talk about it, but I noticed that we have some very active Orcas that are steadily growing their accounts, making themselves more VISIBLE... The same happens with Dolphins, too... But, the same as in real life, the best growth happens when they are working together, motivating, and inspiring others to create, curate, and engage!
What's the conclusion of this Late Night Blogging post? Compared with the past, I think that the Hive ecosystem is in the "rebalancing" phase, Hivians are becoming aware that one ecosystem can't survive with only one type of people... There are dozens (if not hundreds) of examples of great blockchain projects that have amazing developers and programmers that have failed... Just because they didn't have someone "on the other side"... Didn't have people who will USE their awesome tech, didn't have the community around them, didn't have bloggers to spread the word about it, didn't have marketing people to "distribute" the information out there, and didn't have investors to help out when it was needed..
That's why I wouldn't say that developers are more important than the community itself, that bloggers are more important than gamers, or... Everyone is important in the HIVE ecosystem, and if everyone is doing their part of the job, I can't see that we can fail... But, if we point fingers, putting one over others, we can easily run into the abyss...
What do you think? Would you like to see more curators, investors, and ordinary Hivians in the Top20 Hive Witness leaderboard, or the top HivePower holders list?
Thank you for your time,
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