Happy belated five year anniversary! I think I've been reading you for most of those five years. It sounds like a very nice break. This place always draws me back too. There's always so many conflicting emotions while I'm away. Even during slumps I tell myself what a great idea incubator this platform is. Also, whenever anything of significance happens I like to record it here, almost like I'm telling a friend. In a way that's exactly what we're doing here. I know there's a high likelihood of Hive eventually vanishing but I hope it's a long time from now.
Yes! I have friends here, and I talk to and with my friends. It sounds like vacuous activity when I describe it to others, but Hive has enriched my life in unexpected ways. Such as the international factor. Before Hive, I knew only Americans. How sad is that? I can't imagine it vanishing.
I'm glad it's enriched your life in those ways. It's an incredible connector and a way to expand our perception of ourselves and the world. I didn't really have any close connections with anyone outside of American either before Hive. I hate to think about it vanishing and I hope it never does!