People don't take it seriously because DPOS is a fundamentally broken consensus model and only leads to centralization, while centralization is not a bad thing per say, it's the marketing of it is disingenuous. We've seen how the blockchain immutability has come into question before, with forks and freezing of funds.
In addition, it's been proven that people DON"T care about their data, they don't want immutability they just want to use a free product when communicating online. That's why something like locals, truth social, rumble, and gab have found niches that work for them where hive hasn't got a niche that people care about
The token system is also one that always favours the premined token holders, you working for something they just allocated to themselves and then acquire stake, through having held the token, that;s offputting to people.
I would also say it's not great for privacy, not everyone wants to attach their monetary value to an online profile and would like to keep money and their online presence separate
Yeah this is true. Not everybody wants this, not everyone can do this.. I think you are right about this case.