This is going to be an uncomfortable subject, but one that I think is necessary. I know people are sincere when they tell me they love this place, and the potential it has. So it makes sense that all of us do our part, if we really mean it, that is.
The old saying: Rising tides raises all ships. - That is the one we should all remember. A north to walk towards even if its only one single step at times.
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Glad 2 see it discussed! To many Hive peeps just afraid to be critical. We only help by being blunt and honest!
I let my vote get more drained than usual. Here’s a bonus unit since I wanted to vote higher! Cheers!
awfully kind of you bud
I’ve been dropping mad cross links on friendster and MySpace… I probs better start making some inroads into Google +, I hear that’s where are the kids are hanging out.
I’m doing my part and ready to get out of the garage and take it to the stadium. And to put it in analogy form so that you can relate… it’s as if I’ve been scribbling in a notebook for years and suddenly im ready to start seeing my words lit up on a Times Square billboard — the passion’s the same, but now it’s time for world to listen. To bad that big stake holder won’t vote on my scribbles though 😉
Before you know it brother, we will be "the whales" too. hahaha
Hive ecosystem is mainstream already. With age of eight years you can’t say it’s still in a rehearsal phase.
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That's precisely the issue I have with this. It shouldn't be. We need to either be out there playing for an audience, finding out audience, or need to pack it up.
This is not to say the blockchain will die, it could just be a speedway for commerce. VSC could be "the way". But, what I'm saying, is that the whole idea of Web3 social media is doneso. Blogging is doneso. Cast to the dark corner of the room, to sit next to myspace as we await for all of us to age out.
In the last decade social media has become the single largest sector of the global financial market.
Blogging isn't done. It isn't done right on Hive because unrestrained taxation is intolerable. Restrain taxation and Hive will prosper. It's really that simple.
I keep hearing that Hive is 'not ready' for the mainstream, but after 9 years it should be. What more does it really need? The on-boarding does not have to be that bad, especially if you know someone with account tokens and I think Keychain makes it easy.
I don't have great reach on other platforms and I've saturated my friends with mentions of Hive. Some joined, but most are not too active. I'm not going to bug them about it. I've created a lot of accounts for various people. Maybe I should run some queries to see how many of those are active.
Hive has definite recruitment and retaining issues. If those we get are not sticking around then we have failed.
Growth. User retention. Some rational limitation on the unrestrained ability of anyone with stake to tax the earnings of anyone for any reason whatsoever. The ability to produce with a reasonable expectation of payment for it. Hundreds of thousands of people came here, undertook the learning curve and started producing content, only to be taxes 100% of the earnings forever, with no reasonable means of changing that. HW isn't reasonable. They're notorious for demanding people post daily for a year with declined rewards to get off the blacklist, demanding people practically grovel, submit to egregiously abusive treatment by HW principals and fellow grade school bullies on Discord, to be allowed to earn rewards for posting on Hive, and crap like that.
Onboarding is not the problem - or it wasn't before that foul reputation began circulating around the cryptosphere. User retention is practically zero at one year. Unrestrained taxation is why.
This is a good idea. If you find, as I expect you to, that none of the people you onboarded remain active, you should ask why. Some people are pretty durable, and it takes a consistent and complete 100% tax loss to HW to drive them away. Most people are outraged by having one post zeroed, and they're done.
Tax is a word that gets used for various things. People don't actually earn for downvoting and I am not sure it is quite as bad as you make out. I have found HW fairly reasonable if you actually talk to them, but they need to be fair with those who want to use Hive 'properly'. I expect they get plenty of threats and abuse.
Hive has various issues, but I don't think you can just blame one.
We have a proposal in the works, something that I believe will help change user retention once and for all.
That sounds exciting!
I can't watch the video. I've tried a half dozen times, but after a couple minutes I get the message 'this video file cannot be played. Error code 233011'.
Thanks though.
both videos don't work? I put the 3speak and then a mirror on the bottom.
It would be great if 3speak got out of rehearsal. I've never been able to watch a video yet.
I obviously don't know why it crashes at times, and it is frustrating. I've been making youtube mirrors for this very reason.
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LOL I thought that was a pic. Watching that one now.
You were never confused while hosting shows. Why are u confused on video?
what you mean brother? please elaborate.