Welcome to the Dark Side. lol It's definitely early with lots to do but to me this is proof-of-concept and so far it's been a smashing success. I still have the original Leo open and I do my regular posting and curating from there for now, but I'm certainly enjoying being active on threads. As you say, lots of different people and content I would never get exposed to on the regular site. Plus, once they get the expedited log-in features going, I can finally point my friends and family to it to at least get a taste of what Hive can do. That is where the biggest potential lies in my opinion. Things can't go viral until word-of-mouth can make it so.
Hm yeah I saw your post about the frustrations of onboarding.
Would be crazy if LEO allowed users to buy via credit card.
Yikes! Yeah, that ain't happenin' any time soon. KYC and all. Plus, although HIVE is fully decentralized, LEO is NOT at this point. So, I don't think khal is ready to jump on that grenade yet. lol