I honestly think a huge factor is that we just didn’t pick a unique name or spelling, making it hard to find, and we’ve done crap for marketing.
Then when we lost the attention after the initial fork, people blamed the lack of price action as the cause of the issue, rather than the result of our collective inaction, or ineffective action.
Personally I think we also need to find ways to get the good layer 2 Hive tokens to get listed on more exchanges, just like all the eth alt coins and every other chain has.
Imagine Leo getting a major listing!
Pretty much impossible cause hive engine is poop lol