The only reason I can think of for someone with money, to be asking a question as to why they should invest their money in a thing, when they could easily be investing it in another thing, is because they are intrigued by the thing first, and growth second.
Under the current vote-up model, there is no real immediate incentive for investors. You would be correct. The current model seems to be designed to entreat more organic, interactive, and creative growth for the purpose of attracting more of a "mainstream" user.
If I were Hive, this would be my primary goal--to expand and mainstream the userbase. What good is an engine that drives itself into the ground on inflated-auto-self-upvotes?
I agree with @mykos in the pyramid aspect. It's either going to be pillaged quickly by a few, or slowly by many. But pillaged it will be. Unless....it is mainstreamed productively.
And as we know, what this platform offers that ordinary social media platforms do not, is the introduction of the DAPP, the introduction of an intrinsic and independent economy, and the potential for smart media contracts. Decentralization could be another potentiality as well, but it's not completely unique.
If I were Hive, I would be asking you for money to invest in marketing, onboarding, CENTRALIZING of utility of the DAPPS, and simplifying the interfaces and exchanges for a more common hooman to use. I would be creating a central hub, or "fiverr", as it were, where devs and business owners alike could mingle.
Meahwhile, attracting more mainstream users via the "blogging" DAPP as a great way to bring more people together in a field for business owners to harvest from, through their advertising.
Incentivizing bloggers (non-investors) through upvotes and a supportive community isn't going to do squat without a long term growth plan on how we bloggers will be farmed for some kind of value in return. Sell our information like Zuckerberg and go to jail. I don't care. But we bloggers have value that is not intrinsic. It must be harvested. We must be lured into your games, your programs, your support groups, your gimmicks, and your products.
There is the value. We are the consumer. We buy things. We use things. We watch things. We eat things. WE are the ones contributing to this economy. WE are the real value. And WE are the real reason you want to invest.
But blogging and voting this place to the ground will not do any good long term, as the HP will be powered down every time -- unless there is a game plan to add value by bringing in users who buy stuff from business owners, and business owners who buy stuff from devs. The value of HBD will increase as people invest in this idea of centralizing the DAPPS hub, strengthing and growing the blogging community, and decentralizing the distribution of the coin.
As far as I understand it, both LEO and KOINOS have a plan to do all or most of the above. I don't know about Hive.
That's the point, though. It really is not a sustainable model to have such an expensive overhead without some kind of data selling or advertising. Otherwise, investors ain't gunna be interested.
Hate to break it to you @cryptoctopus, but...the current model is deliberately and specifically designed to promote AGAINST the concept of investing you are referring to, thereby freeing up a larger quantity of voting stake for a larger quantity of smaller players, thus resulting in a more consistent and happier growth pattern overall -- with regard to quantity of active users. The average blogger isn't powering down. They're just watching that shit grow. And telling their friends.
And with this in mind, if there ISN'T a larger game plan to harvest our blood for something later, such as advertisers, I'd be surprised, and also disappointed. Cuz that's what I'd do. Or some other function that brings in the attention of larger investors. Such as using the user as a data mines or something. Anyway, I am sure they've got a game plan. And I'm certain that's it. It's the only one that makes sense.
I agree. Although, I do think hive is thinking longer term and bigger picture than it has in the past. The value of the HBD has gone up, and partly due to the fact that they have changed how posts are curated, and more decentralized. It's smart. It's a smart move -- assuming there is a long term plan for all the new users that join. And I'm sure there is.
I dunno. I disagree. I think the only way to get influencers in here is marketing to them. If they knew about it, they'd be here. Period. They would bring their followers as well. I think we want them here, but we also are only so big and can handle only so much at this point.
We gotta grow incrementally, imho.