Koin could be what hive wants to be ( i don't talk about all social-related things).
A backend for transactions and no politics. The system of hive is revolutionary in terms of transaction handling. But it stuck.
And politics on Social layer make everything worse :D
I like the idea of the neutral carrier of information. I think Koin has a chance to build something like this.
Sure but they still have to actually built it and the guys over there act like it's already built. Classic crypto peeps counting their chickens before they hatch. Eggs so expensive, bro!
Thats true :)