"...Hivefest and dealing with exchanges..."
These aren't so much marketing Hive to new users, as they are encouraging retention of users by the celebrations of Hive at Hivefest, and enabling ramps to fiat for their use.
Now I understand the meaning of your Hive moniker. You have experience dealing with kickbacks through your jobbing with carte blanche, where that is often the difference between getting the necessities or not. Sometimes you just need to grease the skids that the stuff they need brings to the client.
I deeply appreciate your restrained approach to bringing this matter to our attention.
Thanks!