Having arrived here initially for the rewards and upside, I have always looked a my account as a business. Sure things have changed and I have made friends & learned incessantly through reading and writing. Still, if there are ways to easily measure your progress at something, why not do that?
Compared to what we can be, we still are a tiny corner of the world and even the smaller crypto scene. Knowing how many of the worlds problems can be solved at least in part by individual connection and earning potential, Hive does fit the bill.
It will cause as many issues as it solves but we have the community and the potential to do all of that.
As it is right now, I believe everyone should have an account for the immediate benefits alone. Then there is the upside!