and we need to decide on best practices going forward
I see this as a centralized approach, where everyone has to adhere to a chosen culture, rather than building a full spectrum of methods and approaches that can be far more flexible and adjust indefinitely. All centralized approaches fail eventually as they tend to institutionalize and protect themselves - meaning they don't change well when change is necessary. One approach is the biggest risk there is.
The phrase about "best practices" from me simply means voluntarily supporting diverse content with our upvote through expanding communities. I wouldn't be here if I favored centralization. Hope that clears things up.
The "full spectrum of methods" is exactly what I'm talking about. Those that want to blog crypto 24/7, feel free. The rest of us can add value by creating more diverse content for everyone else. I want Hive to be a big tent open to all.
okay cool. Yeah, the distributed community has to be supported by distributed content too, as it is a risk management process. For example, while short content is popular today, it could be that in five years, long form is getting traction again - if we no longer have any long form authors, ded. :) Maybe not a good example, but content runs in trends and while fashion colors come and go, classics are timeless.