All good but as you say there's not always a lot of free time so it took me a whole to read it and won't be able to counter with a long reply neither. I agree with a lot of what you say and I've personally also been fighting with real life, debt, etc to remain powered up and continue to grow for the community. I know how I am, how I've handled things ever since I got here and how I will continue in the future. I won't be one of those people to eventually "break bad", start spamming posts or comments and giving everyone 1-2% votes once the delegations are gone or I've gotten to a certain amount of stake I feel comfortable with. I see this happening often unfortunately, either people take the stake and leave or leave after someone steps in and tells them they can't continue to act thay way. Even worse are some that just constantly take and take and even if hive was their first intro to crypto and made it possible for them to trade it into others that may or may not have changed their lives we still end up never seeing them again on chain or showing gratitude for what it did for them or even keeping or buying back a little stake just as appreciation for the network. There's all kinds of people and as many said back in the day it was mostly the wrong kind that joined first and stayed, not just on this chain but in crypto in general. to this day we're still in the shitty people phase, mostly just meme coins, defi clones, rugpulls, scams, etc all only here to make it for themselves while taking from another.
I do have hope that Hive not only will be different but already is a lot and I see examples of this every day and I'm very proud of some stakeholders who not only have I supported and invested in myself but have also chosen to stay, evolve and improve themselves and the ecosystem. it'll be a very bright future ahead of us, the chain and software can quite literally not be stopped so it's going to be interesting seeing more and more good come out of it.
omfg comment ended up being quite long and not so relevant to yours either, can you believe I wrote this on my phone?