I didn't have any issues when I joined, but then again, I spent a year lurking before signing up in order to get "the lay of the land" and learn best practices. When I try to share the good news about Hive here locally, I find that people need something to compare it to. "Reddit+Crypto" seems to click with them, but pushing for that "last mile" is where things get tough.
So for now, I'm at the point where if I can get them to take a look and just lurk for awile as I did, Hive may just grow on them over time. We do need more long-form content here, if only for people like me who enjoy such posts.
This post didn't "read" long at all, and I was surprised it ended just as things were getting nice and meaty. It could've been twice as long and I still would've read to the end. Someone should start a thousand-words-and-up community to see how "sticky" it could become. Long-form content such as those written by both tarazkp and taskmaster can be interesting reads because they are written in such a way as to keep you coming back for more. More well-written content like that would be welcome on Hive.
I fear you're the minority who can consume such long content on a daily basis unfortunately but you're right that Hive can be for many things and this is the one thing I'm always going to like about it and will hopefully make it clear to others why it's the best place for that.
You're likely right, but you might agree that Hive would benefit by having a thousand more people like me (who's been here since 2016) versus 5,000 who would setup an account, and then bail as soon as the token price drops. Either way, I look forward to a successful future of Hive with much hope. We have a lot of work to do. The structure is in place for that success. With time, a little tweaking, and a dollop of luck, we'll be on our way. :)
I didn't find this long or too long because I'm interested in how we respond to this challenge and I welcome the in-depth discussion provided in the post. That actually helps me to think about it.
I read some posts of some other long-form writers, but not every post, for the same reason. What marks out the long form posts that I read is that they are by people who do or have done a lot of other things on Hive.