I'm going to stop writing here. Point is, I think...
haha... I suffer this curse, too.
There's just a ton of issues that is just inherent with Hive as you touched on mostly. But there's other things that COULD be done, but others point out since there's no @ned -type figure, there's no individual responsible for marketing the place properly. If you start, say, a dropshipping company, one of the basic requirements to get it off the ground is to start paying facebook and instagram etc to run ads on their platforms. This add has to be switched up and updated frequently with new, high-production videos and such to keep fresh eyes on it until a small percentage click and and even smaller percentage actually buy a product.
Maybe not the exact same applies here, but essentially, the same thing applies here. Nobody is paying out of their own pocket (except you) to advertise in the way the world has been built to function. I've never seen a peakd or leofinance ad on facebook.
Web2 projects suffer many of the same difficulties here but they just inherently understand that they have to keep going, keep researching, refining their marketing skills until it works, or throw it away and try something new when it doesn't. They look at data via amazon, google, facebook and such, and work on strategies to further refine their products or services to match what they see people's eyes are being caught on. Basic Business, really.
Like, I think if I had any position or ability to do it, I might first start advertising with an exciting video about the term web3 and the concept of free speech, find the right people whose narratives match that poltiics. If it doesn't get clicks, I'd refine the add to focus more on earning money, or community, 'reddit but better', play-to-earn, etc.
I'd also produce a sleek video going through the process. 'First do this swish done? good. Next, go here:' etc with cool music and graphics.
Also it's the age of AI, people aren't gonna care if they get recommendations which they can opt in or out of, especially if it's completely open on the table. Hive has really good tech behind it, sure, but the front ends still feel pretty obsolete: blogs? Ok boomer. No ads? No targeted feeds? Nothing coming to me and spoon-feeding me with everything I want? Pass.