a large scale onboarding program, nor do I have sufficient HP to throw a $30 upvote to keep users on Hive
You and I talked about this.
Neither apporoach worked in the past, so there is no harm in trying one.
What will happen that you will get same people who stuck around contribute, which is not a bad thing.
If I get 20 people to join my program and they in turn can contribute to Hive's growth, I'd be over the moon
That sounds great