I have been pondering over the last several days about your ideas for a layer 2 approach. After much thought I do believe that you are indeed correct in that this would likely be the best way to rapidly innovate solutions for layer 1. I know, however, that their are people who would like to keep layer 2 on layer 2 so as to keep static how layer 1 is implemented in their favour at the expense of the entire Hive community. These people want innovation to happen at layer 2 and only at layer 2 and will do everything they can (from controlling what people see on the front page to the ranking of one’s voice in the comments section) to that end. Development on layer 2 justifies (in their minds) the merits of the current layer 1 structure so, of course, they are more than happy to encourage this sort of development. It’s smoke and mirrors however… a distraction from the disfunction happening on the foundational layer. Can we push through and make a layer 2 happen on the base layer? I hope so…🤞 but I guess time will tell. I see a lot of risk in developing on layer 2 with the current social climate.
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Layer 2 experiments are probably the only way to innovate solutions for Layer 1.
And, to be quite honest, I probably can't argue persuasively against the inertia that keeps Layer 1 from innovating. Getting something wrong on Layer 2 is only costly for those who dared to experiment. Making a dramatic change to Layer 1 and getting it wrong could end up very difficult (and perhaps impossible) to undue the unintended or unforeseen damage. With that being said, there are some changes (experiments) that have to occur on Layer 1, such as adjustments to the 'haircut rule'.
In any event, the key to implementing any substantive changes to Layer 1 (especially with respect to the social media aspects of Layer 1) will require 'proving' the soundness of those changes on Layer 2 first. Even then, there will still likely be hesitation to implement changes to Layer 1. The irony here is the fact that a hugely successful Layer 2 solution will probably mean the change is not needed on Layer 1.