The image issue was sort of talked about, and was somewhat expected.
"Official account for the Hive Blockchain A blockchain built for the community, by the community. #HiveIsAlive". The recorded chat may have been somewhat dry to a non tech person like myself, but I did get some stuff out of it, example being them mentioning the work on the image servers.@hiveio - that is the main account for Hive things per their history and their tag
This is the account that is trying to keep people informed, it is the main account for the group that started the Hive Fork. Surprisingly only 741 accounts are following it. On April 20th will be the next chat, I don't know when, but I do know I will listen to it.
From the last recording, the first Hard Fork is going to be soon, it is going to be the finalization of the airdrop and I guess at that point Hive will be 100% split from steem. I am looking forward to that. Here is the direct link to the post for those that missed it - https://peakd.com/hiveblockchain/@hiveio/community-discussion-updates-hive-airdrop-exclusion-core-developer-meetings - -It is toward the finish up they mention the next meeting on the 20th.
API's are being added. @pharesim and a few others are adding nodes. So far a total of 5 API's are available for selection on peakd.
I think on the 20th the recording from that meeting we will have a bit more information on the direction and the leanings for the next Hard Fork, and up coming changes.
Peakd just did some updates and changes to the peaklock log in system, so a few people were having issues with it. Busy, esteem, and hive.blog are also available when one front end is down.
HiveSigner has also had some upgrades, along with Hive Keychain. We are approaching week 4 we are also approaching the end of the Airdrop period, and the end of being tied to steem. The front end and key protectors are working hard to get things stabilized.
So far when I have needed help I have been able to get it pretty quickly through asking in/on a post, or dropping into discord. I actually think the people behind the fork and the people behind the tools are doing a pretty good job of keeping us updated. It is just a matter of learning where to go for those updates and a matter of being patient while they work on things.
I hope everyone will go and follow @hiveio account.
Disclosure I have absolutely nothing to do with any of the accounts mentioned. I am nothing but a normal everyday users
The issues are still there. Bringing anyone new to a platform when thins are breaking down. Puts out a negative vibe that will spread
I agree not a good time to bring people on board yet. But as a decentralized system the distribution of happenings, updates, and upgrades is always going to be a bit difficult to keep track of. There really is only that one official account @hiveio, and the only reason that is the official account is because that was the one created by the individuals that started the Hive Block Chain.
I really do not see things as breaking down, the image storage system upgrade was planned, a lot of people missed it because they did not listen to the chat that was recorded, or were present when it was live. The Hive Block Chain is in the process of finalizing the separation from Steem, it takes time, it is being done pretty much as far as I know by volunteers.