"A large portion of the platform" aren't directly working with the companies responsible for these listings though. I am all for decentralization and the community based Hive blockchain, but is "a large portion of the platform" running the infrastructure to serve all the apps?
Is "a large portion of the platform" involved in the code candidate for the HF24 and the airdrop list?
See what I mean? A "large portion of the platform" is doing a lot. While a "small group of people" are doing quite a bit more.
Hive needs users to succeed. That is true. However, it also needs a running network, maintained code, active upgrades, constant server maintenance, AND it needs to stay innovative and cutting-edge.
On top of ALL OF THAT, Hive users also want the price to increase so it needs marketing and direct communication with exchanges to provide listing campaigns, give-a-ways, and more.
How many of the "large portion of the platform" have provided Hive give-a-ways during the listings? People like @pharesim, @theycallmedan, @nextgencrypto have done a lot in that regard, I hope you don't try to take credit through generalization for that also.
If we(the platform) were part of choosing these reps, then maybe, but certainly NOT $30,000.
We need a better system with both support and not support options to fully gauge what the Community supports. The current system is ripe for abuse like this and only a handful decide the funding.
The HPS is seriously flawed and I don't support it either.
I stand by my opinion.