I'm not against short form and I vote on plenty of Snaps. We do need a mix of content for all tastes, but I can still enjoy reading and writing blogs. The big accounts ought not to drive people away just because it's not the sort of thing they like. We need a bigger 'middle class' to spread the votes.
'Layer 2' may help, but many people won't understand that.
I've been here a long time and I do get frustrated by our lack of progress. I'm still having fun though.
I have heard others say this, but I can’t remember who (probably taskmaster at some point), but I think when Hive the base layer becomes the Amazon Web Services for a variety of layer 2 applications, that’s when we will take off. In other words, users won’t need to know how to navigate both layer 1 and layer 2 applications because layer 1 will be so far in the background, they won’t need to directly interact with it. They will just interact with the layer 2, kind of like splinterlands has been doing. Hive will just be the security and gas token.
I don't fully get how that would all work, but with so few people really active here we need to solve the issues of getting people to join and stay active. People need reasons to stick around and it won't just be down to one thing.