For me, the value of HIVE is its censorship-resistant nature as a blockchain. That is also why I abandoned ship for this fork when Justin Sun took over STEEM and began manipulating the chain behind the scenes. It's not really about the token price so much as it is about building an alternative to corporate cartels and their bureaucratic internet for me.
It's discouraging sometimes when I think a worthwhile post gets less appreciation than I think it deserves, but it's also gratifying when an odd post throwing an idea into the void gets unexpected traction.
Win some, lose some, eh?
Yes! Excellent pro point for Hive, I don't think about the anti-censorship and decentralization aspect of it enough, though you can definitely tell the difference from other similar platforms, including Medium. I've never had any real trouble with freedom of speech here, and arguably I've written a lot more and a lot more uncensored-ly on here. So thank goodness for that and thank you for reminding me! :)
My disdain for Facebook and Twitter and all the rest includes their censorship policies. Posts get deleted and accounts suspended without any real discussion. "You did a bad thing, and we deleted it so you can't even see what it was in the first place, but you are naughty person."
Here, there are down ote abuses. I'm sure a few folks think I downvote too much. But content is still on the chain for anyone to click a layer deeper and see if they want to form their own opinions. Sure, the financial connection makes down notes feel like more than disagreement, and previous campaigns of "reward equalization" bickering between whales created a lot of conflict in the past, but I'll take that over memory-holing posts and gaslighting people who broke no rules.