The fact that Hive is still here shows it has some staying power, but the active community is tiny really. I think our biggest issue is obscurity despite some efforts, including a rally car getting coverage. The 'bullying' is also an issue to some extent. It has prominence because people talk about it. We've all seen the 'rage quit' posts after someone feels they were hard done by. Those who deal with abuse need to be fair in their actions so that people have a chance to change their ways, but we will get some who try to exploit Hive.
Meanwhile hundreds, or maybe thousands, of people just get on with using Hive every day. A lot of them are busy on Threads and Waves that may not attract attention from the 'Hive police', but those will tend to earn less that posts can.
I would love to see some of the old crowd come back, but we need fresh blood too and a few 'influencers' could make a difference. I think there is big growth potential in niche interests, e.g. if a small reddit group moved over to here. We shall see.
I'm one of those people. I have Hive permanently logged in (post only mode of course) on my macbook and phone. It's probably my top 3 "app" after the camera app and audio apps.
Some of the old folks have gone on to do quite well in the crypto world. I see some of them pop up now and again in the news.
Me too. I don't really use Twtr these days, but I have plenty happening on Hive and get good engagement. I do what I can to support good content. I think we need to be conscious that a lot of rewards tend to go to established people via auto votes and I would include myself in that. We need support to go to people and content with a wider appeal.
I was close my Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram, and Google+ very long ..long time back :)) I been all time here , and I fill be lot years more :)
Well Google+ got shut down years ago. I liked it, but Google have a history of doing that. I keep some accounts just to stay in touch with certain people, but I'm not necessarily active on those platforms. Hive is my main one.
YEs ... HIVE and Discord lets say like this ... Discord is also key thing in HIVE world to have :)
Discord is not ideal to use. We could use the chat in peakd more.