RE: Six Years on Hive
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Congratulations on your sixth Hive B-Day! We didn't engage a lot in the past, but you are among my favorite followers for a reason...
You have opened a lot of topics in this post and I will try to pick just a few to reply... 😃 As HIVE is my passion and my home, I'm brainstorming about it night and day... lol...
The thing with "marketing efforts of HIVE"... Yes, we had a few attempts, but I agree with you that it should be taken to the 2nd layer and dApps should be the best HIVE advertisement... But, to that happen, we need more QUALITY dApps that can do that job... Dozens of Splinterlands, more transparent "tribe outposts", and probably more DeFi solutions...
I'm glad that you pointed out the Odysee example for decentralization... The thing that became obvious with them came to the surface when the token value dropped a lot... Then, you realize that people who are publishing videos there are doing it because they know that the content will not be removed, and not because they were expecting some upvotes and monetary value...
Also, agree with your opinion about Hive Social Media DApps suffering... the whole system requires repolishing... and that usually takes time... + building the audience...
All the best in the years to come!
I am quite happy with the quality of the DApps I use. PeakD is great. It is far superior to Steemit. It is also continuously improving which was not the case with Steemit.
The problem we have is that people need compelling reasons to leave their current favourite platforms which most have now been using for years. This will involve Hive DApps offering something that is clearly missing from their current platforms. Freedom of speech could become the biggest selling point as censorship is beginning to affect more and more people.
It sounds weird to say it in loud, but more censorship should wake up people to appreciate their privacy and ownership...
I remember well the moment when YouTube censored many crypto authors (by mistake, they said...) and a lot of them went to LBRY, pumping the token price to the roof and pushing up the platform in popularity... Unfortunately, they went back when YT called them back...
But, that moment showed the "power" of censorship...