Want to be the next wave on Hive?

I find the longer I'm on Hive the more cynical and frustrated I've become over how the platform is progressing. Many people are doing different things to help grow and develop Hive, and although not everyone may agree with their approach, I'd like to think a lot of it is down to differences in opinion and core beliefs. It would be naive to expect everyone's values to be aligned on Hive. If that is the case, we would have no scammers and abusers, no conspiracists and cynics, and Hive would be a perfect world.

Hope

That said, we can still hope, because if we lose that, we might as well clean out our wallet now when Hive is still worth something. I believe there is still a lot of mileage in Hive - if we have enough people with the same core values to make that happen. What we need is an inflow of strong quality users who come to Hive with the right mindset and stay for the long run. Users who are worthy of the community's support, who grow to become dolphins, to orcas, strengthening the middle class. Users who are here to contribute and help Hive grow. I've seen whales and curation guilds asking numerous times for recommendations on good quality accounts so they can expend their HP. I'm not sure how many are found. Good accounts, and new quality good accounts are pretty hard to come by nowadays.

Plan

I don't have the resources or expertise to launch a large scale onboarding program, nor do I have sufficient HP to throw a $30 upvote to keep users on Hive. Not saying either approach is wrong or ineffective, I just prefer to do things on a smaller scale slowly. What I have in mind isn't rocket science or transformational. Any support on Hive won't deviate too far from curation, delegation and mentoring. The difference in what I plan to do is speed and scale.

I'd much rather support a small core of users who have the long term vision and help them to grow. Help them to appreciate the value of Hive, understand there's no quick road to riches. Encourage them to contribute to become part of the next wave pushing Hive forward and reap the rewards they've helped to build. Drop the entitlement and focus on the long run.

Next

If all this sounds idealistic, it probably is, but remember I said I still have hope? This is the challenge I've set myself.

If you're serious about building a future on Hive and want your journey to last into the future instead of tomorrow make sure you follow @apis.hive for the next update.