Well, you address one of the great voids/shortcomings of Hive: You have to go somewhere else to have a conversation about Hive and about your content, and to find answers to your questions.

I think if this had all been designed with a resident "Messenger" type system built into the interface, this place would have taken off far more than it has.

The voting system is definitely flawed in some respects, but primarily if your perspective is that this is supposed to be a quality-based meritocracy. It's not. But I also don't think that's a flaw we can lay specifically at Hive's doorstep. If you go on YouTube, Tiktok, IG or somewhere else, the content that gets millions of views and creators with millions of followers are hardly the gold standard for "quality" anything... it's more a reflection that "mindless drivel" is what's being mass consumed in today's world.

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