What does Hive mean to me?

To me, Hive means a lot. To me, hive means freedom, where you get the right to express your thoughts the way you want to. Hive gives me that freedom where I can express my feelings, my thoughts, my ideas without any constraint.

To me, Hive means freedom of speech, where I can articulate my opinion without being censored. Where while expressing my thoughts I wouldn't feel fear of censorship or retaliation.

When I look at Hive I get the feel of freedom of association. Hive is the best example of an association where the ecosystem gives the rights to the community to take collective action to pursue their interests.

I've been quite an active member of the steem blockchain. It did hurt me when I saw how Ned and Justin sun Ruined the steem ecosystem. They didn't even think about the steem community for a moment.

I must say they crossed all the limitation of selfishness. And now under Sun steem is almost doomed. No one gives a damn about steem now. Our new hope is Hive and we all are going to give our 100% to Hive ecosystem. So I'd say yes, hashtag #hiveisalive.

I want to forget what happened in past and I am looking at Hive as a new member now. I am feeling like I just Joined and now I am going to start my new journey with hopes, loyalty and veracity.

What do you want to see HIVE evolve into?

As we all know, Hive is just a few days old but it is mature enough, experienced enough. It carries experience, the trust of the community, vast knowledge. When I started my steem journey I was very new to this ecosystem. I didn't know the actual meaning of decentralization. I am the only one from my family in the crypto space so yes it wouldn't be wrong to say. I did what people told me without knowing and thinking about after-effects. But later with the passage of time, I found entirely a great community neoxiancity, where I learned the true meaning of decentralization, where I learned how can I grow in this community.

Steem was a good and bad experience but I would say steem taught me many things and just because of steem I have enough assets to survive in a new community. It is not a new start, I already have enough to start my new journey with Hive and I am full of determination.

I do feel like the Hive is lucky enough, it already has a community full of passion and determination. I have long term plans in the hive ecosystem. I just want that hive to work on all those things that steem couldn't. And I want enough trust value so I can introduce this to my family.

I want to see some dynamic changes in the hive ecosystem. Hive is already an experienced and well-established chain. But now hive should give the true meaning of decentralization. Decentralization has never been a concept of censorship. Hive has an advantage over steem. It is just a few days old and already has gained a lot of fame in terms of social influence, or exchange listing etc. Many dapps are trying their best to get on the hive and already, implementing and deploying new feature for more user traction.

I'd say I want a clean platform with full of freedom and free of socialism. I see the potential in the hive which has the ability to fulfil the dreams of the people.

What do you think about having a large funded DAO for future HIVE development?

I think it's a great idea. But you will need to invest in people that are good at shaking hands with others. You will need people that invest in communication rather than code, too. If you want to truly take this platform forward it will need to have a chance in the mainstream world of publishing.

You had a big fund for development last time if I recall, and yet almost nothing was invested in getting our names "out there." Development isn't just in code, remember.

Lastly, I'd like to say that at the hive, I see myself as a bee, and hive as my home. I can see endless opportunities. I am hoping hive will bring more and more opportunities for all of us so we can all grow together. That's all from my side see y'all around till then keep hiving.