Heavy Musings

Hey BROs, it's Monday again. Time to share some musings about the market. And this time I want to talk about Hive. What are your thoughts? Did you also hope that Hive would have joined the rise of Bitcoin by now? I mean, the last time Bitcoin was at 52K USD, Hive was in my experience higher than the 33 cents it is now. Now it may be that my memory is deceiving me here and that it is just a wish of mine, but I feel like Hive is lagging behind the developments that I see in other cryptos. And if I am right in this, (please confirm from you), what could be the reasons for this? And more importantly, is there anything we can change about this?

Marketing?

I regularly hear messages left and right about how Hive's marketing is lacking, and somehow I can only agree with that. What's currently happening in terms of marketing for Hive? Of course, I know people are sharing their blogs left and right on X, but can you call this marketing? It provides visibility within a select community, for sure! But that is the community that has known that Hive exists for years, and who has therefore either been present on Hive for a long time or not. The people who see the blogs are the people within the crypto community in my opinion. And I think for most blogs that are shared, it is only people from the Hive community, so they are already present here.

Time to change?

Now I'm not a marketing whiz myself in the sense that I have had training in marketing or something like that, but even with my blonde mind, I can still think that if nothing is done about marketing, except continue to tap into the same source for years that nothing will fundamentally change. I am also not very familiar with the technology behind Hive, but what does raise questions for me is how our DHF is used. Paying out so much HBD per day to fund the development of projects will surely be reflected in something. And I wonder whether the costs of funding the projects are not reflected in the Hive price. And that shouldn't be the case. Funding the development of all these projects should help Hive grow, and should not create additional selling pressure for Hive itself. Because when it creates extra selling pressure for Hive, you can say that every stakeholder, most of whom have to blog very hard to build up even a little bit, will suffer from the DHF funding for the developers. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not accusing anything or anyone, but I hope someone can give me a good explanation on this. Remember, these are just musings running through my head!

Less comments

Another thing that I have been thinking about more often lately is the lack of engagement that I notice. Admittedly, I'm guilty of this myself. Setting up automatic votes is easy, and it looks like most people are using it. And the people who vote manually often vote for the same people, regardless of the quality of a blog. It happens less and less that you find well-thought-out comments under your blog. And this part is a shame, this part of the engagement that gave you the feeling of having found a 'digital home' seems to have disappeared. How do you experience this? And what can we do to get this piece back? Although this no longer has anything to do with marketing, a blockchain that truly operates as a community is certainly more attractive to other people.

Are we still a Community?

What I mean by this is this, we often call ourselves "The Hive Community", but are we a Community? As far as I can interpret the concept of "Community", the most important characteristic is "Connectedness". People have bonds with each other and feel connected, it does not matter whether this is created by shared interests, it can be the same values, the same goals, the same culture, or the same location. But this connection creates a sense of solidarity and support within the group. Then you speak of a Community.

Having a real Community often creates many advantages. Think about:

• People within a community are there for each other. In times of need, the Community comes together and offers help, advice, and comfort.

• Communities work together to achieve the common goal. This often involves, for example, improving the living environment, organizing events, or working on tackling social issues. Of course, we have seen something for the Hive Community on Hive. Just think of the Hivefest every year. Super! (I think, I have never been there myself). But shouldn't our biggest goal be to make Hive more known? and therefore let Hive grow as a crypto and as a blockchain so that we can all benefit from it and not just "a select few"?

• Communities help individuals feel connected to a bigger picture and provide a sense of identity and belonging.

• Having a community to fall back on contributes greatly to the well-being of individuals in the community through social interaction, friendships, and a sense of place.

• Communities that are highly connected are resilient and usually better able to overcome challenges. We have already shown this when we forked from Steemit to HIVE! But where has this solidarity gone? How long can we withstand the challenges if solidarity disappears? And how long can we survive if we no longer have solidarity, no support for each other, and no ability to attract new members?
  
  

In general, for every Community, the connection within this community forms the core of its existence and functionality. And that makes it the most essential quality for the well-being and growth of the community and its members. So in our case, the feeling of solidarity as a Hive Community would be the most essential part of the growth of HIVE.

Please enlighten me with your thoughts about this!

Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments. Again, it's just my "Monday Musings", I don't want to offend anyone. But just wondering... where are we as a Community, where are we as Hive, and what can we expect?

After these 'heavy thoughts' it is time for me to wish you a nice week.