Why Is Hive Different Than It Was Before?

josediccus in #hive-167922 • 23 days ago

I used to curate on Hive around the clock, but now I only do my curation for the day in less than two hours and continue the next day. I mostly scroll through my following feed and curate and engage with the posts that appear within a 24-hour period.
There are numerous reasons, including my personal life, but I will leave that to discuss the other reason why this has occurred.

There has been a significant decrease in the quality of content on Hive, not in terms of quantity, but in terms of overall goodness in the types of posts I typically consume. It is not about the length of the content, but I will explain more.
Back in the day, the chain was full of excitement, from whale drama to content theft.

We had these massive giveaway posts in which the authors tried to take advantage of the favorable market conditions to earn more money. We had posts with over 400 to 500 comments discussing governance drama and such. Recently, the only post that came close was the SPL proposal post, which demonstrated that most people on Hive are in hibernation mode and are likely waiting for a post like that to jolt them into action.

One advantage of posts like this is that you can learn about people's true intentions and gain general knowledge from those who truly understand how Blockchain works; some people are walking Hive encyclopedias, and reading through posts like this can help you learn.

Also, we had content trending that had big boys arguing over who was richer and more influential, the bigger boys who would always boast about being able to afford comfortable lives and not relying on Hive for anything.

These dramas were beneficial to the chain, and you had those who constantly pushed their legion of friends to power up more Hive so they could downvote their fellow whales.

Do not get me wrong, this is not the best of things, but believe me, they made this place viable, and as I previously stated, drama is traction, no matter how you phrase it.

Remember how Hive gained attention after Justin Sun attempted to smoke the Hive community?

Hive basically trended in many places and sometimes, somewhere, in a morbid way, these drama are not entirely evil. I believe the majority of those things were malicious and devious, but on the internet, regular things do not attract attention, and when there is no attention, there is no hype.

The prominent witnesses you see today once fought for support to stay on top. Blocktrades were the holy grail of Hive at the time, and you could see them interacting in various places. It is not the same as it was, and I have a theory as to why.

I am not a regular consumer of content discussing mundane topics; if it does not truly address irregularities, it is not my thing.

However, these types of content have decreased because the chain is somewhat stable and the market is not in a comfortable position for people to really voice their true options and flex their muscles.

The majority of people are posting their survival strategies and games, while those who are angry are posting about why they hate Hive for not replicating BTC's success, and some are simply holding on and trying to stay here.

The Chain Morphs Every Cycle

But there's something else...

Overall, the Chain changes with each market cycle, and I believe that the mode of the market influences the type of content created. During the previous bull market the most popular type of post was "unfair rewards" type of posts. This was because at $3, a post could earn up to $900, and dandy people would always use their guns (stake) to reduce the rewards on a post.

They had a great time doing these things, which happens during each market cycle. This is the most serious issue with the bull market on the chain: people are debating who deserves what and why. It was a terrible thing, but there was something interesting about it.

The Life & Market Factors

People are more reactive than proactive, which can be attributed to a variety of factors. For example, Asher (abh12345) was one of the most active and close people I interacted with when I first joined Hive, but he is no longer as active, and his most recent update was about how a condition caused him stage 4 kidney disease on one kidney.

Life generally causes people to become inactive, as I mentioned earlier, and this can have a significant impact on how people use Hive. The nature of the market is another predominant thing; you will gradually start to see new faces, new opinions, content, and different things the moment Hive hits $1 and above.