This is part of what brought me to Hive. For the past several years I did volunteer political work, but I was always cognizant of how my ability to use any platform could be removed at any moment for any arbitrary reason, worse my communications could be throttled. Many social media platforms offer the illusion of free speech, but their net effect seems to be to condition users to color within well delineated lines. Tangentially I often wonder how AI will change our communication and consumption - will it enhance us - or will we adjust our own behaviors and patterns to it.

The Hive ecosystem is a bit overwhelming at first - my first day of use I rapidly burned through my posting power - not completely understanding the concept of resource credits - @revise-sociology gifted/delegated some power to me so I could continue to engage.

The mechanics of the Hive Apps though do seem to foster and encourage more thoughtful and careful posting - their is less filler and more substance. I'm still working up a mental model of the edges of the interfaces to Hive - ecency, 3speak, Leofinance, and PeakD for instance. I'm not completely certain yet where my best niche or best fit is.

One of the reasons I've been exploring decentralized options - I am a bit of a Storyteller - I perform stories online usually with a live artist - Conan, Sherlock Holmes, Lord of the Rings, Redwall, Narnia and so forth. YouTube primarily exists to create and monetize very perishable content - I enjoy and find more fulfillment in creating slower content that has more evergreen qualities.

I'll leave off here so as not to get to far off into the weeds - but I enjoyed your observations.