RE: Hive Needs More Devs Than Marketing

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I slightly disagree to "first have something to show to the world, then show it".
You need marketing as well, right from the beginning. Look at Nostr. They had millions of users, even at a time when there was hardly a functioning product.
Hive has enough to tell, since years, but people are less interested if they learn that the project is not new but 7 years old.
We should really focus on some key features of Hive. Not creating the 20th game (let´s face it, all except Splinterlands are poorly and cheaply created), but e.g. emphasize the censorship resistance. Some countries in Europe are going straight into totalitarianism (e.g. Germany wants to fordid a large opposition party), the EU wants to act harsh against "disinformation" (aka anything the government doesn´t like), so free speech is more important then ever.

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You need marketing as well, right from the beginning. Look at Nostr. They had millions of users, even at a time when there was hardly a functioning product.

I think that's what marketing shouldn't be: unsubstantiated hype. They added millions of users who hoped to see something they would enjoy. They soon realized nothing was working (or not as advertised) and left. That's how marketing can turn against you. In this case, against Nostr.

Hive has enough to tell, since years, but people are less interested if they learn that the project is not new but 7 years old.

I agree that's the reaction, but that's the gambling-type reaction, wanting to catch the perfect 1000x and then retire. At some point, gambling will be less predominant, if for no other reason, because most gamblers would have lost everything.

We should really focus on some key features of Hive. Not creating the 20th game (let´s face it, all except Splinterlands are poorly and cheaply created), but e.g. emphasize the censorship resistance. Some countries in Europe are going straight into totalitarianism (e.g. Germany wants to fordid a large opposition party), the EU wants to act harsh against "disinformation" (aka anything the government doesn´t like), so free speech is more important then ever.

It is interesting that despite censorship becoming an increasing problem throughout the world and especially in the parts of the world that were used to more freedoms, the discussion about censorship resistance doesn't seem to interest many. Hopefully, that will change, but I don't see much willingness to resist, more toward the opposite: to give up rights in exchange for potential quick gains.

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Hive has enough to tell, since years, but people are less interested if they learn that the project is not new but 7 years old.

The length of how long a project has existed doesn't really matter. Why is Bitcoin so popular it's so many years old? The issue is the landscape has changed. Before Ethereum everyone was invested in cryptocurrencies/blockchains being used as solely a store of value. Then came Ethereum which dramatically changed the ecosystem with the advent of customizable blockchains.

Hive doesn't even have smart contracts, although @vsc.network will bring that soon. Smart contracts need to be a critical part of part of Hive's narrative. The old narrative is dead. We must adapt if we want to survive. When Hive was originally built it was an amazing feet, now it's behind.

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