I saw a very controversial comment from a user on Hive today, and they went on to contradict themselves as well. A person asked them what Hive needed, and they responded: users.
Then they still went ahead to talk about not needing users who only posts about their food, or where they're travelling to, or something they're doing for fun.
The statement felt a little contradictory, because if we say we need users, are we going to be picky about which users we need, or will we decide what type of content or contribution they will make?
So, how will we identify users who are potentially valuable to the chain? Are we going to create some kind of AI to do this? Absolutely not.
A techie tester maybe become a believer
We have to understand that a potential user is someone who comes in to test the tech and it is benefits, and sometimes some will become useful and valuable lovers and users of the tech for a long time.
Some will turn out to be spammers, some will only stay for the short term, a few will get confused and leave, and some might even go ahead to find a home here and make huge plans for themselves from the benefits that this chain provides, but we cannot control or decide
Contents shouldn't be about tech alone
Perhaps it's about who shares it?
If a person chooses to share content about their farm, their day, their illness, or their favorite things, I do not see why we should shame them for doing so; they are here to use the social front of the chain; they are not DEVS, programmers, or other Blockchain portfolio members, but a user is a user.
If we have an extra 20k people sharing real-life events, that is still 20k more users; the fact that they are only sharing content about their lives does not diminish them, even if some of them may become bad actors.
We cannot prevent a user from sharing what they want or from becoming bad actors; there are tools for doing so already, and we cannot predict what type of user a person will become based solely on their introductory post.
However, I understand the sentiment and frustration. The sentiment is primarily about the state of the market. Sometimes people say things out of frustration, and these statements are not only contradictory; they can also be based on feelings that lack realistic context.
Everyone on Hive has had some experience creating content on web2, and some of the types of content here are similar to what we have here, which is due to the social aspect. There are communities on Hive with strange types of content, but why do they exist? They are actually there to give anyone who is new here a sense of belonging and is unsure what they can do.
Communities were created for the diversification of the social front
The existence of communities implies that anyone is likely to create content on whatever they want, and this does not affect how they use the other aspects of Hive. I know two people who started using Hive.
The first began as a content creator who discussed politics and the Middle East war, but now this person is a Hive witness and is working on a side project for Hive.
The second person is an Asian creator who began by playing the ukulele but has since become a Hive witness and does incredible work for Hive on the side.
We cannot simply gatekeep people.
Some people wanted to test the tech and move on, but now they're here and can't leave again. The content type may not determine what a user intends to use the chain for.
I also know someone who is not a Blockchain expert, but they have been playing some smart games on the side and setting some great goals for themselves here.
Why do we need what we do?
We must also recognize that having numbers is not a weakness. Unfortunately we cannot keep everyone, and this means the number of people who leaves has to be matched by the number of people who comes in, infact the latter has to be more than the former and this is very important.
The space is filled with magnificent techs that not a lot of people are using, there are techs that have all the shiny stuffs, but still they can't pull numbers or volumes. Users are users, and numbers are numbers, even if not all of them will result in the desired outcome.
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