Hive is not perfect, but it has some advantages over some other coins, including not using much energy and lack of fees. Scams can happen on any platform, including conventional finance such as shares.
I did not even look at FB/Meta Threads. I don't know any friends who say they use it and I distrust the company.
Yeah, that's totally fair enough... you shouldn't trust it.
The only reason I'm on it is to try and convince non-blockchain people to try my own project. It is a trillion times less toxic than Twitter, but I have no idea what Meta is doing with all that data they're collecting.