I haven't attended any hivers meetups, but I'm in tune with looking for "real" connections with people. The fakeness is what has always turned me off from traditional social networks in Web 2.0 and the last thing I want to do is waste my time on something similar on Hive. Our time is finite so we should try to make the best use of it, right?

That new HP goal sounds quite challenging but I have the impression that you will succeed. Best of luck!