It blows my mind as a so called "decentralized" blockchain that 3-10 people can pass or block a proposal for the DHF. Nothing about that is decentralized at all. If it was up to me the DHF wouldn't even exist it's done nothing but become a piggy bank of money exiting hive and the projects being funded have driven nothing comparable to the expenses they have taken on and it's always the same FEW people. Again nothing decentralized about that at all. I think it's pretty clear though that Splinterlands has brought in more people to hive, more publicity and users and funds to hive then any current DHF program and also has contributed far more then the $500,000 being asked for.
This battling of a few people is what tarnishes hive and why a vast majority of people leave and don't want to invest being of this shaking non supportive structure that's in place.
Ohh ye.
Us the small users vote doesn't really make a difference xD
Ninjamine should've stayed on Steem, with Hive development funded out of witness rewards; but we got this ugly mess instead.
I think this whole return proposal threshold appraoch is a terrible idea that leaves Hive open to abuse.
Setting aside the merits of the Splinterlands proposal, there are many proposals made that are of terrrible quality and often amount to nothing more than mates helping each other out, with no thoughts at all to costs and benefits to Hive.
There also appears to be zero accountability in place at all.
None of this is good, profesional, or welcoming....