I can't tell you how many genuinely talented authors, news pundits, artists, musicians, poets and creators, and developers and scientists and philosophers and so on that I have met on this platform

I'm pretty sure this is not a hive-centric issue. I think the HOPE was that we'd be smarter and more elite than those OTHER platforms, but low-brow entertainment is what sells, whether the fate is left in the hands of the poor or the wealthy.