I think the problem fundamentally is Hive tries to be too much, and has no real identity, so it's a mediocre blogging site, a shit social media site

It's the influence of narrow minded, authority-worshipping fools like Hivewatchers' employee-of-forever (until he gets fired) that reinforces crap like that, and one of the principle reasons I am speaking out against funding Hivewatchers. This is my stake talking, I wouldn't bother if I just disliked him.