Thank you! I super appreciate that.
I do think that Hive is a great place to run blockchain-friendly games since the transactions are free (or more specifically paid for by inflation) and I think Splinterlands is a great example of how a blockchain game can be successful (especially compared to Axie Infinity, Crypokitties, etc).
For Hive to be successful, people need to keep buying $HIVE. One reason might be because they want to reward others for content they really like... but the thing I worry about is that if Google tries to keep everyone on its site with its AI, Twitter buries Tweets with links, Instagram doesn't have links, Pinterest is overrun with AI content, how does Hive continually find new people? I just don't have the answer to that yet...