Down votes are not even in top 5 when people are asked why they leave. Blurt is a joke,
It doesn’t even publicly say what the token count or market cap is, it’s a joke.
8 outta 10 of daily users who left past 12 months mention fraud & abuse as main reason (DHF mostly) , why many stay away from even onboarding is projects like Leo giving our community a scammy reputation.
This data was based on replies from 3/1/25 - 11/30/25 , the DV issue makes list but it’s 7 outta 10 on average. DHF fraud & abuse & waste is top spot. The reward pool milking too. It’s described as a circle jerk of funding and no matter if 90% of users don’t vote for proposals they pass because 4 accounts control more HP then bottom 90% plus. I love Hive community, but we have scammy crap like Leo releasing obvious scam tokens that aren’t backed by anything and it’s going to end very. Wet badly eventually, but a large part of Hive puts upvotes from bots above decentralization and calling out scams.
Sorry to merge two totally separate issues, I’m sick and I’m with fever and halfway through typing I realized I needed a nap. I will give a better to point reply later, but bottom line there is so much waste & abuse that is main reason for many Leaving and for the smaller users , many support the Leo type projects that hubs off ultra stalls vibes that look like a joke to anyone looking in from outside.
!PIZZA !LADY !ALIVE
I really appreciate you sharing all that, my friend. I've loved Hive since I first arrived, but I've definitely had a wake-up call over the last couple years, and it has some extremely significant problems and challenges. It seems close to some kind of breaking point. I've invested huge amounts of time over the past 4+ years, and a fair amount of fiat money and crypto assets as well, because I believed in this blockchain. I still do, but now the problems are glaring, so I just stay focused on building and growing my own account, the We Are Alive Tribe, and assisting and helping others as much as I'm able. The whales run the show, so it's my intention to grow a whole community of whales, to shift the balance of power on Hive at some point. I'm all-in for the long haul, and I always have been, so if our Hive ship sinks, I'm going down with it. Thank you again, I appreciate you. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
!ALIVE
!BBH
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!PIZZA
I feel ya 100%. I got lucky and went in huge in early 2021 around a dime where we are now, I bought over 100K and powered it all up, I remember having a $3.50 cent upvote or so, but as soon as we crossed $1.00 I said ok I can power down 20% and I double my investment and keep 80K powered up and it’s house money, but we crossed $3.33 while I had power down going so I kept going and sold 100K for $1.80 average. Kept the 20K I had from Steem days and I said ok that was amazing! So because I made a really good amount I don’t care as much about loosing what I earned since 2021. Ur I gotta be honest, when we pumped to .68 cents a year ago I could tell it was artificial so I again powered down a few weeks and get half out at .40 average plus I sold all my HSBI units at .45 when I saw we were heading here where we are today. I couldn’t just watch it collapse 80% and not prepare, just my personality, it would have annoyed me that I predicted a dime next 18 months and just let my pile loose 80%. All that said my main point is I got value out after insane outta whack moves up so I can handle what I have now dumping and loosing it. But there is one thing that makes me wanna power down some, just using it to vote that I’m not happy where things are and voting with my value to show that. I think the DHF waste & lack of transparency issues are outta control! I love Hive, but I’m seeing even friends here shill Leo crap that won’t end well and it’s kinda sad. Tribe tokens are not crypto, there gamification tokens that don’t need a blockchain and are mostly second layer . I love tokens that are not “Get Rich Quick buy buy buy” claims. I love ALIVE & PIMP & PIZZA & others!! But BRO & LEO I seriously can’t stand the scammy vibes & it’s clear as day how these projects pay accounts to still & promote & don’t disclose but instead pretend that it’s organic not paid. !PIZZA !ALIVE
Sorry for the long rant, just explaining why I’m concerned about where we are going. Hive can still have a bright future! But there are things that must change!
That's incredibly fortunate that you were able to clearly see the future trajectory, and actually make a profit before it got to the point where we are now. I completely agree with you about the ridiculous DHF funding, especially since it's only a a few whales who actually decide what gets funded and what doesn't. I'm grateful that you appreciate ALIVE, and I'm quite into PIMP and PIZZA too, among a few others. Regarding ALIVE, I'm doing my best to build a sold asset that is worth for people to own. It will take time, but we've made good strides in the year since I've been managing it. I despise scammy, get-rich-quick vibes as well, intensely. No need to apologize, my friend, I understand, and I'm thankful that you took the time to share what you did. Yes, that's my feeling as well, Hive still could have a very bright future, but some very significant things do indeed need to change. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
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