Come, go, quit as you please

I'm quitting Hive! Powering down, bugging out...

Well... not me, but there are plenty of people who do. Of course, some should quit Hive, because the place is likely better without them, but all in all - why quit?

What is the point of quitting?

Sure, some people just want an excuse to powerdown, but in my experience, most of them come back at some point anyway. But, for the average person who might think that wants to cut down their time here, is there really a need to quit? Why not just cut back, take a break - disappear for a few months and see where life leads, rather than announcing a closing of the door. Because, since most do end up coming back at some point anyway, it just looks flaky, especially when they tend to come back when there is crypto bull, not crypto bear.

This is an opt-in and opt-out platform, but it isn't in or out, it is opt-in when you choose to interact with the chain in some way and opt-out when you give up your keys, so you will never use your account again.

Ever seen anyone do that with their main account?

Me either.

Seems that with all the people who "quit" they still want to hold onto the key back in... just in case. All those people who have complained heavily about how terrible this place is and the people here...

Still have their keys.

What does that say about them? What does that say about the value of their opinions on the place? What does it say about their ethics? They hate the place enough to throw a tantrum and quit - but still want access. Just powerdown and for the last post - simply paste the master key.

But again, for the average person, there is no real reason to quit. If someone wants to powerdown, no one is stopping them. If they want to take a break for a year, no one is stopping that either.

Sometimes I "fantasize" about taking a break from Hive, but for me, I think a break away would be far more stressful than doing as I do, because I would have to find some other vocation to take up my time and have no idea what that would be. I don't think I have ever been as engaged with a topic than I have been with crypto and Hive and, I certainly haven't been a fanboy of anything before - I have never even had a favorite band or committed to a sporting team with any strength of enthusiasm.

While I might be an extreme case in terms of posting consistency here, there are plenty of people who go through waves of engagement and interaction and it doesn't always coincide with the market prices. For many, it is just life considerations, where various daily routines change and interactions ebb and flow accordingly. For others, they have lifecycles that do this naturally, where for example, people will spend less time posting in the summer, because they are travelling or spending the time on the beach or something.

My point is, people shouldn't take it all so seriously and should just come and go as they please, without the stress of "quitting" something. It is not like this is smoking that causes cancer or a job that requires the killing of kittens - it is a social media - and one that is Far healthier than the shite where billions of people are vying for the attention of strangers, getting paid in hearts and stars.

But maybe that is part of the problem here, where because there is real value to be made, many people treat it like a job and like most jobs done for the money, that gets tiring real fast.

Of course, everyone has their reasons to do whatever they do and I am not in the mind of anyone other than myself - and I am barely there most of the time either, so to each their own. However for me, I like being here because it is far more compelling than any of the "similar" alternatives out there that are just a bunch of strangers creaming at each other about things that they ultimately, don't care about anyway.

At least here, I get the sense that we are moving toward something better in the world and even if we don't reach it, at least we started the journey, instead of quitting before we really got started.

Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]