Thanks for drawing this to our attention. A couple of points:
Firstly, I have to agree with @alittlewhile regarding issuse related to hosting and/or WP packages. When the app was first launched, I had a basic WP package and through that, a domain name. However, I couldn't access the app. Eventually, a year in, I canned the .com and bought my own .net. Two reasons - I wanted to use the plugin and given our exchange rate, the WP packages that would "allow" me to use the plugin didn't justify the cost. Looking for a local host and reseller was/is a considerable saving.
Secondly, IMO, there are huge issues associated with marketing Hive. They're fragmented and inconsistent. They're often also conflictual (is there such a word?) because people do not agree and because they are often voluntary, it's easy to become distracted. I know that much work is being done on Twitter to raise awareness of Hive - excellent work - @stellabelle, @traciyork, @jeanlucsr (with #HiveChat) and also @nathanmars with his initiatives. They are not formally coordinated and, again, IMO, Twitter's not enough. I don't know the solution, but these are just my observations. Again, IMO, there is a case for a Hive-funded marketing project that's properly run, managed and implemented.
Finally thanks for this app and for bringing this to our attention.
The first point you raise is simply a WordPress thing. And there's no real way to provide a product like ours to people who don't own their own website the way you do with a proper hosting solution.
As for the second point, I fully agree. And that's why I think it makes more sense for each and every dApp and website to do its own marketing, and for Hive to piggyback the success of the different platforms using it. Rather than us trying to market Hive itself to people. (Or at least to "Normal" users. Marketing Hive to developers to come join our ecosystem, or for investors is another story).
I understand that, and I should have been a little more clear: WP in their blurb purports to offer a hosting solution which suggests, until one delves deeper, all the benefits of a self-hosted site. So, while I'm a great proponent of WP as a platform, I'm a little more circumspect about how they market themselves as a cost effective platform for aspirant/part time bloggers. As I discovered.
I agree. I still think that those initiatives need "proper" marketing support and it's in Hive's interest to shore them up as they're really the conduit to the blockchain. Developers are not marketers and vice versa. Each needs the other. Anyhow, either way, @exxp has my vote and I'll do what little I can to support those initiatives.