lack of leadership and having a figurehead of sorts is a detriment to the project as a whole.
And you're probably right about that. Even sitting here presenting some ideas, as I did in the post, I just end up feeling like I'm talking to a wall. Nobody wants to come work out a plan, set a direction, make it clear. I don't have any way of connecting to folks who could help. It's been a frustrating ride. I don't like feeling small and I fucking hate stagnation. I didn't write this for goddamn rewards...
The thing is any attempt to become a figure head or the face of hive is met with wild opposition with those pressing that saying "It's run by the community" which is true.. However the community seems to run around like a chicken with it's head cut off.. there is development happening behind the scene.. Sure! But lets be honest.. Most users do not give a flying fuck about API nodes as long as they work.
The current plan is optimizing the back end stuff so it's easier for developers to build on it looks like.. However the end user really receives no benefit to this and it certainly isn't going to get people through the door and spending money. Even when apps are developed on the platform it will be hit or miss if it does anything to bring in capital.
I get it, of course. The vehicle needs a tuned and well maintained engine. When it comes to buying and traveling though, most folks are more worried about the paintjob. But at least you can see which direction the car is going. For most folks here I assume it must feel like driving around in the dark with no headlights.
Good analogy.
And yeah.. I'm in an interesting position to see things as a developer.. Most end users don't really see fuck all being done aside from whatever updates their preferred apps are pushing.
The first thing I saw when I arrived, years ago, from the artist/writer/entertainer perspective (someone who knows the business), was a future.
Now it's like building a puzzle but all the pieces are turned over. The picture will be a surprise I guess. I just hope it's not a dick going up the ass.
I mean some people pay extra for dick assing.. lmao.
If they manage to crack the secret sauce getting API nodes to not use a shit ton of expensive server resources (which in essence they have.. the requirements are way the fuck lower than they were) and manage to not hemorrhage all the developers and users in the mean-time it could still be a smashing success. hard to say really. I'm obviously still here and developing on HIVE so I haven't given up yet.. But also had to broaden my development work to other platforms in order to make a living.
I'm obviously still here as well and still see plenty of unrealized potential, which isn't a bad thing. Ran out of patience, but not fully. Still a drop left. I have opportunities outside of this space as well but I keep that life disconnected from this one here, so I don't talk about it much.
Makes sense. Not a bad idea to have an alternative plan as making a respectable living on HIVE is nearly impossible at this point. For supplemental income or an immutable store of shitposting it's king.. But I know personally I've not been able to survive off the income it provides me for a while now, hence the branching out.