If we rewind a bit to some of my older YouTube videos, before I quit YouTube, you'll hear me talking about where I thought the ball was going with "social media." I said that freedom of speech will be taken an inch at a time, eventually, miles will be taken before people are aware of what's happening, sadly by that time it is too late.
It’s very frustrating to witness the inches being taken from us, and spending lots of time spreading awareness about what is going on just to fall on deaf ears. People quit one centralized site for another, jumping from the frying pan directly into the fire.
I was asked by a good friend, why are people joining the "x" platform (parler, etc) instead of Hive? This is a great question and not one to be shrugged off with "DYOR, they should know" - It's easy to have a most elite attitude of, well they are just idiots, they are quitting a centralized platform and joining another centralized platform"
Sometimes the hardest part of fighting a revolution is stopping people from fighting themselves. Saving people from themselves has always been the crux of any change. It's not easy understanding the tech behind blockchain, web3, etc. Most people just can't comprehend whether it be not enough time, or their brains are not wired that way. I place no blame, I've lived in Mexico for the better part of a decade and don't speak Spanish, some say it's easy, for me it's not so much.
Centralized sites make money for an owner, the owner has the responsibility of turning a profit, thus hires marketing teams to get the word out about the product. With decentralized systems, we are all owners, and it is easy to say, "well someone else will get it done"
Here is a short story called "Whose Job Is It, Anyway?"
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
It can feel overwhelming for someone wanting to grab the bull by the horns and put the project on their backs during hard times. Some feel the need to do so much, when in fact, trying to do too much can be just as negative EV as doing too little. This is due to burning out. The key is to find a way to push yourself to grow while remaining consistant. Sprinting during a marathon looks cool for the first 20 minutes, but you'll look a fool for the next 4-5 hours.
Are you giving it you're all in life, or are you satisfied with "good enough?" The thing about good enough is, we never know what's enough until that final hour, until it's all on the line, then we know if it was enough. And how bitter a feeling to go the journey, to travel the path to the end just to find out you are an inch short and it's too late to go back and get more prepared. that's why I'm a fan of overkill, better to be a mile over than an inch short.
Justin learned all too well, it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Fear and failure must be your best friends, they help progress you. They act as a report card back on your shortcomings. You take a person that can earn a dollar, they are forever wealthy because no matter what happens they know how to get it back. Comfort zones are dead zones because your truest potential will never be matched in the safety of a bubble.
Remember, “the people who move mountains always begin by carrying small stones.”
Every Hive tweet, every time Hive is spread via word of mouth, s small stone is carried. What looks like a hill right now, will be seen as a mountain later on. Consistency is the mother of success.
My goal in the short term is to remain consistent with our grassroots twitter movement, rewarding users for carrying their small stones. It's a community effort.
My medium to long-term goal is to get DAO proposals put up & to help get funded to hire professional marketing teams to get out the press, make connections and get Hive in the faces of those that need to understand it. Bitcoin has been around for 10 years but just in the last few years have we started to see "wall street" enter the picture. It's not enough to tell someone about Hive, they must experience it. Procrastination is the mother of failure. Keep carrying those stones, as the Bitcoin OGs did, and eventually, the light bulbs will start to click in mass, and resource credits have the potential to be seen as gold.
"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me you desire a fig, I will answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."
I say we are at the bearing fruit stage, as Hive is already so useful to so many. However, once we ripen how sweet it will be to have been an early Hive adopter.
The status quo is censorship is ok. We must break the status quo. The belief of the individual can override thousands of followers. Most projects and people for that matter try to "fake it to they make it" with fake volume, DAUs, etc. Hive is literally the exact opposite of this, we, if anything, wear our faults on our sleeves and we are as real as you can get. Hive is a no nonsense chain that isn't built on hype, but fundamentals.
This revolution isn't about getting rich quick or how "active" this blockchain is or that chain is. Life is on the wire, a monument to come. The future is coming, we cannot stop it from coming. Right now, we have the most valuable asset on earth on our side, time. But it's running out. And right now, you might just be sitting there, and to make the first step towards greatness is always the hardest step. There is one thing harder than that though, it's later in life and you look back on your life, and the windows of opportunity to change the world have closed, and your ability to enact change is gone. And you look at your kids and the world they have to live in, and you think back at the times you could have made a difference, however small. What we do in life is never forgotten, and the older you get the more you remember the "what ifs." And you will be forever stuck with the thought of "what if I could have made a change?" To live the rest of your days not knowing, in resentment.
The difference between the winner and the loser is the winner shows up. The winner gives themselves a consistent chance to win. Luck is bestowed on those who work the hardest. Opportunities show themselves to those that are most prepared.
You're not small, you're a part of something much bigger, and together we can change the world.
Precisely. I just posted at the same time coincidentally about this very thing. People are suffering globally and society is fragmenting based on growing inequalities and instead of doing something about it, we fight each other and appeal to some authority to make the changes for us, to save us from the pain.
The first official job I ever had had the "Who's Job is it" paragraph pasted to the wall - something I have carried with me ever since.
Concuerdo contigo, esfuerzo y cada piedra que movamos será un centímetro añadido al puente del éxito que estamos construyendo, por ello, es fundamental que cada uno difundamos y proyectemos al máximo el trabajo y lo importante de #hive, además de asumir el compromiso de ofrecer en cada post contenido de la más alta calidad, excelencia e información que si es posible no pueda encontrarse de la misma forma en otra plataforma. #hive es un medio para que quienes deseamos éxito a cambio de nuestro tiempo y esfuerzo, podamos alcanzarlo con determinación y acción. Sigamos trabajando. Muy ilustrativa la historia donde nadie termino haciendo el trabajo de todos.
I agree with you, effort and each stone we move will be an added centimeter to the bridge of success that we are building, therefore, it is essential that each of us disseminate and project the work and the importance of #hive to the maximum, in addition to assuming the commitment to offer In each post, content of the highest quality, excellence and information that if possible cannot be found in the same way on another platform. #hive is a means for those of us who want success in exchange for our time and effort, to achieve it with determination and action. Lets keep working. Very illustrative the story where no one ended up doing everyone's work.
Everyone must be willing to give their best according to their abilities where they are. We must focus on working for the community and the fruit will be the success of each participant.
Take off your bear-market night-vision & put on your bullish shades...
OR ELSE!
When Bitcoin is trading above all time highs in two months you'll come around.
The last year of the 4 year cycle is upon us.
80% of Twitter users are horrible people that aren't a good addition for Hive. I wish we would harvest people from somewhere of higher quality.
This can be true but there are a lot of people who are dedicated and want to make a difference. The work of these poeple is adding up and things are moving slowly but surely. If we all go out of our comfort zone a little bit and we try to build and we try to bring about things, it takes a new dynamic....
Very interesting what you say dear friend @theycallmedan, I am convinced that if we all joined together we could do great things, in the union is the key to our success.
Let’s become the living testimony of it ;)
We must keep remind ourselves that HIVE is only 7 months old
Exactly brother, actions, whether good or bad, lead to reactions, which affect us in a positive or negative way; The truth is that you have to act conscientiously and not abuse others
Indeed it’s becoming something really powerful that like you have described will become an hugely popular medium once understood by the masses. And that in terms of society is usually time based and/or generational.
Loved 2020 and I have the feeling 2021 will be even more interesting 😎
Indeed 👍😎
Democracy is definitely in trouble. This whole "cancel culture" phenomenon has got to be one of the most disgusting things I've witnessed in a long time. You don't have a democracy if all you get is one sides viewpoint.
Agreed
"It Took Me 10 Years To Become An 'Overnight' Success In Hollywood" - Ashok Amritraj
I've always said that "great things often start out small and only the open minded and only the contextually attuned can perceive this"
I'm glad most of Hive users are exposed to this and we have enough people focused on who we are and the diamond in the rough we possess. BUIDL ON!
!HIVE.LIFE!
Some people are more comfortable being told what to do. Indeed, it's best to focus on the positive and move ahead, slowly but surely ...
... because if history has shown us anything, it's that a majority prefers freedom.
I’m not discouraged, as long as friends are still here. I’ve tripled down, investing money, starting the Cross Culture community and building a team, and now I’m thinking about a YouTube a campaign targeting YouTube audiences to join a little ecosystem that lets you be a voice in the community rather than a a fly on the wall.
We will launch this week, I hope you join us once you see what we are doing
That amazingly depicts never giving up culture, which we all should adopt.
Good luck you are such a good writer.
Finally!, professional marketing is needed in order to spread the word about Hive, would like to see those DAO proposals, will get my vote for sure.
Hive is still young.
I am glad to be here with such remarkable amazing people like you. Still lot of work to to. But so much potential recognized by a growing & engaging community.
Focus.
Currently DAO is funding hivewatchers militia and stupid badges lol, so I hope there will be no problems with funding proposal that make sense
That's the Hive problem.
No robust system to attract enterprise.
Then the few developers here that make mundane add-ons want to be paid up front.
Dan wants this marketed without focusing on the above. No SMTs timeline. No toolset for business. No interconnectivity for users. No branding vision or focus on target audience. Just "keep spamming that Twitter."
Hive doesn't even have CHAT.
That's a necessity as a "social network."
It's self defeating to onboard users and tell them "and you can contact me and your connections on discord."
The term MARKET implies PRODUCT.
Hive as a product is too basic.
For years people here jumping ahead claiming "this is superior to mainstream" then they act confused saying "why are we not gaining users, instead losing users."
Repeat the same thing..
Expect different results equals?
Hello Teknow,
We all have our part to play.
How are you interconnecting Hive users? #nptt0001
How are you helping in developing robust system to attract enterprises on Hive? #nptt0002
That's my point.
Without chat there is no interconnectivity.
To do that with an external system: DISCORD is ridiculous. It's 2020 and this is Blockchain, which is meant to be decentralised so to take conversations onto a platform that is neither is as I said: self defeating.
I'm also not a coder.
What I'm waiting for is the toolset to grow the communities I believe are missing here. Again, I won't do that when the system is so basic. It's like trying to make lemonade with just lemon leaves.
HIVE is no longer steemit. Great.
But what really is Hive?
Still just predominantly rewards for text blogging. With so much patchwork to make it a complete experience. That's just not how you take on mainstream.
I agree with your notion that if it's missing, we're all free to create it. However we aren't all equal. There's only a limited group that can build the fundamentals: CODERS. Until then, others just aren't able to build the platform and assist the user uptake. I'm also very against shilling on twitter and forcing users to become the slave marketing team.
I share your frustrations @teknow.
Patience is a virtue I’ve been confronted with.
For over 12 years, I’ve been waiting for the conditions to enable what Hive is now capable of offering. At the time, blockchain was not even a thing. Look now.
We may not be coders but the world evolves faster now than ever. We may soon see a GPT-3 Hive app assistant allowing you to code from voice recognition. Empowering you and all to let go their creative might. No programmers skill required.
About chat, I know a programmer on Hive that works on chat. Let’s be patient, the World is just waking up and still shaking it’s head in amazement. We have more than we know.
You talk about steemit, I never heard of it before being a Hive user. Few months ago, I was not even aware encrypted chats or Discord existed.
We all have unique skills. I am good at connecting dots. You may be talented in something programmers are not comfortable with, but still is required to make Hive Thrive. We may not be all equal in our skills. Ok. The limited group you mentioned that can build the fundamentals of Hive can also, over time, empower users like me and you so we can contribute to our best capacity. All this takes peer-to-peer encouragement and collaboration. Focus, Time and Patience. The World has not been Free to Create in a long time. It’s only the beginning.
May I invite you to take a look at @ibor ‘s article on focusing on objectives
Hey man well written I like your articulation of the experience of both the industry and the ambitious user. I'm patient also though. I actually have believed that mid 2020s is when this technology will mature and become significant. It's a slow road but what I do find frustrating here is that too many think it's ready for market and expect investors to throw money at it.
Way back since the old days of steemit people have carried a stubborn delusional belief that mass onboarding is just around the corner. Just not the case though and I've made point many times on why. That's then the other negative... people don't like to hear the negatives... what simply is: the hard truth. So again, Hive has some flaws which will need to be addressed before this can be a serious place where a broad range of projects, communities and mass adoption can be reality.
I read your posts and so respect your passion also. Well done. I see that you have grand ideas too that you seek to materialize. This lockdown is a missed opportunity for this technology but as I said the development is slow. There might be more strangeness of the world to come so likely in time the star will align for Blockchain and Hive.
Article From @ibor https://hive.blog/wwg1wga/@ibor/voluntaryism-soverignty-and-meritocracy
Thanks for these links too!