This has always been the problem with both HIVE and STEEM. People are misled into both chains, with promises of quick and easy money. This is something that everyone wants, so many users come and expect to get much money fast. When they realize that this is not the case, they are frustrated; they quit and instead of bringing more people, they tell others to avoid the chains.

We can go on saying how great everything is in HIVE, and how it is the best thing ever and everyone is free and rich and doing great, waiting for that big vote as a reward to the supporter, but it is not true. This is all about a close circle that earns great benefits and many minnows running around them; things remain the same, as more big players mean less rewards for the current big ones.

What HIVE needs is actual content, not meta-content (content about HIVE itself), no more preaching to the choir, no more talking about HIVE and how great it is. I sound like another one of those "What HIVE needs" guys, but this is my 2 cents on the topic.