Lowering the HBD APR is one thing (the first thing that comes out of my non-crypto friends is PONZI) but then hammering the people who write posts as well... Is that not a bit of overkill?

I personally do not want our blockchain to be known as "write a post or two, get an upvote, share a photo, get an upvote and you get paid $100, Bob's your uncle".

So what is Hive ...? Am guessing not a place for content creators.

Rather it should be known as a platform that is technically marvelous, where you can freely develop any sort of app that you'd like on top of Hive - be it a massive game, a sidechain, or even a travel map.

And the games etc on Hive are technically marvellous?

I have been here 2 years next month, and people keep going on about mass adoption of Hive.

If the aim of Hive blockchain is to solely attract devs to develop apps on top of Hive then that is fantastic, but it sure as heck is not going to have the masses trying to knock on the door of Hive's sign-up process.

An informative post, and it is great that consensus (top 20) witnesses on Hive are taking the time through Hive posts and Discord servers to engage with Hive users.

We know we have comparatively no stake and therefore no say in what happens on Hive, so to be given the opportunity to voice our opinions is cool and what good governance should be about. Whether any notice is taken of course is a matter for another day.

Good luck with it all and kudos to you all for keeping Hive on the straight and narrow.