March 20th, 2021
Remembering the Past, Building the Dream
One year ago Hive was released for public use. I started on Hive Block Chain with a lot of hope for Hive. I believed it was a needed split, censorship was running rampant throughout the internet, and it had hit Steem Block Chain almost as soon as Ned sold Steemit out.
Some think things are not changing enough, or that nothing has really changed other than the name. I have been following 
All the work has been in fixing and solidifying the foundation layer so that other applications can build on top of the Hive Block Chain.
It is difficult for the social user to see or understand how these fixes and changes will effect them. Soon we will have the Hard Fork that repairs the witness selection/retention system so that we have a little bit better control as users who we select and makes it much more difficult for a new bankroll to come in and just steem roll over us like you know who did.
I still hold out a lot of hope for Hive. I do not know what is being built over on steem, but when you look at some of the things happening on Hive from game and Investor points of view things seem to be pretty good and active.
Music, that is another area where Hive is really beginning to take off, there seems to be more and more independent musicians making appearances on Hive. Not just cover song singers, but bands with their own content their own style and sharing their music with us.
Content discovery is still a bit difficult but with the tools being made available you can now pretty much set up and have easy access to several different list/topics that you like with out having to follow each and every new person you find.
I have a pretty good core group of people that I follow and enjoy content from on a daily basis. Not all of them post everyday or post items I am interested in at the time. If I followed only people in my time zone my feed would be flooded all at the same time where as since I follow people from all around the world and several dozen time zones, there is almost always new content for when I look at hive.
It is that world view that I really enjoy about Hive. Not just the thoughts from my neighbors or those down the street or in the next town, but I can read thoughts from people every where. When we pick up a travel magazine to look at places all we are seeing are the shots allowed by someone else, filtered imagery. I don't care what part of the world you live in you will very rarely see a piece of garbage in a magazine scripted shot.
I get a real world view from peoples back yards and their local travels through the unfiltered lens of their smart phones or cameras.
Art, especially photographic art, is something I like to look at and enjoy, where I live there are a couple of local art galleries, and a few of the coffee shops that will display photographic art, but here on Hive I can view what I see as gallery quality art on an almost daily basis.
Well those are a few thoughts of what I have liked about this past year on Hive. I hope Hive continues to be a strong leader in the Social Side of Block Chains. A lot of people come for the money, the investment, the games, and perhaps a chance to try their hand at being a developer. Hive has thus far had a very positive user base. if a test team is needed it is not difficult to find people to test your game, idea, or application out.
It is one of the things I find kind of unique on Hive, even with a reward system, people are not afraid to speak their mind from what I have seen so far. If the boat needs rocking, then someone is going to rock the boat
Just as with all the different use groups on Hive, there is room for almost all the different thoughts, points of view, and political leanings. I have seen a few rude and callus remarks but for the most part the debate is open and lively at times.
I began my Hive Journey with 3054 Hive.
Today I have 8104.004 Hive.
Growth from the closing out and transferring of my Steem to Hive. and with voting and posting and commenting.
Today I hit the 20,000 comment mark goal that i set back in August with a hope of reaching it before the end of 2020, I missed the mark a little bit, but it is fitting that I make it today. As of writing this post Hivebuzz said I had 19,997 comments.
I hope everyone has a nice Spring day, as Hive seems almost ready to spring into the future.
Just so the post has a thumbnail picture, this was taken on Aug 6, 2019 by me in Alaska.
Source my Nikon Camera. yes the image has been used by me before.
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