How hard has it been to switch to manual healing for the whales?

Can you clarify this question, I am not sure I understand it.

Do you think all the old vices are really behind us?

I believe a lot of the core problems with Steem are not here on Hive, but we still have a community of humans with rewards tied to every action, so there will always be issues we have to deal with.

As a whole, I believe Hive has a far better future than Steem from a technical and innovation point of view. Price is a fickle thing and even after stealing over $5M USD directly out of users' wallets, Steem is still listed and still has a fairly stable price.

And in your experience, what advice do you give to new users who want to grow in Hive?

I've mentioned this many times, but my best advice is the three tenants I use myself when posting.

• Always respect your reader's time & attention
• Always provide value to your reader
• Don't focus on you

I am not a blogger, but when I started here in July 2017, I decided I will try to write every day and follow those principals.

I also am a firm believer that no one owes you their time or attention, if you want it you need to earn it.

Finally, social media is hard, less than 0.1% are really successful. Hive is no different than any other social media, but I do believe it is a lot easier due to the lack of competition.