I've spent the past decade working in bars, and I agree with your analogy for the most part; and every social setting has dynamics which could be compared with others.

Bars are by nature a late night entertainment and not to be visited every day but the major difference (I hope) between being here on Hive and being in a bar is honesty. People go out to a bar or club to pretend to be someone their not or at the very least put on an act in the hope of having fun and if lucky getting laid.

Do you think that Hive is just a market to sell a persons writing or is there a chance it could be something more than that?