Let me make a bold statement, "Hive is by far the best decentralized social media platform" across several projects in the cryptoverse. I'm not biased because I'm simply speaking based on my experience and observation in checking the other platforms. I have not compared every platform that exists but I do have a fair share of experiences with other platforms and what I find is that Hive is superior to the rest, and I can tell you why.
Many of the platforms that started a few years ago have stopped their operation while some are becoming like "ghost towns".
So what could be the reason why Hive has been doing well compared to other platforms?
COMMUNITY
The most obvious reason why Hive has always been filled with buzz. We all play an important role in the development of this platform, similar to how the bees build their hive.
The community is a real source of motivation for a crypto project to exist. One example is Stellar, which has no working product yet as it is still under development. But the project has successfully retained its community members and moved ahead.
Sometimes we think of our communities as something that will act as a warning system that will tell us when things are not going the way we want. We emphasize achieving the goal instead of focusing on the community and how they help us achieve it.
Without the community, achieving success would not have been so effective. When we do our own sweat equity, people won't know what's happening with us until we get too successful for them to ignore and in turn, we keep on progressing and growing. That applies when you working alone too. It's always important to have a certain incentive that provides motivation for you to work hard towards the achievement of goals.
INVESTOR FRIENDLY
"Come for the money, but stayed because of the community. That's how I got into crypto in the first place.
There's an opportunity for everyone to make some money through this platform. It all depends on your choice of interaction with the platform; are you an active user or simply a passive investor?
If you choose to stay in the background and simply wish for your money to work for you then you may do these:
Content Curation: upvote content that interests you or simply follow a curation trail that's doing good for the community
Delegate Hive power: simply delegate your HP to curation projects or leased it out to receive a daily payout
Farm HBD: this is the most lucrative passive income strategy in this platform right now, 20% APY interest rate is unbeatable
ACCESSIBLE
Anyone may simply create an account for free with the help of Dapps or someone you know that is able to claim an account. There are also onboarding services that will guide new users through the process and help them learn about the platform and grow.
The variety of Dapps are well designed to make it easier for new users to get accustomed to them. The best words to express the accessibility of Hive is that "it looks and feels familiar". That's the beauty of this platform, you may get the feeling that it's just a social media platform with the added bonus of earning some or several tokens by simply engaging with the community.
ENGAGEMENT
I think this is the "sauce" that binds everything together; the engagement is evident and you can experience it. On other platforms, it feels like I'm simply posting for nothing... "zero engagement". I don't even know if someone has actually read my content.
There's a sense of belonging because you can actually interact with other active users in a community. In my experience, the users are more responsive compared to the other platforms that I participated in in the past.
A community is not just a number but also a developed community that can help a user realize his or share his interests. It can provide massive motivation and best of all, it’s absolutely free.
Feeling unmotivated? Achieving success should be more than just striving for financial profit with minimal impact to humanity. Achieve success authentically by integrating campaigns, meetings and events into your Hive journey and entering an active mode into the world around you that feels inspiring rather than tiring.
Let’s say that you’re running in the right direction but will always find yourself facing obstacles on your way to getting the success you seek. Becoming engaged with other users will certainly help you stick to the journey ‘till the end.
I hope these few pointers are more than enough to substantiate my claim that Hive is truly the best among the decentralized social media platforms. Stay active and optimistic.
