Stitched together

I've been thinking about Hive over the last couple of weeks and what it's meant to me over the years I've been around. I'm into my seventh year now, six years and six months more specifically, and I was thinking about all the posts I've made, the comments and interactions over that time. They're not countless, Hive Buzz tracks them, but there's a lot. I'm not counting them as the valuable thing though, it's the people I've interacted with that deliver the value, the quality of them, and that's what's kept me around. Of course, like in real life, there's people who are less valuable and some that are utter garbage but they're ignored or avoided and life moves on.

I don't think I'd be around still if it wasn't for the multitudes of people that I have enjoyed interactions with.

Most of you may know one of my brothers is also on Hive, tarazkp, but none of you probably know that one of my other brothers was also on Hive from a very early stage, much earlier than myself and around the same time as tarazkp. He kept his account very anonymous and now does not post or comment at all and I the other day I asked him if he missed it. He said no.

We spoke further and because neither of us are social-media-dependant, (neither of us uses it), I was unsurprised to hear his answer. He doesn't miss it because he has other things in life to focus on, real-world things, as do I. Having said that, I have enjoyed my time here so make the time in what really is an extremely busy life too be around, run a few concepts for the community and generally engage where I can...but I understand why he doesn't post or comment; there's better things to do.

This made me think about others like him who may be in the background or who have simply vanished and how I can list names of many who I miss having around.

I'll not list them here but there's been many who I've engaged with along the way who seemed to be interesting, intelligent, funny and personable individuals and whilst not all had the exact same interests as I do we seemed to connect well which made being on the blockchain a lot more interesting. Hive isn't just about gathering magic internet money, in my opinion, it's a place to connect with others and it is a far better place to do so than other social media's which I have discarded years ago.

Hive has a way of stitching us together in ways I think other social media platforms cannot but I wonder what you folks think about it, the connections you make, why they happen, how they form, what elements cause that coming together and where those connections have led. Is hive more than magic internet money to you, have your connections built here spilled over into the real world, have people you interacted with left the blockchain and do you miss them? With that last, how do you think things would go for you if you were to leave? Feel free to comment on this , or anything, below if you'd like.