((Many of you are waiting on a response from me. I have had a strange old week and not gotten to respond to as many of you as I had planned to. However if you know me, you know I will get to you and probably leave a 7000 word comment... Curse my inability to just shut up sometimes.))
Up until a few weeks ago, I was writing for 3 blockchain communities.
One became something completely different to what it was initially designed to be and became akin to a centralised dictatorship that, despite a deep melancholy at having lost my first love... Blogwise I mean of course, I could no longer support.
I then witnessed a second, collapse, I mean the blockchain literally shutdown, this was particularly difficult because I was within that community from day 1, was well established, and had many very close friends. The chain was re-started but I felt like I had gotten a glimpse behind the curtain and there was no wizard!
Now do not take the next comments as FUD in any way, shape or form, that is far from what they are meant to be. However, I believe that as a community that is pretty freakin' solid right now:
we really need to talk...
I am not a Dev, I am not a huge stakeholder, I am certainly not a community leader, although out of the three, that is the one that appeals to me somewhere down the line.
The reason is simple, communities are about people, it's the part where blocks give way for me and personalities, lives, loves, conversation and discussion take centre stage, you know what I mean, right?
I have always said in my life that genuine conversation is pretty rare. Often what happens is two people are talking and the one who is not, is doing a pretty decent impression of someone who is listening BUT what they are actually doing is thinking of what they are going to say next.
In doing this they miss a tonne of non verbal clues, micro expressions and nuance that tell the accompanying story to the verbal narrative. It can be like watching a 3D movie without the glasses... You are kinda present, kinda privy to what is happening but missing a huge part of the narrative. Hence my statement that:
genuine conversation is pretty rare
When you find it though, WOW! it can blow your mind and you can have transformational moments, deep connection and consider viewpoints you never thought you could ever entertain.
This is why, of all the aspects of the blockchain, community is the one that appeals to me most, it is quite literally head and shoulders above the rest. We need all the other stuff that goes hand in hand with that of course, the devs, artists, musicians, the writers and so on.
So then, if we wish for that aspect to become magnified, if we wish to grow beyond what we are right now and transcend the expectations of even the most optimistically bullish among us:
What is it gonna take?
What do we need to learn?
What could we do better?
Is Hive possibly a candidate for mass adoption, if so, why?
I for one intend to learn from the mistakes of the past. I want to be the evolved version of what I have seen before. There is a lot of processing and pondering taking place in my oh-so-busy head, right now! I am incredibly eager to hear your thoughts.
I do not care in the slightest if you have 1 Hive Power or are rapidly approaching 1 million Hive Power. What I do care about is that if you wish to share your thoughts about this topic, I do want you to be someone who cares about the community. The chain or even the price of Hive ramping up due to our efforts in years to come. Any of those things as your central focus could help us to grow.
The serious devs are not supposed to spend all day and night engaging up a storm, that is not their area, right? That is not where we need them to be. The mass 'engagers' are not intended to be developing a cutting edge Dapp right and I should never do comedy...
We need to be ready to act swiftly if we see any sort of decline, any cracks starting to appear. However I believe we are all likely to be far more vigilant nowadays, once bitten, twice shy, right?
Thank YOU for taking the time to read my post and if you're one of those amazing people who like to hit the comments section... Then I doubly thank YOU!
Either way I want you to know that you are appreciated!
