My Time on Hive: A Softer Side of Social Media

Comparing Hive with centralized social media platforms

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I joined Hive back in 2020 during the COVID era. Although my relationship with Hive is kind of on off but its always feels like stepping into a quiet café. It took me only a few days to realize that it is somehow different here. It is slower, softer, basically a part of the internet that still remembers what being online used to feel like.

No algorithm is here to compete for your attention. There is no endless scroll to get you hooked like other social media platforms. In fact, there are just people sharing what they love to do, photos, thoughts, snippets of their day, not because they “will perform well,” but just because they are important to them. To be quite honest, it is somewhat comforting.

Performing is what I do most of the time on the major platforms. The feeling that every post is polished and every story is curated overwhelms me. Authenticity is a myth there. It’s like we’re all in some invisible race where the winners are measured in likes and impressions rather than genuine connections.

Hive takes me back to the initial period of social media, to a time when everything was less filtered, pre-AI era. Where people post their content without overthinking it, read what others had to say, and maybe even find a person whose words would resonate with them. This is the thing I crave the most the unrefined and unfiltered side of life.

And then what makes Hive different? It’s decentralized, meaning you actually own your data, your content, your little digital footprint. You’re not a tenant in someone else’s platform anymore. That kind of freedom, its rare and changes how you show up online. There is no one watching you, measuring, or manipulating based on what you are clicking on. You simply are. And perhaps that is what makes it beautiful being able to share without the need to be sold to, connecting without being calculated.

It makes me think that the future of social media doesn’t have to be bigger or louder. Maybe it just needs to be more human

Hive is not flawless but it is somewhat like taking a tiny step backward to the time when the internet was there for curiosity, honesty, and connection. A place where you can be yourself and that is ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌enough.

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