Hive is not a place for free speech, you have a social credit score that destroys your reputation and could hide your posts-and push you back to traditional social media. When someone using the name first amendment has to tell you that, having been chased off on the irrational whims of the gatekeepers, you know things are bad. Consider also that one of the main whales, a Dan Notestein, operates a non-profit called peer verity that seems to be some kind of censorship tool. So when you hear that Hive/block chain is a place for free speech, don't believe it. The audience you'll find off chain is larger than you'll ever find on chain, I'v steer national debates countless times across all media platforms multiple times-including top network Tv stations and the international press. You can't do that in w3, the ecosystem doesn't support that yet-and at the present moment x, or twitter, on w2 has the present dynamics. On hive, You are a tree in a forest, on some deserted island thousands of miles from anywhere-and hive watchers, or should we say valueplan, don't want anyone on the mainland know we exist. If you want to be heard, You have to know something about how the media business works-and they are not here. So whether you make a quarter on hive for a post, or your self-vote is worth hundreds of dollars, nothing you say here will ever be deemed important at the present dynamics. Valueplan can spend millions of dollars for marketing to attract tourist to this island, only for their tourist to step in a steemy pile of bull s___, and be served that same pile of s__ for dinner, and leave telling others how bad the experience was. You believed in hive and its potential, but the governance and their censorship arm doesn't believe in you-they'll even destroy entire communities just because the community leaders were trying to tolkenize developing a community here, when there is hardly anyone left anyways. They are not thankful people use this platform, they are actively hostile to it. The dynamics of hive governance has to change if it is to have a future, otherwise you are wasting your time-and money. Many of those behind hive governance got into crypto early effectively winning the lottery, many were part of a prior chain called bitshares, and were part if the notorious ninjamining about a decade ago. In essence they hit the lottery and have money and power, they don't know how to operate a business to the public, and despite having no merit they think they are better than you. They already destroyed bit shares, hive is next if they remain in control. This same team is behind valueplan, responsible for attracting new users-or so they claim. Since they exhausted the market in the developed world and started the bright idea of onboarding the third world-which is unlikely to have water, electricty, internet, and disposable income. Nothing against them, but this is not a solid investment plan, something where people are more likely to liquidate the new assets released from the DAO. The average IQ is typically about retarded to put it mildly, so the expectation for them to stake hive dollars and have a stablecoin is laughable, and what to do with them other than to liquidate them below fair market value. It should also be noted that Dan notesteins planned charity on bit shares, that he hates government regulations, and it is fair comment to assume the Value of hive is being destroyed to run''s Dan's charity. While valueplan is full of fraud and waste itself, the bulk of the existing governance is a fraud not interested in developing a community-but in destroying it for their own power or financial gain. I seen the price tank from when hivewatchers targetted me, from 20-40 cents, down to a about dime now. If something happens badly to bitcoin or crypto, particularly a systemic threat to the crypto market (like say the democrats winning an election), or if the current dynamics continue then expect to see further declines. I haven't seen "the Koreans" try to market manipulate the coin in ages, did they lose interest in hive too? You see the whales pretending to care about the bleeding through the dao, particularly with value plan, but they offer nothing of substance to fix it-"they" need the fraud to continue. They are scared they will soon complete the repeat of what they allowed happen to bitshares. Oh, the distinction is we have a hair cut rule. The hair cut rule might prevent infinite coins, but it will not stop the complete devaluation of the chain. Hive will not be saved through the current governance, it's impossible. in time, the core projects will not be funded. A decision will have to be made to fire devs, or shut down mission critical projects-whom we probably don't need devs for anyways, let alone multiple full time devs. There will no tangible reward, and the audience is already pretty much non-existent as they've been scared away. It's not like we can fire the current governance, they are lottery winning ninjaminers. When the coin does go to zero, don't expect them to sell a dead coin-dead coins and dead wallets tend to be forgotten about unless new value is found. Dead coins also tend to be delisted. If someone were to try to save it post apocalypse, these whales would come back to restore the old order. If these accounts become dormant (their bots may continue to up/down vote and post AI/reports) as to allow new interest to take over, the first thing that must be done is to find a legal means of rendering them impotent. Not like Justin sun, but perhaps in the form if an air drop to the remaining active community, or to a central planner who can give the community a new direction.