I was listening to @theycallmedan's most recent video, and it felt refreshing to do so again.
There was a lot of swearing and all that, but man knows how to keep people listening for a long time without losing interest, especially if you want to learn a lot about decentralization, big tech, power struggles, and the endless utilities of Hive in the real world.
He mentioned something very unique that we rarely discuss on Hive, which is the power of people. He talked about meeting great people over the years on Hive and how these people have impacted and inspired him.
For what's it's worth, most people started their web3 journeys as explorers not really know what they're doing, now the aim is to be able to gain knowledge that can transcend into financial gains at some point, and in the aim of doing so, they discovered places where they can call home.
Hive is one of such places.
Home is not a place or a structure; we know it is in the people, obviously it's the feeling of settlement, the emotional attachments we have, and how they keep us grounded rather than constantly traveling.
I do not talk about many of the people I have met here, either because I do not want to dox them or their relationships, or simply because there has not been a need to tag them into conversations they do not belong in.
However if we simply begin to prioritize or simply look into this, then we might just discover it's a huge aspect of social networking for a place we try to reduce the impact of its social strength and fortitude, but someday maybe I will.
I have met some amazing people here, and I have been fortunate to meet them in person; some of them are great people, and the experiences of meeting them have been even better; I have shared meals with some of these people, had a good time, shared sad and happy stories, and so on; I have shared strategies, knowledge, and experiences, and these are some of the things you would not expect to do when approaching a stranger.
A lot of people are nerds in real life, not because that is who they are, but because IRL people are busy, focused on their business, and so on. The power of Hive comes from finding similar connections that can spark conversations that can lead or foster deeper relationships.
You do not know if someone is "your type" or if your conversation will appeal to them by simply stopping them on the road to say hello. In fact, while saying hello to strangers in real life may appear strange, there must be a motivating factor at times; perhaps they are your clients, neighbours, customers, classmates, colleagues, business people, or, better yet, you met them on Hive.
The Hive-powered connection can easily break any ice in one fell swoop.
At one point, I had the phone number of someone I met on Hive on my phone more than anyone I met at random, and this was not by accident.
Sometimes we needed to talk about private issues, and sometimes it was about something unrelated to Hive, but the main point is that Hive becomes that mindchain, a kind of social hookup that creates similarities while breaking down barriers of race, gender, difference, and inequalities.
We sometimes undervalue conversations at the grassroots level; Hive promotes conversational equality at the grassroots level. With a single click, I could be talking on the phone with someone who lives 60k miles away, simply because I have easy access to their mobile phone number thanks to the permission we have granted each other.
The barrier of distance and dissimilarities has been broken simply by a few meaningful and impactful interactions. I talk to more people online, particularly Hive, than I do in real life. If you remove phrases like "can I get some tomatoes, let me have some meat," the percentage of IRL conversation drops even more.
Does that mean I don't have people IRL?
No, that's not it
that is not the meaning; it simply indicates that some of the in-depth conversations I have here are longer and more impactful than those I have on a daily basis.
About 8 to 9 years ago, I met a lady through someone I knew; he encouraged me to ask her out, but this lady was a total stranger; even if I had seen them on Facebook and spoken with them, they still felt like a total stranger, why? I suppose it was because there was no connecting point.
I mean, this was how regular people got married back then: see a woman, ask her out, a lot of "NO's" followed by a slight "YES," but that was not me; I lived in my own bubble and probably only saw my employers as the closest people to me. It is the same with business.
Many people want to form real-life partnerships, but it is difficult to do so. The familiarity ice is barely broken. How likely is it that you will attend a party and make a business connection? Even though it is a social event, most people are already seated with their cliques, leaving no room for strangers.
This aspect of Hive is greatly underestimated, owing to the lack of access to people's back stories and testimony. For example, I do not talk much about this side, despite the fact that I know so much has happened to me as a result of this aspect of Hive, and obviously, we may feel that other factors outweigh this side.
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