Testimonies about Hive is going far and wide and it's always interesting to see people talk about how Hive is becoming a big part of their day-to-day life. Hive is so many things to so many people... It's like a one-stop-arena for Content Creators to enjoy the Value for Value framework we have on here.
The Hiving experience is getting so much better with each passing day and we are seeing a lot of upgrades. I can still recall when I first joined Hive. The upgrade we've already seen between then and now is mind-blowing. Take the transaction speed for an example. Transactions now go so much faster than before.
Also, let's not forget that the ability to delegate RC is one of the upgrades that we've been enjoying for almost a year. Now, it won't cost too much for anyone on Hive to support a newbie with some RCs so the newbie would have the ability to perform on-chain activities.
I'm genuinely excited about the upgrades and all the new features we are getting on Hive and, since we have an interesting topic to work on in Hive Learners Community, I would like to use this as an opportunity to suggest an additional feature that will help take her to higher levels.
Here is the feature;
Every frontend need to adopt the lite Sign-up option that's currently running INLEO.
Hive has already reached the point where we need to have eyes on the promotion of the Blockchain to the outside world. We have a very powerful peach to work with and we are already in the era of SocialFI, so it won't be a surprise to see folks running into Hive to create an account.
For a very long time, account opening has been a dicey adventure and I know this because I onboard a lot of people to Hive Blockchain. For some people, the process can be very smooth but for others, it gets unnecessarily complex and buggy. Thankfully, I recently found out about the lite Sign-up option that INLEO frontend offers.
This enables folks to use their Twitter account to create a Hive account. Trust me, I've tried this for a bunch of people and it works within the twinkle of an eye. This easy sign-up option is a game changer and no normie has to worry about keys and safeguarding those keys until they settle in and get to understand snippets of what's happening on the Blockchain.
I remember being in one INLEO AMA and the Leo team appears to be willing to integrate this account creation option into other frontends. Now, imagine what this will do for Hive onboarding. I'm sure it will make it so much easier to get someone signed up.
Other upgrades that would be nice for Hive are;
1. Video Upload should be attached to all frontends: 3Speak is doing a really good job. There is no doubt about that. However, I still think everyone should be able to upload any video of their choice via every other front end of their choice.
I know Ecency tried to fit in that feature a few months ago, and that's a very good move. More frontends also need to add that to their UI.
2. The 7-day monetization period for content published on Hive is too small: This almost makes it look like a post that's more than 7 days old has outlived its worth, but that shouldn't be the case especially when we all boast about how anything published on the Blockchain remains on it forever.
In that case, I think any post that's on the Blockchain should be monetizable till perpetuity. It would be nice to be able to visit an introductory post that someone published 2 years ago and be able to reward the post with an Upvote.
3. We need a Live Stream feature on Hive: We can start by having something similar to the spaces that are held on X or the hangouts features that happen on Discord. Imagine being able to host a similar event on each community page on the Blockchain and have the community members show up to interact via voice or video channels.
Social audio is no joke and I believe that a feature that enables those functions will be an interesting thing to have on the Blockchain.
Hive is already ahead in the SocialFi race and I'm very sure that a Hive with all these in place will surely give creators and builders a paradisiacal experience.
Thanks For Not Missing Any Full-stop Or Comma.
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