I joined this blockchain 1941 days ago. With the @bradleyarrow account I have been active, and have done at least one long form post every day for 1941 days. Even through my wifes battle with cancer and even on the day she died.
So, I know a little bit about dedication. I know a lot about being dedicated to Hive.
I highly recommend you read the other posts from this account and the bradleyarrow account if you have not, to get a feel for what I am building.
Since I launched @thebbhproject Witness and started trying to promote the shit out of it, let me tell you, that is the reason for the title of this post and for this post.
There is a saying: One bad apple! What happens when there is more than one. The the barrel will rot really quick.
Good thing I am an extreamly positive person, no matter what life throws at me.
In my 5 plus years on Hive, I have never come across so much negativity as I have since I have actively started to promote my building on Hive and it got me thinking about what I have seen over that time.
I can count on one hand how many people that I met when I joined that are still active on Hive. I have seen a lot of people come and go. People that I thought would be around forever.
On InLeo threads over the last six months, I have seen a large decrease in the usual users, posters, most of them don't thread any more, or if they do, not very often. Even my threading is only about 10 to 20 percent of what it was.
It is really sad.
I hear so much about getting new users to Hive, keeping them active, retaining them. Onless things change, unless the negativity of the few bad apples stops then we are going to keep having problems.
There are a dedicated few like me, the positive, that believe in Hive 100 percent. What it can be, what it should be. And let me tell you, we are not going to give up the fight.
Hopefully over time we will win out. Hopefully the positivity will win over the negativity.
I won't be going anywhere. I will fight for this blockchain that I love and the future it should have.
And I hope, if you are one of the people on the fence, wondering if you should stay or you should go, please stay. Become a positive force for change on Hive.
The light can out shine the darkness.
Hive should be the number 1 decentralized blockchain in the world. Let us make it that. Let us show the world why they should be here.