I just recently had a nice correspondence with @brittandjosie.

Many probably know her from her wonderful efforts to grow the community and encourage new entrants. She was upset of me using the introduceyourself tag (maybe rightfuly, that is not the issue).
I was thinking why I did that and though explained in my post I want to light an important aspect imho.

I recently convinced my partner @yaellevy to join the platform. She, too, received encouragement, votes, and delegation and endeavored to produce a connection. Unfortunately the viral effect here is tough and she chose to stay with Facebook where her friends are.

Fighting Hive Attrition

It is important to bring users and it is difficult. That is why I think it is twice as important to keep and encourage those that exist. I see many gaining momentum in joining that is slowly disappearing. I see many who invest in posts and get no exposure and no return. Sometimes like me they use tags to attract interaction. It is important as a community to support and generate value for veteran contibutors as well.

We are still in a fragile stage and need to continue to strengthen the good spirit until virality does its thing and produces the abundance that will bring stability.