What Kind of Content Helps Hive the Most?

There is a never ending debate about what is quality content on Hive.

I don't think the sides of that debate will give up on sustaining their point of view any time soon, that's why I'd rather ask a different question: what kind of content helps Hive the most?

You may be surprised by how I'll start the answer to this question, but in the end you might agree.

It is not short or long form content that helps Hive the most. It is not the quality of the content that matters the most either.

You know what I believe it's our killer type of content: the proof of easy real-life uses where the Hive ecosystem can make a difference. The Hive "boreholes" of the world, the quick payments with HBD for products like coffee, lunch, desert, gifts, etc., the integration of renowned museums with Hive, and so on.

I heard a great idea in the latest CTT episode (I'm too tired now to go back to the recording and see who was the one who talked about it) related to the Beer community on Hive. He mentioned a discussion with @detlev at Hivefest about the possibility to incentivize account creation and posting on Hive by offering a free beer (real beer, not virtual one) to someone who joins Hive and posts about drinking their beer. I could add maybe a good business idea here would be to mention the name of the place where they got the free beer from, as a way to get free publicity and to attract new customers to the place and where they can probably easily learn about and get a free Hive account too. Maybe that's something Value Plan can sponsor if it proves like a good way to attract new users? If HBD could also be involved to pay for beer, it would be even better. We know beer lovers drink a lot, especially during the summer.

Regarding inward versus outward content on the logic that outward content makes more sense to be organically discovered or even promoted to the outside, in makes sense as long as we don't bring into discussion rewards on Hive, in my opinion. This is more of an extra, people will not be attracted by that first, and little by little all traditional social media will offer some crumbs to their userbase, enough to keep them there.

But in my opinion, what is more powerful is what I said above. Proof of real-world use cases for Hive, its ecosystem and how much it can and does help.

That doesn't mean that Hive and crypto-related content will not continue to be useful. It may be considered inward to talk about Hive, but think about this: just because pretty much all people are involved with the fiat currency system, has talk about money stopped? Quite the opposite, I'd say.

Early adopters or masses, they will always want to know what's new, how to do different things, how to maximize their profits or reduce their risks, what strategies to apply (even if that's a personal question and everyone should have their own strategy), or what the more successful do and how they do it.

Regardless, at this point in the evolution of Hive, this is what will make a huge impact: seeing and sharing everywhere a clip of a queue at the coffee shop at Hivefest all wanting to pay with HBD and how quickly the process went. I hope someone has that! Maybe showing a nearby shop (can be with masked name) with no or fewer customers, if they all went to the coffee shop that accepted HBD, the discrepancy will surely make people curious.