RE: A series of posts regarding Hive, Splinterlands, me, and you!
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And just as a sidenote. Now that you know how to easily find all the content, where it says "trending" on the right, change that to "recent" and now you'll see several years worth of rewarded content, scrolling all the way down to day one. That all doubles as marketing SPL to "The Hive Community."
Do some calculations. Consider token values on the day of publishing as well. Notice how "The Hive Community" has been contributing to some rather alarming figures over the years?
Now factor in all the money "The Hive Community" dumped into SPL indirectly. For example someone with stake votes on a post about ducks and the author converts that payment into cards. Hundreds of thousands of posts and millions upon millions of votes, all from "The Hive Community", dumped directly into SPL.
One side-effect was several "Hive Community" members struggling to find support for their work and eventually leaving the chain for good.
The trail of breadcrumbs doesn't lead to a booming product? How?
"The Hive Community won't support SPL?" How?
"SPL is good for Hive." How?
"SPL brings people to Hive." Where are they?
"The Hive Community doesn't know what's good for business..." Clearly.
"because they don't support SPL." Huh?
It boils down to "The Hive Community," which includes SPL, mismanaging itself. Viewing this with outside perspective, it's similar to what families go through with gambling addiction. And now wants to gamble another 500k thinking that'll "fix it." "Just one more win. That's all I need."
Under that proposal post you can see me taking flak for thinking surely there's something to show for all this. Why?
I think the biggest difference is the fact that Matt is the CEO now for the past 10 months. He’s significantly more financially conservative than Aggy. And Matt is working hard to put the company in a place to withstand the next bear market and be a successful and profitable game on Hive for a long time.
I don't doubt Matt's abilities. From what I know of him, I can only say good things about him. I might be wrong but he strikes me as someone who'd rather get down to brass tacks, rather than generating hype then playing catch up.
He's just one guy though, and the supporters have the ability to do a lot for the game. I doubt the SPL community will want to give it their all. I don't mind taking flak for a statement like that either. If I'm wrong, that means they got their asses in gear.
That’s exactly who @yabapmat is, and he is only one person but he does have a significantly slimmed down, focused, solid team behind him that are pushing out weekly updates.
In the past 10 months they have moved from a mantra of hype and sell to under promise and over deliver.
100% of the focus has been and is for the next couple of months is the new player experience and how to onboard them into the game, and as they learn they will also get onboarded to Hive - the screenshots that @nateaguila has shared of the tutorials has looked great.
I ultimately want to see Hive and Splinterlands not only co-exist, but move to a place of mutually benefitting each other. How do you think we get there?
That, I can't answer. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say I don't want to answer. These aren't my problems to solve.
Coexisting? I was under the impression that's how it was the entire time. I've known some of the people contributing to development and art for several years. I know or know of plenty of the stakeholders backing the proposal, for several years. They're almost all familiar faces to me. We've crossed paths several times over the years. For the most part, always on good terms. It's funny because of all the people here, I think they would expect me to be the one guy being all like, "Nope. Not supporting it." I know they're not taking it personally.
A rift in a decentralized environment doesn't make sense. Seeing people come out of the shadows talking about how "Hive won't be good for SPL" or "Hive holds SPL back" only highlights how disconnected they are, as individuals. It came as a shock to some that SPL is a Hive-based product, making them think differently of SPL even though everything about it was fine up until that proposal came to light, and the product still functions the same way. Attempting to destroy Hive's image tarnishes their own brand at the same time. Think of a boomerang.
A decentralized environment is unfamiliar territory for majority of people on the planet. Everyone has their own say, but controls nothing other than themselves and what they bring to the table. True freedom doesn't mean you kick back and everything is done for you. It means you're free to go hunting and gathering because if you don't, you'll starve.
I thought I did a fine enough job showing, with evidence, Hive and SPL has always coexisted. Perhaps there are and were some dysfunctional moments, but Hive doesn't have a mind of its own, and neither does the SPL community.
In crypto, in general, there's a lot of tribalism. Hive is just a set of tools anyone can pick up and use. It's not some kind of business with a team calling all the shots. Anyone can step up and just start calling their own shots. So, people can use that to their advantage and work on figuring out the how, themselves. SPL marketing itself can bring value to Hive. SPL can also extract a lot of resources from Hive and leave it hanging. History proves each, so, find a balance.
No matter how well things go, there will always be people that find a way to disagree with how things are going. Could be a disgruntled SPL gamer unhappy with the game. Could be a disgruntled content creator unhappy with games being here. They only speak for themselves.
Another thing about popular products in general. The more popular something is, the more haters it has. Pick any popular game or movie or song or artist from history, and look how many people think those products are stupid. They often outnumber those in favor. People need to use that basic knowledge to their advantage. Just because you think your game is awesome, that doesn't mean all will agree and support it. It needs to develop a strong support base so it can stand on its own.
Look how many hate Burger King for whatever reason. Business still thrives. Pick any product. Same results. So don't invest much into creating the perfect image because that can't be achieved. Simply build enough confidence.
Once again, achieving that boils down to individuals and their individual choices. Not my job to tell anyone how. It's their job to figure it out.
I don't know enough about SPL to be able to suggest how. I could come up with ideas but I'm a total outsider. It's none of my business.
Yes, Hive and SPL has co-existed just fine for years. I was curious as to your thoughts on trying on how best to grow that relationship with each other. But if you don’t know splinterlands, then all good, and I will digress.
There have definitely been some people that are SPL Maxis and Hive Maxis that aren’t showing either community in their best light. And because I speak more on the SPL community, right now is a scary time for us, and our tokens and assets are down tremendously, so I believe some people are voicing their opinions that stem from emotions rather than an understanding of Hive. Anyone that is speaking poorly about hive definitely doesn’t represent the community and certainly not our leadership.
I appreciate your time and insight on this. I will continue to do my best to show the positive side of our community, and I will continue to grow my presence on Hive so that I may do a better job in educating my fellow players in the benefits of this powerful ecosystem at their fingertips.
I look forward to seeing you around the blockchain and speaking with you more on other topics as well.
Emotional outbursts/reactions are common during the lows, and the highs as well.
The common crypto culture that would define Maxis isn't something I subscribe to. The entire time I'm writing out my thoughts, I'm well aware some would ignore the points, look at what's in the wallet, then use that to discredit. I don't have time for that stuff.
I've seen arguments coming from another angle where some think those in support of the proposal are only voting to protect their assets. As if that's a way to discredit them. Realistically, they're using their HP to back their assets. That can be seen as a responsible move. Think of a house with a strong foundation. Tends to last longer. People can choose to have security.
So when those who went all in on SPL awhile back, draining their HP entirely while giving Hive the finger, now realize they only contributed to their own personal crumbling foundation and have become dependents. They had the ability to back their assets but forfeited it, seeing no value in that. Contributed much to SPL and themselves, but that well always dries up.
Some of them had huge stacks of HP. All gone. It was like a contagious disease stemming from emotions, misguidance, and tribalism. I could show examples published to this chain but I don't think shedding light directly on those specific situations and individuals would be fair to them in this setting.
People can dislike whatever they want. People can dislike Hive. It's an inanimate object and doesn't care. Even during those moments where one or some are are disrespecting "The Hive Community," I don't take that personally. They're hitting themselves. They eventually leave and everything else here remains intact.
You get used to the noise.