Date: 08/13/2026 - Upvotes : 148 - Words : 660
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Today is the day.
It’s already started differently: I usually have my coffee and check the news first, but today I went out with Atos in the morning before it got too hot. The dog goes his own way, and I follow him, thinking about the decade I’ve spent on Hive.
No matter how I look at it, or from whatever perspective I view it, ten years is a long time. Even the world wars were shorter :)
During that time, my kids have grown up and become (almost) independent.
I’ve always just been a blogger—writing about what’s going on in my life, posting my photos, and sharing music I like. And I’m still doing that now, by the way :)
I remember @steevc, @uwelang, and @melinda010100 from back in the days when I was on Tsū. It was a good idea - rewarding users for their content. Still, Tsū was a classic example of naivety, showing just how difficult it is to build a sustainable social network when the main motivation is money rather than community. It went bankrupt within two years because it could no longer cover its hardware costs.
I think I was following @uwelang here—actually on Steemit at the time. Blockchains were all the rage back then. For a month or so, I just watched what was going on; I didn’t really understand anything. In any case, my learning curve has always been slow. But I wanted to see how much my posts were actually worth. At first, nothing. Over time, that changed; I realized that it took a little more—namely, communication with others in the community.
I remember that it wasn’t possible to post videos at first, but that changed over time. I do have a bit of a bitter aftertaste about this, though: I posted over 100 music videos on Dtube, and now they’re inaccessible because the platform has gone in a completely different direction—I don’t even know if it’s still up and running. All that effort went to waste.
All of this is now much easier with Threespeak and other Hive front-ends through which you can upload multimedia content.
I experienced the euphoria of earnings, ad bots, Justin Sun, and the Hive hard fork when a portion of the users went their own way. I also remember when Hive was worth $3.42 sometime in late November 2021. There was more optimism back then. Now those are unattainable dreams, even though, technologically speaking, the blockchain itself—with all its features and services—is much better than it was back then. And yet it isn’t going anywhere; in fact, it’s spiraling toward complete worthlessness. I don't know why this is the case, despite all the developers’ efforts.
Times have changed; “blockchain” is no longer a magic word—it’s been replaced by AI, which will (or has already?) taken over everywhere.
Especially when it comes to content creation. We bloggers are becoming obsolete, a sort of relic of a bygone era. Maybe AI will help us with the transformation (which will have to happen), or maybe it will simply swallow us whole—I can’t say for sure. This brings to mind a saying I’ve been repeating for a few days now whenever I comment on something:
We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
But no need to panic :)
I’m not as pessimistic as some might think; after all, after ten years, I’m still here, the community on Hive is still alive, and that’s the added value—and the only thing that matters. Over the years, I’ve never even considered quitting or going somewhere else. Where would I even go? There’s no haven.
Thanks for reading!
