RE: Hive.: Long-Term Thinking Is Crucial

This is precisely why Hive doesn't attract large numbers of users. What you're essentially saying is:

PLAY THE MONEY GAME HARD
OR GET THE FUCK OUT!

That's NOT at all what the majority of people seek out of a platform proclaiming itself to be SOCIAL. The money should be the bonus element and not the BURDEN.

Even your mission to boost comments seems more of a chore upon users rather than an organic quality of the network. It's definitely a good endeavor but shouldn't that be the standard of SOCIAL instead of a quota demand?