Hive

Pros: I love that I am the one in control of my account & can't be deplatformed. If one dapp decided to mute/boot me for some reason, I still have all my followers, posts, comments, etc and can just find another dapp to use.

Cons: The onboarding process needs to be simplified. There should also be a better way of getting important notifications about the community out there.

Overall: The dapps (decentralized apps) and the community in general are some of the best I've ever seen, crypto or otherwise.

And there are so many things to chose from in the Hive ecosystem! Blogging & vlogging dapps, games, music & streaming services, financial communities - there's something for everyone!

Pros: The blockchain is fast, secure and has a lot DApps I like such as the games like Splinterlands or Rabona. The community is pretty cool as well helping each other in serious situations.

Cons: Some flag wars in the past between whales, but that was mainly during the times this chain was named Steemit.

Overall: I spend most of my online time on Hive and minimizing use of other platforms. Learned my way into blockchain there and found many new friends that make me stay here with fun. I am not sure why we do have not more users there though, for content creators, gamers and investors a great place in my view.

Pros: Pros? I get paid for content I would otherwise be posting on Facebook for free. Censorship resistant.. your content can be downvoted and blocked from certain font ends but it's always on the HIVE blockchain.. the community is awesome once you take the time to learn and start to interact. The HBD savings account on HIVE pays 12% APR.. there are many front end that are each their own community. There are so many investment options and opportunities that even the most ignorant like me eventually learn from osmosis.

Cons: The learning curve was difficult for me. I really was crypto and technology ignorant.. I'm up to crypto knowledgeable and technology retarded.. but I'm learning. I don't like all the different keys. I wish I could just pick my own password. In the beginning it can be hard to gain traction. My advice for new people is to not really post a lot in their first couple weeks but instead to go comment on other people's posts

Overall: Overall? I love HIVE .. I don't like the downvotes and the circle jerking that goes on... but the pride I felt for the community where we bought Edgar from Venezuela a new water well... or from where we've been supporting Zirochka in Kiev during this war.. or where we raised enough to get Hickory Mack out of being homeless and into a apartment with a job .. those things.. those make it all worth it

Pros: A community for every topic, and if it doesn't exist you can create one yourself.
Being paid for content that you've given to other platforms for free for years (Instagram) is a great feeling.
Very supportive community that wants to see the platform and new users succeed.

Cons: Posting rules can be difficult to find, causing altercations when posts are downvoted and rewards are lessened.
Very steep learning curve for account creation and use.

Overall: There is huge earning potential on this platform. You don't even need to be a content creator, with some investment, curation by itself can be extremely profitable so you're literally paid for reading content and voting on it.

Pros: Loads of dapps such as games, video and specialist sites. A strong token with good trading volume. A supportive community who will act against those who abuse it.

Cons: Bit of a steep learning curve, but lots of people to help you out. Some will say that you get downvoted for doing well, but that applies to a tiny minority and many of those have tried to cheat the system.

Overall: Great potential and already hundreds of people are earning well from it. There is something for everyone, but you need to act honestly for that.

I have done well, but that is through putting in the work building communities and supporting lots of people.

Pros: Sometimes, however, you can only gain something if you are a mainstream writer or have whale arrangements. At least until you hit it, skip a lot of Hive Power.

Cons: Downvotes are main source of corruption here. By them strong accounts can remove any rewards you have gained from hundreds of users just because they didn't like you.

Overall: I used to use it very often, unfortunately my account was destroyed by downvoting. I do not recommend it unless you are a conformist or you publish content without commenting on topics in which you can approach someone.

Pros: You can sometimes earn a little crypto from your Introduction post.
There used to be some really good musicians and artists on Hive but many of them have stopped posting.
There are a few bloggers who earn a lot if crypto from their Travel photography.

Cons: If you earn more than $5 you get downvoted for earning too much.
If you ask someone why they downvoted your post a bunch of bullies come and downvote all your posts and take all your earnings.
They never tell you why they downvoted your posts so it’s very discouraging to new bloggers.

Overall: Hive is a good place to post your original music and other work but for the past 2 years Hive has been run by about 10 people who seem to take great pleasure in downvoting and taking away all your earnings. It’s too bad that it has gone this way. Hive had a lot of Potential.

Pros: It functions and there are good people there. I made some good friends, but also there were some bad characters that caused drama and went wild with the down-vote button.

Cons: It's becoming very well known that there is a highly organized power structure on hive who have installed and use the down-vote button to abuse, control, and manipulate for their own personal reasons. It's a total disgrace.

Overall: It was ok, but it got really really bad, watching friends and then eventually myself get abused relentlessly by the people in the most powerful positions, harassed with racist comments and having all my posts down voted to zero for months....by the top witnesses and leaders on the platform! Outrageous. I was just a simple travel blogger, totally non-confrontational. I suspect I was too successful there and they did not like it.

Pros: • Content is kept on the blockchain can't be deleted.
• Own cryptocurrency with no transaction fees.
• Community driven through elected witnesses.
• Markdown support to create feature rich blog postings.
• Monetisation though cryptocurrency.
• Support for Groups/Community/Tribes support
• API for automation.
• Multiple user interfaces possible.
• Open Source.

Cons: • Content can still be hidden in the user interface.
• Whales dominate the blockchain trough the delegated proof of stake.
• Opening accounts is complicated.
• While free accounts are available a small one-off investment (≈10$) is suggested to get your account going.

Overall: Hive is one of the three blockchains which has forked from Steem and shares many functionality with its peers.

All Hive blog posts are stored on a public ledger and can't be deleted. This is something to consider when using Hive.

Hive postings are monetised based on the upvotes received. However can be hard for new users to get enough upvotes to pass the 2ç minimum payout threshold.

The blockchain supports user defined token which can be used by communities to add additional incentives and communities for many interests have been created.