Hive is an interesting place for sure...It's fascinating watching the ebbs and flows of positivity and negativity. I was late to the Hive party, and had a lot of gusto when I joined. I expected a small community of users to support and help build my ideas, but found things to be somewhat 'tribal' and overall pretty negative. Even within Hive everyone has their niche and seem to stick to it. Perhaps people are feeling similar to you as well. There is overall negativity and not enough support.

Is stepping away the answer? Does that combat the negative side of Hive or allow it to continue to fester and grow? What would it take for people to truly come together and build Hive towards its true intent and purpose? The social aspect, community building, support, and, of course, monetary benefits are there to be utilised and enjoyed.

There will always be those trying to tear others down, using their 'power' to control the narrative, but if people start coming together, working for a better Hive, then things can and will improve. Too many people are singled out and pushed away one by one. We need to come together and make Hive the Hive we all want and expect.