HIVE THRIVE— Show #49 —Guest: @azircon
The Who
🌟 Guest — /@mrosenquist
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@azircon
🎙 Hosts — /@shadowspub
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@shadowspub
& /@meno
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@meno
The When & Where
📅 Tuesday, 24 March | 6 PM UTC
📍 Hive Discord General Voice Channel
ABOUT OUR GUEST
For Episode 49, Hive Thrive Community Hour welcomes long-time Hive user /@azircon
Hive account
@azircon
From conceiving the KE ratio
https://peakd.com/hive-180505/@azircon/ke-ratio-a-personal-perspective
To being one of the most vocal proponents and analysts of Splinterlands -
https://peakd.com/@azircon
It is almost impossible to imagine Hive without Azircon.
We hope you’ll join us.
Welcome to Hive Thrive Community Hour — Episode 49
Hive Thrive Community Hour is our weekly town hall for builders, critics, curators, and anyone stubborn enough to still care about this strange and resilient blockchain of ours.
Each week we slow things down, ask real questions, and let ideas flow in real time.
There are no scripts.
No talking points handed out in advance.
Just open conversation about Hive, its culture, its economics, its people, and the future we are all quietly shaping together.
We Explore 🤔
• Why people with real expertise choose to publish on Hive
• How cybersecurity professionals view blockchain systems
• What real digital risk actually looks like in today’s internet
• The human side of security failures
• And why trust remains one of the hardest problems in technology
There may be hard truths.
There may be laughs.
There may be mild discomfort.
Hive Thrive Ain’t Just Another Discord Show 😄
We treat it more like a live town hall for the blockchain.
A place where developers, witnesses, curators, creators, and critics can share the same room and talk about the systems shaping Hive.
If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking about Hive, why it works, why it doesn’t, or why it somehow keeps pulling people back in, you will probably feel at home with the likes of us.
What we’re trying to do
✅ Help people understand what’s actually happening behind the scenes
✅ Reveal the real stories behind Hive’s institutions and projects
✅ Talk openly about governance friction and systemic issues
✅ Look for ways forward that strengthen the network instead of dividing it
Hive is a remarkable experiment.
And like any experiment, it works best when people are willing to talk honestly about it.
Meet Your Hosts 🎙️
/@meno
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@meno
Legacy Hivian, luthier by trade, Herzogian by hobby, cheese oligarch by appetite. Master of ceremony and master of BBQ.
/@alohaed
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@alohaed
The man, the voice. Ed is one of those Hiveans who really understands the Hive ethos, and will probably slip in a comic book reference or two.
/@buttcoins
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@buttcoins
Hive OG since 2017, community builder, musician, and all-around Butt who somehow keeps saying yes to more projects.
/@shadowspub
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@shadowspub
Eight years strong on Hive, host of Pimp Your Post Thursdays, co-host of HiveSpaces on X, and long-time signal booster for emerging voices.
/@alessandrawhite
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@alessandrawhite
🆕
Founding host of /@creativeworkhour
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@creativeworkhour
& HiveSpaces on X, a classical clarinetist, industrial designer, and a hardcore Hive MeetUp junkie.
So take the best seat in the house 🛋️
Bring your curiosity and your best snack 🍿
And come think out loud with us 💭
HIVE THRIVE COMMUNITY HOUR —
“Where The Blockchain Thinks Out Loud!”
Looking for Past Episodes of Hive Thrive Community Hour?
Kudos to /@ecoinstant
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@ecoinstant
who has kindly archived our past episodes. 🎉
If you missed any of our shows, he has posted them on his Deep Web3 Secrets YouTube channel.
Hive Thrive Community Hour artwork is created by founding host /@buttcoins
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@buttcoins
using Meta AI.
Looks like a nice Discord event.
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It’s nice to see Azircon coming on there. Should be a good show!
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STOPA|zircon, I got quite a few questions actually.
What criteria do you personally use before deciding to fully remove rewards from a post?
Do you believe there’s a difference between curation and retaliation? Where do you draw that line?
Have you ever reflected on cases where your downvotes may have gone too far?
How do you ensure your standards are applied consistently across users, not selectively?
Do you think large stakeholders should be held to a higher standard when using downvotes?
Do you believe stake-weighted downvoting creates de facto authority on Hive?
How should smaller users respond when they feel unfairly targeted by large stakeholders?
Some users claim aggressive downvoting drives people away. How do you weigh that against maintaining standards?
Do you think Hive currently has enough checks against potential misuse of downvote power?
What would you say to users who feel they were downvoted not for content quality, but for disagreeing with you?
Is there any form of accountability you believe large stakeholders should have when their actions significantly impact others?
Do you think Hive’s system encourages honest curation, or silent compliance with influential users?
Great guest pick for KE ratio discussion!
Update: @alohaed, I paid out 9.676 HIVE and 0.000 HBD to reward 3 comments in this discussion thread.