<== An Outsider Look at HIVE ==>

HIVE Discord Servers

Hive is a social media platform built on a distributed blockchain. The HIVE blockchain is also an experiment in distributed governance based on a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) voting mechanism.

HIVE promoters argue that a platform employing a distributed structure and governed by DPoS is less likely to engage in censorship than a centralized entities like Facebook and Twitter.

Since HIVE is a social media platform; one would expect conversations about the governance of HIVE to take place on HIVE. Oddly, many of the discussions about governance take place on Discord.

Discord, developed by a company called Hammer and Chisel is a messaging platform created by gamers who wanted an offline chat service so that players could coordinate strategies in multiple player games.

HiveWatchers and Discord

HiveWatchers is a group formed to protect HIVE from copyright abuse and identity theft. Apparently HIVE watchers discusses the accounts that they want to target on a discord server. People who are targeted by the spaminator bot must appeal on a discord server.

Since HIVE is a transparent social media platform, I believe that the appeals should take place on HIVE and not on some centralized discord server.

HIVE Related Discord Servers

Since the governance of HIVE appears to be set on discord servers, I decided I should start listing related discord servers.

• HIVE is listed as the primary Discord for HIVE. It didn't let me in.
• HIVE Dev is a discord that discusses application development on HIVE.
• Hive Coffee offers a friendly discussion and welcomes new hive users.
• HiveWatchers discusses spam and abuse of the platform. If you are on the blacklist report, you can appeal here.
• CryptoGirlGang is a place for women to discuss crypto.
• HIVE Down Vote Rewards reports on accounts engaged in abuse of the platform. The group invites people to use their downvote power to remove rewards from abusive accounts.
• MemeHub discusses internet memes.
• MinnowPond is the discord server for the PalNet tribe.
• Freeze Peach is a discord where Hiveans exercise their right to freeze peaches. The group counter votes abusive votes from @spaminator .
• SPK Network discusses initiatives to reward developers and creators.
• STEMgeeks Discord discusses Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
• Proof of Brain discusses the POB tribe.
• HIVE-Engine discusses the workings of HIVE engine and the myriad of alt-coins.
• The Terminal hosts a newbie friendly chat.
• India United discusses Hive from a regional PoV.
• HIVE Keychain discusses the development of HIVE authentication services.
• MemeHive engages in discussions related to the MemeHive Tribe.
• HIVE Pizza discusses the doings of the Pizza Guild.
• BeerVerse discussed CryptoBrewmasters.
• BroadHive Discord discusses issues related to the BHT token.
• The Cartel
• Disco Discord interfaces with the DISCO Hedge fund.
• D-Lux discusses HIVE and 3 D VR.
• The Pulse offers general discussions and avoids group think.
• Logic Zombie discusses logic.
• Smile Discord is a newbie friendly discord that invites people to share and discuss their posts.
• Play Gamer discusses the PGM token.
• We Are Alive is a discord for the We Are Alive and Social.
• HIVE Pay is a Discord Server for users of the HIVE Pay App.
• Lensy Discord discusses photographic NFTs on Lensy.
• NFT Showroom discusses NFT art on the HIVE blockchain.
• Archmage discusses the Archmage bot in Splinterlands.
• Blurt World discusses the Blurt blockchain.

Note, I drew many of the above links from posts by @antisocialist. I asked for permission to use the links.