We talk a lot about "The Future" around here... and in between, we also talk about the importance of community and how one of LeoFinance's (and greater Hive's, for that matter) great assets is the people.*

I found myself looking at *@abh12345's most recent LeoFinance Engagement Post earlier today... and noticed that something seemed a little off, in a sense. Credit for making what's in this post possible goes to Asher, who will also be a beneficiary on the final rewards!

Are We All Going to Sleep? Or Growing Bored?

I decided to do a little poking around, just to see if my hunch was right. Sadly... it was.

What was that hunch?

The hunch that in spite of everything happening here, posting and engagement on Leo Finance has been going down the tubes, for some time.

Well, maybe not down the tubes, but things are definitely not headed in the right direction, and where Leo Finance was once a shining star, we seem to be getting a bit of rust on that shine.

Consider This: Overall Activity

*Screen Shot from Asher's Post on February 20, 2021:

*And a couple of days ago, November 12, 2021:

That's a pretty substantial drop in activity, *especially in the number of active accounts, and the number of comments.

But let's look at something a little different.

Who's At the Top?

*On February 20, 2021:

*On November 12, 2021:

This is not where I expected to see the biggest differences, as activity tends to "concentrate" at the top of most ranking-like endeavors. This is somewhat borne out by the way that the further down you get in the top-10, the greater the declines.

But the most telling is perhaps this next set:

Getting Into the Top-100

*Positions 91-100 on February 20, 2021:

*Positions 91-100 on November 12, 2021:

Wow! From an average of 15.3 comments to make it into the tables 9 months ago, to an average of just 4.0 comments today! That's a more than 70% drop. And it's even worse if you compare comment lengths, which gives us more like an 80% drop!

In "layman's terms" this all suggests that the hardcore supporters are still (mostly) here but the majority of the crowd have actually "left the building."

That's a problem!

Why Do I Even Bring This UP?

I bring it up because I clearly remember the dynamic excitement that drove LeoFinance to parity with Hive... and beyond. That was all community driven!

Now we sit around and worry about things like "why can't LEO even hold 30 cents?" and I'm telling you, you're looking at a substantial chunk of the reason with the above graphics!

After 25 years of being active in dozens of online communities, the one thing — above all others — that experience has taught me is that successful communities never EVER let up. Long-term community building is never a "flash in the pan" event, it is more like a relentless grind that never can be permitted to stop or even slow down.

The Proof is in the Pudding?

It's easy to get into finger-pointing, and arguing that LeoFinance needs to come up with a "another CUB DeFi" but there are two sides to that coin...

Yes, you have to deliver the product, but the support system also has to drive the product, and if people stop talking, the greatest gig in the world won't amount to a hill of beans!

Time to get back to interacting and engaging! And yes, I include myself in that recommendation... I'm certainly not above reproach! So I'm re-committing to my old "goal" of commenting at LEAST 5 times a day that I set for myself at the beginning of the year...

What do YOU think?

=^..^=

*CuratorCat 13-NOV-2021

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