RE: Today, I completed eighth years on Hive.

I hear you on the loss from HIVE decreasing in value.

I figure there are two choices... Stick with it or walk away.

Personally I see how useful HIVE can be if properly deployed and used. Only takes one major company to go "Hey I could use this and things take off again" but then again, if no-one does it slowly tapers into obscurity.

Time will tell. Let's see what you write in another 8 years :)