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This is called creating an utopia, and most products and services these days are trying to do that, including those that promote positive action meant to make y

This is called creating an utopia, and most products and services these days are trying to do that, including those that promote positive action meant to make you feel good. Making a difference on the other hand is gritty work, it requires you to face a lot of unpleasant truths and compromises. Making a difference can be painful, it might even kill you. It meant to be overwhelming, otherwise you don't even understand the problem. Burying our heads in the sand is what got us here, if anything I would like to do the opposite, teach people how to deal with the pain without living in a fantasy world. We had enough of that, we need to find ourselves back to reality. It will be painful, but it is what we need now. I'm not particularly tired of negative news, we need to hear it, but we need it to be factual with a sufficient amount of details, which isn't easy because people only want to hear what they already believe and they have a short attention span. It's a serious problem that let's misinformation thrive.

natpw 4y ago
Hi - thank you for the reply and your thoughts. I very much agree, we should not live in a fantasy world. Perhaps this is an issue with how I described the newsletter, versus the content itself. If you look at the examples on the next HYVE website of the type of content shared, it is not ignoring the major issues of today. There is place for a news, but there is not enough of 'okay, so what are going to do to solve the issues brought up in the news.' For example -- The Ron Finely Project is a real example of what someone is doing to combat food deserts. The Medium article by Jesse Weaver proposes actual ways of changing how we do UX design to better solve for large scale issues such as climate change. And the Street Psychiatry film shows a practice happening right now in San Fransisco and LA to better provide mental health services to those who cannot access them. Each includes non-utopian factual details, actionable plans, and people who have run into issues trying to turn visions into reality as roadmaps for action. Is this type of content still something you're against on principle? Would love to hear more to help shape what is included and why -- thank you.
- Comevius 4y ago
  I have to say my comment wasn't very constructive, you are just selecting the kind of content that gives people inspiration and ideas about what can be done. I feel a bit of an asshole after your reply, you are trying to build something helpful and interesting. I think the name could be better along with the domain name. It should be cleaner, more meaningful or emotionally titillating. Next HYVE sounds like a disease or a trendy scam like an NFT. The name you choose must be marketable because you have to push it a lot on social media for people to take notice. It's the attention economy, and emotions play an important role in it. The site is ugly, the logo is terrible, the gradients are nightmare, the colors and the typography are all wrong. You need a web designer on this even if the site is for typing in your email address. You would want a clean look that's also creative or playful, bold even. Again, it's all emotions. The site shouldn't be just for typing in your email address, granted this is where things get expensive. The design at the very least should aid discovery. Some personalization and social features wouldn't hurt, not like an entire Pinterest, just bits and pieces, for people to have a reason to keep visiting. Larger sites have infinite scrolling the content, but smaller sites can dazzle with creativity and hit a more personal tone, provide a more unique experience and create meaning in unique ways. You are learning psychology aren't you? That's what product development is all about, understanding and changing human behavior.

natpw 4y ago

Hi - thank you for the reply and your thoughts. I very much agree, we should not live in a fantasy world. Perhaps this is an issue with how I described the newsletter, versus the content itself. If you look at the examples on the next HYVE website of the type of content shared, it is not ignoring the major issues of today. There is place for a news, but there is not enough of 'okay, so what are going to do to solve the issues brought up in the news.' For example -- The Ron Finely Project is a real example of what someone is doing to combat food deserts. The Medium article by Jesse Weaver proposes actual ways of changing how we do UX design to better solve for large scale issues such as climate change. And the Street Psychiatry film shows a practice happening right now in San Fransisco and LA to better provide mental health services to those who cannot access them. Each includes non-utopian factual details, actionable plans, and people who have run into issues trying to turn visions into reality as roadmaps for action. Is this type of content still something you're against on principle? Would love to hear more to help shape what is included and why -- thank you.

Comevius 4y ago
I have to say my comment wasn't very constructive, you are just selecting the kind of content that gives people inspiration and ideas about what can be done. I feel a bit of an asshole after your reply, you are trying to build something helpful and interesting. I think the name could be better along with the domain name. It should be cleaner, more meaningful or emotionally titillating. Next HYVE sounds like a disease or a trendy scam like an NFT. The name you choose must be marketable because you have to push it a lot on social media for people to take notice. It's the attention economy, and emotions play an important role in it. The site is ugly, the logo is terrible, the gradients are nightmare, the colors and the typography are all wrong. You need a web designer on this even if the site is for typing in your email address. You would want a clean look that's also creative or playful, bold even. Again, it's all emotions. The site shouldn't be just for typing in your email address, granted this is where things get expensive. The design at the very least should aid discovery. Some personalization and social features wouldn't hurt, not like an entire Pinterest, just bits and pieces, for people to have a reason to keep visiting. Larger sites have infinite scrolling the content, but smaller sites can dazzle with creativity and hit a more personal tone, provide a more unique experience and create meaning in unique ways. You are learning psychology aren't you? That's what product development is all about, understanding and changing human behavior.