I have a "classroom" of Hive Students that I guide, assist and watch grow. That in itself has been quite satisfying to watch. I am, however, also a student. I am not a Dolphin or a Whale but I have more than doubled my HP since the beginning of the year and I will likely double again before the end of 2022.
I am probably doing something right.
However, success for myself is not enough. Hive is a community. Leo Finance is a community. Ecency is a community. The whole blockchain is made up of communities and hell, this little group of people I have onboarded is a little community as well.
Community is key!
Thus I have plans in my head to build out and reach out to others. One of the things that is apparent to me is that a lot of active members seek to onboard people to Hive.
They struggle to do that onboarding for two reasons. I know because this is what I do!
Struggle number one: Scepticism or lack of motivation
Why should someone join Hive?
It is decentralized social media you can blog and post about just about any interest and there are rewards generated on the posts that you do. Even your votes on other people's posts can earn you a reward!
People doubt the rewards are real.
You should, at some point, do the exercise with yourself as well as each person you teach, exactly how you can take their effort and put the money into their hands. If not in their hands then in your own. I can show a transfer from my local crypto exchange into my bank account. There is the proof of income.
The platform is decentralized(BUT - TMI) so you can post and blog about anything you want, there is no censorship... and then you, the onboarder, remember that there are still some rules so you get to say "BUT" and then give them the rundown of stuff you may not do.
I find that this is too much information. Instead explain the positive - no cencorship of thoughts or opinions and then just end off with saying that there are community rules and guidelines to make things fair. A follow-up discussion can run through the vital bits of what can and cannot be done.
Everyone understands community rules and like the idea that there are standards that everyone knows instead of getting the feeling that they will get judged for making a mistake.
The lack of adoption is another barrier. Hive has a handful of millions of users scattered across the whole world. This is insignificant to the millions in each country and billions worldwide that are signed up to the largest social medias in the world.
Sadly, this one fights against itself, there cannot be adoption without more people joining. So the other two points must do all the convincing work.
There is however a concept of critical mass - when the amount of people you have signed up begins to invite people itself. Like a wave... people then get to join your Community.
I have 12 Hive students, I get to say: You can join my Community.
This gives people the feeling that there are ALREADY people there that will read their stuff and support them and this is absolutely true.
I can also proudly say that I have students that are already successful! This gives other people a track record of something to see start recently and become successful.
And thus I would like to repeat: Community is key!
Struggle number two: Members leaving or becoming inactive
The exact opposite onboarding is where we are losing Hive members. There are usually two or three reasons for people becoming inactive:
A Lack of Interaction is one, this can be promoted by making sure people in our community are being interacted with, simple as that.
A lack of rewards is another. This is a strange one. Web 2.0 platforms do not reward you for your time, your attention or your investment. It is senseless to compare the two. Even if you earned $0.001 from a post or a comment, then you are moving forwards and you are growing. Some people get discouraged because they see the potential of the big guys on the blockchain or at community accounts and compare that to themselves.
Your first post or introduction is usually pretty good and gives you a nice boost. Generally, if you use the right tags, you get a nice boost to start as the community loves welcoming new people to join. However, after that it is natural to see a slump in income and votes on your posts. You will need to post and engage and make yourself known in the community. If you do not, you will not earn.
Once again, we turn towards the concept of community. If there is a community of people who constatly interact and support one another, the chances of rewards are much higher.
The final reason to have inactive accounts or people leaving any online platform is: Toxic Behaviour.
This is actually a lot less common on Hive than in other places of the internet. People can really lay into each other on Facebook and Twitter sometimes. There are people who get really self-righteous and petty for the smallest things.
Example: Someone makes a post on popular social media of a recipie, they go out of their way to make it look good, they buy better than usual ingredients and photograph each step.
They then get slandered by someone because it contains meat or even the fact that this person HAS food and that they should feel terrible for that fact. This is crazy because two people are now talking to each other over internet on electronic devices... that was already a privelege far beyond the mere fact that someone has food.
In contrast there is the behaviour of Hive: There are Foodies, a community of people who post food. There are also Vegans/Vegetarians. I have never seen a vegan attack someone for posting their food on Hive. There are NPOs and charities. I have never seen somone attack someone for posting that they have food.
On the blockchain, your attacks are public and leave you open to tangible rebuttal. You downvote someone and leave a crappy remark, they can do the same to you. You don't go to "Facebook-jail" and ask the moderators to intercede. You can intercede on your own. One downvote generally means nothing. If you didn't break a Community rule, then there will not be much more than one or two downvotes.
Community leaders can step in and whole communities can support unfair bullying. One or two downvotes are insignificant compared to the support of a Community. Break community rules however, like say: Posting adult content without a NSFW tag which would make it invisible to minors(and people who do not want to see NSFW) would then get downvoted by the whole Community. Which will hurt.
Because people have the right to post what they want to, they can also interact with who they want to.
Once again, Community plays an important role here. You cannot be alone as there are already people here that like what you like.
I would like to repeat again: Community is key!
The Community Plan!
It becomes apparent then that building Community is the best course of action for our combind success on Hive. Retaining Hivers, supporting them with great rewards and growth, protecting them from toxic or negative interactions, this is what we need! The whole package is supported by the concept of Community!
I have my "Class of 2022" which are all the people who have started using Hive in 2022 because of me this year. I have 12 so far and I intend to bring on at least 22 this year. They idea was to get each one of them to 50HP. Maybe not all of them will get there, maybe some of them will drop out.
But some will and some won't. What I DO know is that I have 3 students at over 50HP and one more joining them at over 50HP in about 19 hours! Some of the others are just growing slowly.
So there is the "Class of 2022" and there will be a "Class of 2023". I will keep everyone together in this Community. Added to this will be our other friends and family.
We have a "Localized Community" busy forming. People from Table View are growing and reaching critical mass soon. Adoption will be easier as there are more people to interact with that we know. There is further adoption in Cape Town, and in Western Cape, and in South Africa and in the whole world.
I am interested in linking and networking with everyone!
I have no idea what to call it, but I want to put together this general use Community to promote growth and support.
Let the tags begin! Let's map out our members!
I do not need your specific location, you can state city or suburb, that's as specific as it gets. I am going to list who I know is where. If I cannot place you, please leave a comment on your location and let's network up!
Please add suggestions for other people to join this list. Cape Town, South Africa, USA, Germany, Korea, anywhere really. Just give me an indication of area. I would like to be able to show this list to people and show how strong this community is!
South Africa - 52 people in total so far.
Cape Town, South Africa - 21 people
Table View, Cape Town, South Africa - 11 people
The Mobey-Ludick Household:
@zakludick - myself
@clairemobey - my partner, Class of 2022
@aimeludick - my daughter, Class of 2022
@merenludick - my son, Class of 2022
@matthew-williams - my son, Class of 2022
Another family:
@therneau - co-author of Book of Space Lore
@jusipassetti - @therneau's wife
@rexydayz - their son
@lex-zaiya - Class of 2022, co-author of Mortis Custos
@loadreaper - Class of 2022
@tylorman - Class of 2022
Other Cape Town Hivers
@jasperdick - Class of 2022, performs music with @clairemobey
@opoc85 - Class of 2022, mostly plays Splinterlands
@visser - Class of 2022, still needs to post
@fermentedphil - Stellenbosch
Johannesburg - 5 People
@joetunex - Johannesburg
@presh84 - Johannesburg
@silhouetted.grey - Johannesburg
@cryptoandcoffee - Johannesburg
@nikv - Johannesburg
Pretoria - 6 People
@braaiboy - Pretoria
@wynella - Pretoria
@craigcryptoking - Pretoria
@space2grow - Pretoria
@pixelhuntersam - Centurion, Class of 2022
@baasdebeer - Pretoria
Durban, South Africa - 2 People
@lizelle, @therneau's aunt
@jacoalberts - Pinetown to be exact!
Other South African Areas - 20 People
@seanandre85, Class of 2022
@fionasfavourites - McGregor
@artywink - Waterfall, KZN
@giantbear - Port Edward
@breezin - Tzaneen
Now to add more people Great and Small!
I am adding this collection of people as I know them as networkers, kind people, active people or people that I interact with. I am not going to tag everyone I know just yet. I would like YOU all to suggest a few people to add to this list!
Let's bridge all gaps!
As above, please add an area and tag in more people to show the Power of Community!
The World Community! - 51 people here
Nigeria - 7 People
@nonsowrites - Lagos, Nigeria
@george-dee - Nigeria
@princessbusayo - Nigeria
@olawalium - Ibadan, Nigeria
@merit.ahama - Nigeria
@iskafan - Nigeria
@maryjacy - Nigeria
The Philippines - 4 People
@ifarmgirl - The Philippines
@eylz619 - The Philippines
@bloghound - The Philippines
@jane1289 - The Philippines
USA - 3 People
@rcaine - Hoover, Alabama, USA
@thinkrdotexe - Springfield, Missouri, USA
@melinda010100 - Wisconsin, USA
Australia - 3 People
@galenkp - Australia
@consciouscat - Brisbane, Australia
@new.things - Brisbane, Australia
Germany - 2 People
@beeber - Germany
@chaosmagic23 - Germany
Canada - 2 People
@bradleyarrow - Canada
@jfuji - Canada
Venezuela - 2 People
@itzchemaya - Venezuela
@coquicoin - Venezuela
UK - 2 People
@dickturpin - UK
@tengolotodo - UK, Scotland
South Korea - 2 People
@irisworld - South Korea
@mineopoly - In Korea
Japan - 2 People
@hirohurl - Hiroshima, Japan
@wittyzell - Japan
Indonesia - 2 People
@anggreklestari - Indonesia
@rebolegi - Jakarta, Indonesia
Netherlands - 1 Person
@brittandjosie - Netherlands
Hungary - 1 Person
@xplosive - Hungary
Spain - 1 Person
@littlebee4 - Spain
Belgium - 1 Person
@bambukah - Belgium
Italy - 1 Person
@libertycrypto27 - Italy
Greece - 1 Person
@pandamama - Greece (From South Africa)
Brazil - 1 Person
@michupa - Brazil
Mozambique - 1 Person
I am not sure where you are! Not going to assume. 12 people
Grand total of 103 people!
There are so many more people I want to add to this list! Please tag your friends and neighbors in. Even just the Country is OK, at least I can grow this circle bigger and connect people together.
Thank you so much for your participation!
Community is key!
I think @cryptoandcoffee is from Johannesburg. He's been doing well on HIVE for years now, and is involved in the Sports Talk Social and Leo Finance communities especially. He seems to be happy to give advise on how to grow within HIVE.
Thanks @jasperdick!
Would be cool if @cryptoandcoffee can confirm for us!
I'm loving the networking!
Hi and happy to help with whatever and would be great to get a group of South Africans growing their Hive stakes. There is already a Hive map of Hiveans if I am not mistaken. I know Hive UK is active and has a list. Maybe a Hive SA account that upvotes content would be a good starting point which we could delegate to. Possibly setting up a discord channel for anyone new and needs assistance would also be helpful to keep everyone active.
Back in the old-blockchain days, before the hard fork, myself and @therneau and some of the others mentioned here were part of a Discord for SA and there is an account of some sort... but I don't think it's a "Community" account per se.
It upvotes me when I use #southafrica.
Well met!
So you are from Johannesburg?
As for a map, that totally in my head, but I could not find one. I know pinmapple is for posts on a map but not exactly people...
There is a map and will have a look where and who has it. Yes from Johannesburg. There are quite a few members in South Africa but not all are very active and would be great to get an account offering a vote. I know how hard it is to grow even though things are far easier today than 4 years ago.
If memory serves, @cheeto.blue created an account for exactly that... called @teamsouthafrica ... there was also a smaller @springbokkie curating bot too by ? @bmj ?
P.S. ... I think @therneau and/or @joanstewart might even still have the posting keys for @teamsouthafrica.
Now we need to know which of those are still active. I have now idea! At least there are pings!
Would be happy to help you guys in any way.
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Indeed!
Collective wisdom is also an important thing to have that Community pushes. Having the younger accounts survive the bear market also determines the success of the platform going forward.
If the platform was always busy with massive adoption, then there would be no need to worry about markets. Sometimes the market will be up or down, but this should still be the go-to platform for creativity, business and Community.
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Speaking of which, you are in South Korea right?
@irisworld thought she was alone.
There are 50 million people here and yes a couple of them post on Hive.
Make the circle bigger. Build them communities. Work together.
Decentralization communication and community is coming.
We need to get together in our groups and converse over the internet, but personal connection is where the problems get solved.
We are not a faceless humanity. So yeah... Community is key.
I know YOU to be a really busy person on Hive. So you dont need to do much else. But I definitely want to direct people to you.
I totally get your point @zakludick,
I remember starting out here. I felt like I was sending blogs into outer space. I would have a better chance of an alien seeing my writing than a human being. Months later I met one friend on the blockchain and kept in touch. He lived half way around the world but our brains still clicked. Then a whole line of like minded people started to follow in line. No one from those early days still makes regular posts, but they still follow and curate posts from time to time.
I have read your profile description and it is impressionable. Every time I read it I smirk at the "handful of certifications in the Air-conditioning trade" part. This time it's because the summer in Korea is too hot. Your field seems like something that may be in high demand.
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Two more, perhaps, three even more South Africans: @andrastia, @zo3d, @giantbear, and @pandamama who is based in Greece and South African. Her son and his partner are here, too. Can't remember their names.
Zack, I am with you on the retention issue and the complications. It's always been a concern and has a lot to do with why I do what I do with #hivepud. Please tell your community about it?
I am in a very busy patch in RL, but ping me on Discord if I can help!
Thank you very much @fionasfavourites! I understand the busy times in RL all too well! I shall edit my post to include those names!
Linking to content and projects is also why this post is here! That is exactly Community interaction! Thank you!
stellar 2022 for you and all the many people who join your community 😊I'm glad you have a way to channel all that enthusiasm, Zak. I know I couldn't onboard people the same way that you and my partner @new.things do; I'm maxed out just doing what I'm doing. But I do love teaching people things, so I'll continue to support people in my small, loving ways as I spot them. Here's to a
OUR community. Hehe
Yes I am trying to grow my local community, but also the international community. Collecting friends all over the place is fun!
Where are you and @new.things from? I want to put you on the list!
We are both from Brisbane, Australia. happy to be on your list
I didn't expect to be tagged here .but thanks..
Let's see if @wittyzell from the Philippines @olawalium @princessbusayo @george-dee from Nigeria..
Thanks for tagging me here, I had to patiently read through since the information was sinking directly into my head.
I believe that this would be a great project, because I foresee it to be a community that wouldn't just focus on the big names.
I got discouraged during my early days on hive, I stayed away for a few months, and I returned because I met someone who encouraged and guided me on how to interact.
Minnow support is a great thing that would definitely bring and encourage more users to stay on the platform. I would definitely love to be part of the community and contribute the best way I can.
Same 🥰.. I was discouraged at first but due to motivational posts of a few writers I know here, I came back and starts to engage with the community
Indeed. It is discouraging to not be supported.
Community is needed. I am a writer and I love it when I get a Curie, but I also like it when someone makes a comment about my work. They can tell me they enjoyed it, they can ask questions or they can relate to something that happened. That is just as important to the author as the money.
Money does not inspire us as much as people think. There are lazy people at work every day. There are even lazy homeless people.
It is whether or not the thing we are doing matters to us.
I've not been in the Philippines for many years now (and not going back soon either) so I think it should be Japan 😅Thanks for the tag @jane1289!
Regarding the post, yeah I also noticed that after dropping their introduction post, people get inactive. There are a bunch of factors of the reason why, and aside from what you stated, maybe some also has other priorities that's why they can't be active in the platform at most times. They pop here, drop posts, then go on with their lives again. They don't really have the time to engage hence their posts get a low amount. Then they get discourage or totally forget about the platform. Can't blame them for having other priorities and not engage here. Maybe in this situation, the people who onboarded them should help them or I don't know, running out of ideas too. 😅
I get that a lot. "I do not have time."
But most people spend loads of time on other dalliances. Facebook, netflix, watching soap operas. Whatever it is that they do. I am not saying that those things are wrong, I want to highlight that most people have SOME free time if they are on the internet.
This means it is a case of priority. It is not enough to just have a platform where you earn crypto. You need a community, a home, a reason to come and see and take part.
Web 3.0 has WAY more potential than just making money... but it does that too so that's awesome!
Completely agree! It's a matter of priority.
I guess they are yet to find that potential because they haven't dug deep yet.
Indeed.
Part of the mentality of people is to go where it is busy. We need to make Hive BUSY and current and relevant!
Community means interaction and meaning to those interactions!
Haha.. You already said it and I agree..
That was me before when I was just new.. Seeing a few cents on my posts was demotivating..
But the only key here is actually community engagement to grow and build a name.
Yeah, your bubble will only be small when you start, so those people in your bubble are the only ones who know about you. To expand the bubble, you need to let more people in and we do this by engagement. Well, aside from making quality content, that is :)
Well said.. 🥰.. And that's how you grow in a short period.. You are amazing..
No, you are amazing! 😅
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Adding you as location Japan. At least that spot is growing now!
Oh right, thanks!
I also know @arcgspy @anonymous02 and @mervinthepogi from Philippines @akumagai from Australia @twindenis @acgalarza from where are you again?
what do we have here? hehe
A list of active Hive people! Bringing together people that are interactive who will benefit from the concept of Community!
Oh! Count me in :) I love chatting with other people from Hive. !ALIVE !PIZZA
Wow. That is another 6 people!
Good morning @wittyzell! I'm in Germany!
Thanks for the tag, Witty! It's always nice to meet new people. 😶
(and yes, I haven't been putting out content as often as I'd like, argh)
I'm really thankful that you remember me!😂
You were suggested to this list by @tengolotodo!
Thank you for taking part and making the circle bigger by adding those names!
I shall include them. Soon there will be 90 or maybe even 100 people on this list!
Looking forward to seeing more members..Oh.. Thanks, @tengolotodo and I know all the ladies from the Philippines on the list 😁..
Thank you. I am on my way to work now and will add the new names in around 9-10 hours lol.
walang anuman and I know you do :)
Glad to add Jane, she is a wee star:)
What kind of a Macker are you?!
a Macker, I had to google that, never heard of it! I have known Jane for quite a while from other sites, and she is so helpful to people, hence my wee star comment!
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🤣🤣🤣 nooooo, not whatever Google says!
Check this. It is an OLD advert for a chocolate.
hehe yes not google haha!
Now that was funny :)
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Hey Janey!! 😊😊 Thanks for the tag. I was confused at first but reading through Zak's post, I can feel his desire to onboard and help people who are finding it hard by creating a big community for them so they don't feel lost. Hive may be a bit tough but not for those who already understood how it works and I think I do 😇
This will sure be a great project @zakludick 👍
It was a bit tough at the beginning.. Even until now 🤣..
At least we have learned and enjoying it now than when we first started 😂
Thank you @princessbusayo! With you guys and the people added by another member puts South Africa on 51 people on Hive. That is a considerable quantity!
There might be more...
Yea, I should tag some people if they might also jump at this opportunity too. Likes of @merit.ahama @iskafan @maryjacy, they are all from Nigeria too.
Awesome. Thank you!
Oh thanks princess. I'll check it out. 💚💚
Alright, Sis ❤
Thanks for the info.
Thanks Janeeyyyy
Hey man,
I'm in Pretoria, and so is @wynella & @craigcryptoking
Then there's @space2grow - my new little side project... more than just an alt of mine (we're 4 'owners' there), so you might wanna add that one too (also Pretoria).
Over the years I've onboarded about 15 others, but all have fallen by the wayside. Spent the last 2 weeks in Mozambique (STRAB Music Festival) and I think I convinced @baasdebeer to get active again... so add him to your list ;-)
And then there's @coolbluejay that I met over the weekend at STRAB - Saffa living in Mozambique.
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Awesome man. Thank you! Will add all of that!
More suggestions and connections Welcome!
So @baasdebeer and @coolbluejay are in Mozambique? Geographically speaking.
No, @baasdebeer is in Pretoria... I was just with him in Moz for a music festival... and there we met @coolbluejay (who lives there now, yes).
P.S. Another one for the list: @breezin - she is (or was) up North in Limpopo somewhere I believe.
Cool, thanks for clarifying.
I shall add them all!
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great idea. i seldom tag someone unless it's someone i know personally and know that they won't mind me doing it or unless i know for a fact that he/she would be interested in it.
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Absolutely. I was just saying to someone that if I had to unsolicitedly add 50-100 people tagged in my post then I would annoy someone and people would get angry.
But when you tag someone into a post or comment that is not your own, you help both people and both people kind of enjoy the fact that they have been called over to come have a look.
Tag me into other people's posts any time!
What do you say @tengolotodo ? Would you say that it is a nice feeling to have been brought to this page by someone else?
Oh absolutely, depending who tags or mentions plays a big part in whether you come to have a look at what you are being tagged into.
So yes this was a nice feeling!
😁😁😁😁 Have an awesome day my dude!
Cheers mate, you have a rocking weekend now:)
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I will do my dude. This weekend has been quite awesome already.
I have now joined Listnerds with an Enterprise account. Also planning my week's posting now.
Busy doing some Spinterlands battles and then going to do my Splinterlands stats post once my loot chests comes out. Trying to push for my 5th chest...
ah Listnerds it is getting quite popular I can see.
I have got back into Splinterlands, I was never a big player and would do well to get to Silver, but I am linking this new rewards structure, I am actually winning cards!
Good luck on your fifth chest:)
I can relate to people having a greater interest in Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or the Fediverse. Firstly, some people have over fifteen years invested in those platforms; therefore, there's a greater affinity to say Facebook than Hive.
Comments
Yep, Hive has a comments capability, and of course, it all depends on:
a. Do you have any (Human) followers?
b. Do they like you?
c. How active are they?
With Twitter, for example, you can guarantee that 'someone' will comment. I'd love to see some data on just how many posts on Hive get no love (as in comments) whatsoever. I suspect it's a lot? I also think that Hive doesn't lend itself well to the kind of communication (comments) that you get on other social media platforms. I know I certainly feel that my comments should at least loosely be relevant to the piece of work I'm commenting on, whereas people on Twitter don't give a damn.
"You don't get paid for posting on Facebook!"
This statement irks me, if truth be told. It's mostly put forward as a reason to use Hive by accounts that not only have a few quid in the piggy bank but also receive healthy rewards. I agree that $0.01 is far more than the naff all I would earn posting something on FB, BUT! I will have to post another 99 posts to make $1.00; that's a lot of work for such a small return which makes me think I'd have far more fun with my time chatting to my mates on the Fediverse, and I think that's the point. What is your Time worth?
NO WHALE IS GONNA DROP A BIG VOTE ON YOU!
It must be a nice feeling to know that any post you submit will be at least double figures and that any curation rewards will blow hundreds of those $0.01 posts out of the water. Sadly, low earning accounts don't see it that way. I suspect they ask themselves, "Is it worth it?" and I think my time is worth far more than $0.01!
Oh, stop moaning!
I think these are valid complaints, and we shouldn't ignore them if we want Hive to grow. There's no quick fix; you have to put the work in not only in terms of churning out posts and the quality of your posts but also in building relationships with people and building a following. I'm probably the worst person to comment on "How to succeed with Hive." I'm lazy and have far too many other interests to devote 100% of my time to Hive. Apart from Discord (Ecency), I suspect I spend 3% of my time thinking about or creating a post, so I take my hat off to members who can churn out one or sometimes two posts a day.
Right, back to "I'm on holiday" mode. TTFN
For a lazy person you gave lots of useful feedback.
Indeed, the concept of it not being worth someone's time is irksome, but momentum can only be gained through retention and that retention can grant better momentum.
As I said, getting rewarded for your posts is not and should not be your only reason for being here.
But let's just say that a who City's model airplane club ran their posts, advertising and interactions off of Hive instead of FB? The rewards are a bonus!
And indeed, Whales do not owe us a thing. But what do whales want from us? There are 37 whale accounts who hold 49.5% of staked Hive.
They either run communities or they run DeFi.
They are generally not a content person unless that content is crypto. Some may post other things, but that's not how they became whales.
So most whales want to see adoption happen. People talk about a lot of foreboding sometimes, worried about incurring the wrath of whales. However, every so many hundred people joining Hive brings a certain amount of people who will actually use the businesses and services the whales provide and they will in turn benefit.
They did not become whales on this platform so they can be the only ones on it. They therefore love growth in numbers.
Yes... how many posts make nada? However, it is usually only the accounts that do ZERO engagement that sit with Zero votes on their posts.
Once again, a Community solves everything.
Of course you and I met on Discord and that is why I want to interact with you on the blockchain too!
And the fact that I'm incredibly good looking.
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(1/1)@dickturpin, I sent you an on behalf of @zakludick
Hi Zak. At first I wanted to kill you for the mass tag spam but I won't 😁
I may be able to find who has the teamsouthafrica posting keys, I think I know who started this.
But....
Depending on how you run the autovotes, you could fall foul of people who monitor delegate for upvote schemes or get tag abusers posting for the upvote. This will need to be monitored.
About the discords, there's a long and messy history there of a second community that was created and then abandoned by its creator but I don't know if the original TSA Discord is still in existence. Send me a message via peakd if you want to chat about it
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Much appreciated!
Let's talk some more! Cheers!
Thanks for mentioning! And you are doing a really great job! Your contribution to Hive community development is really amazing!
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(2/2)@zakludick, I sent you an on behalf of @irisworld
Thanks @irisworld!
So anyone else from South Korea or are you the only one? 🤭🤭🤭
Ibh, no idea. I know there many people from Korean on Splinterlands and Steemit, but I haven't seen many posts in Korean on Hive :)
So this kind of confirms something for me.
Does this mean that out of all the people you personally know, you are the only person in South Korea that is a Hivean?
This is such a great post my love!!
Thank babe. Go follow ALLLLLLLL the people and go talk to them on their posts!
<3 totally Babe!
Ahhh, great post and concept! There must be one or two more that can be added. I'll check on my side and update it if I find anything.
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Thanks man. Let's grow this community!
Good Job you are doing..
Thank you very much!
You are from Nigeria correct? Not on my list though.
Yes I am from Nigeria....
Cool. I will add you to the list!
Thanks for the mention 😀 I will go deeper into this post...
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Thank you for mentioning me. There will be always people who join and leave again or just become inactive. Sometimes they don't understand how Hive works or don't have all then info they need. You can see this when you stumble across posts with just on link in it or copy & paste posts. Also these rules are not new and have been there since I know about blogging long time ago, some people might never heard about this or they don't care.
Community is key
That's right! Which leads into engagement. Just posting will not help you, you have to interact with people. We are saying this all the time on discord and Hive if this topic comes up. I think most people don't do it often enough.
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100% agreement. Only in the Community Bubble are people properly educated and retained. Let's do it!
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I am flattered to be in the list!
Well, let's see... you blog constantly and give analysis as to why Hive is awesome and amazing and what you want to do with your crypto.
You also have a great amount of HP, showing your commitment.
This, despite your 129 posts, 150 comments and 56 reputation means that you invested. What you need for your blog is just more engagement, which is what my post is about after all.
You are posting a lot, keep it up! You now need to engage just as much. 50% effort or more into engaging on others and keep posting and you will never not grow!
Cheers!
I am in Canada
Thank you. 😁
You have put in lots of effort into this Zak, it is a good idea to link up and just keep sharing Hive with friends/family.
A couple of points you mentioned which I do agree with you, I think some newbies would like experiencing spending earned Hive, showing them how that is withdrawn and deposited to their local bank account will do a lot of good in removing the skeptic thoughts.
joetunex from Johannesburg
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I will tag you as Johannesburg. Thanks
Anyone else you know that is not on the list that ought to be?
You are welcome Zak!
It might interest @silhouetted.grey and @presh84 to read this post, both are new on Hive and from Johannesburg like myself.
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Thanks @joetunex and @zakludick we will definitely check it. @silhouetted.grey here's a plugin.
You are welcome Presh!
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Great stuff! Thank you! 2 more for Johannesburg, South Africa!
You know, I somehow thought you were on my list already, which is why I thought all I needed to do was add your area.
Thank you for stepping up and claiming the spot! lol
Sorry about missing you.
Lol its all good bro, we too busy so the slightest of things can be missed.
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This is a good initiative for Hive adoption. Wittyzel mentioned us already, glad to be part of your community!
Thank you very much!
Let's keep in touch and keep busy!
Well, we see where Captain Freyai Cordine gets quite a lot of her leadership ability! Well done, sir!
Why thank you!
YOU are also an active person on the Community! Where are you from?
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Nice! Welcome to our very long list!
It keeps pinging people to the old list apparently, but I will put you on my OTHER offchain list for the next time we are doing a rally thing. I have ideas and plans...
Buuuhuuuuuu @beeber isnt from Germany at all!
Beeber is from AUSTRIA !!!!!!
And, no these two countries are not the same ;-)
Okay, after this for me very important correction of facts ;-)
I love the way you grow yourself and the people around you! Setting up a community this way is a great hive spirit :-) good luck to #dicksclass22 :-)
Whaaaaaa? My apologies! I thought it was Germany.
Of course they are different countries!
Will correct!
You make some great points about building community. I think it's also key to building any successful project. Good luck with your new enterprise subscription in LNs!
Thank you very much!
I definitely recognize your name from LN!
What are you from? Want to meet new people and Community-up?
Hey Zak, Community-up would be cool. I'm in Germany. I was in contact with the guys who organised the Austrian meetup in Vienna but it was a bit far this time.
No worries! We will make the circle bigger till all the circles touch!
cool! 🙂
Thanks for the mention 😁
Keep up the good work. It is great to see your students grow! And that they are enthousiastic to continue.
Have a great day today 👋🏻☀️
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Enjoy your day! Please feel free to add other busy people, great and small to the list please!
I will think about it and read your post again later today. Gotta back to work hahaha
Love multitasking 😉
Will add some.
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Thank you!
You are welcome 😁
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This is your reminder to make the circle bigger! 😋
Now I need to cook dinner… first.Will think about it. Had a busy day so far. Even Posted 2 posts including my growth and power up post from today. Hahaha. I won’t forget @zakludick 🤓😉
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Enjoy your cooking! What are you making? Or what did you make?
It was cooking for hours. Just needed to finish a few things.
We had fries, with white asparagus. The main feature was “zuurvlees” the way they make it in “Limburg” the Netherlands 😉 that goes all over the fries 🥰🥰🥰
A Dutch dish. Maybe you do know it.
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I love this. Yes, community is everything. A lot of people gets discouraged when they post for a few days and get nothing. I always tell them my story that I've posted for months before getting the attention. Like I can feel in your post, it's about a sense of belonging, an ownership...money would come but most people focus on the wrong thing and then allow their motivation to dwindle. Engagement is everything and there is no community when there is no engagement.
Absolutely! I am super stoked with the sheer number of comments on this post!
I was looking last night making sure I do not miss any tags and had to travel up and down comment threads that branched like trees!
THIS is like a popular Facebook post. We need THESE people to constantly come together.
Now if I just tagged 50-100 people in every post, that's going to annoy some people. But when YOU tag someone in someone else's post. BOTH the person who got tagged and the person who's post it is get happy. "Oh I am being involved. Someone thought of me. Someone is supporting me."
This is one major thing I want to be driving. The great thing about that goal is that it is definitely for the community and not just for me. We are bigger than ourselves on Hive.
Hahaha I can imagine. When I saw the comments too, I felt for you a bit how you have to comb through hahaha. Well done.
Yes, this is for Hive. Hive is here to stay. Hive has given us so much. We need more people becoming active by engagement of various kinds.
Indeed. I will be doing all I can to make sure that happens!
Have a great weekend!
That would be amazing. Have a great one too. 🤗
Hello @zakludick
Thank you for the mention and for including me :)
I agree with you that this is the key to success. Building community is so important and any effort and initiative in this regard I will be interested in and support. So count with me in whatever course of action you think might help.
I suggest the following people be added to the list
@tengolotodo UK - Scotland @ifarmgirl - The Philippines
Oh and I'm in Caracas in Venezuela
Have a great day :)
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Have an awesome day!
Thank you so much for your additions and support.
Hey, I know those folks, but I also wanted people to suggest other people and not just tag loads of people in, haha.
Welcome guys!
My pleasure to support this!
Those folks will be more than glad to join, I'm sure :)
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Oh wow, thank you sis for bringing this to our attention. What a wonderful "world" we have around Hive! It would be amazing to be part of this group :)
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You are welcome amiga!! Yep Hive is an awesome "world", and let's keep working on making it bigger and stronger everyday :)
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And that we shall keep doing :) Let's Hive on, amiga!
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Yep, sis:) Let's Hive on 🐝🐝
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Awesome @coquicoin, @ifarmgirl! Make the circle bigger!
Sure, we will! :)
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Aye nae bother, count on me the noo Super Eli
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And now you're commenting in Scottish jeje
I need an mp3 to know how to pronounce that.
You are in Super Ed :)
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Well you said Scotland Super Eli so I thought I would be Scottish haha
I hope that you had a fun day today Super Eli:)
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Jaja so every time I say Scotland or Scot you'll be Scottish, Lolol
Scot, Scot, Scot 🤣🤣
An average day but good, Super Ed. I hope yours was good, too:)
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och aye hen ;)
No I want you to understand me Super Eli!
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I'm glad yours was a super duper luper 😄😄
if you don't say it, I don't notice it jaja Locuaz!
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Your post has substance and a clever way of tagging people, which is not bad since it has a great draw to it. Definitely good community building skill within the entirety of the post. Me like it long dime.
Approved!
Thank you very much!
Through keeping busy and involving people, we will build Hive to be a more "real" space. A place our physical communities can exist in a decentralized fashion without the bureaucracy that tends to put regular people against each other for political reasons.
Thank you for the mention @zakludick :)
My pleasure! Someone added you in here. This means that you have a connection to someone who has a connection to someone else and they are connected to me!
Though we are far away, we are neighbors!
That's sweet!
I should write a blog post about the 7 degrees of separation 🤔🤔🤔
Looking forward @zakludick 😉
Hi, I am in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Great stuff! I will add you on!
Hi there! I am from the Stellenbosch wine area! Would love to help in any way.
Ahooi @fermentedphil! Haha, love the name! Do you make wine?
I will add you to the list!
Thanks, bud! No actually not. Beer and sourdough bread though.
Thanks, glad to be part of it!
Awesome! @therneau is also in Table View with me and he also has sourdough. He's been threatening to come make some Sourdough pizza bases sometime... when we don't want to braai.
There is always a need to braai haha.
I love to use some leftover braai meat on sourdough pizza. Makes for a delicious treat.
Awesome to see so many SA people on here. I never knew there was such a big SA community.
I returned back to the blockchain end of last year after a 3 year break.
Some are still here, some are inactive and some are brand new.
It's been tickling me for a long time now but I decided that it was time to put everyone together, as much as possible.
Stellenbosch is not too far for organising a braai hey?
We've been having busy weekends so this weekend we are chilling, but... next weekend, @clairemobey were thinking if having a Braai and inviting @therneau, @jusipassetti, @lex-zaiya and their family/partner.
They are so awesome all together. Together with the kids, that makes 9 people with Hive accounts at the braai.
You are welcome to pitch in!
@jasperdick and family might also want to come through if they were able.
And THIS would be the phenomenal part... organising a braai on Hive... hahahaha!
Cool man, sounds good. Will have to check with @jusipassetti though, since she's catching up with her studies.
It must have been a crazy turn of events when you returned! What a ride the last three years.
Indeed! It is a wonderful idea. Spreading the word, so to speak, will become more effective.
Totally! It is just around the corner.
Thanks for the invite, man! Keep me posted, I will let you know if I can swing by.
The most South African thing we can do 😎 Have a good one!
Great initiative, @zakludick. I think not having a mentor or hands-on guidance is a showstopper for a lot of people. If more people mentored others on Hive I’m sure we would have a higher retention rate!
Hey @jayna! Absolutely. Mentorship and camaraderie. We can build a wonderful platform if we could support people and interact more constructively.
Loving this post.
I did wonder why there was not a TeamSouthAfrica as I met a fair few of you.
I have not onboarded anyone until I make my mind up about Hive.
One thing about new members retention.
In life we are innocent until proven guilty. Judging by some of my experiences on Hive from "older" Hives you are judged guilty until proven innocent.
If that happens to others, then yes I understand why people just don't come back.
I appreciate that many people will join somewhere to abuse the system, but NOT everyone is like that, perhaps some older Hivers might like to remember that! @eylz619 @bloghound and @jane1289 are three awesome ladies from The Philippines of the top of my head.
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I believe that it becomes obvious when people are here to network and make content and when they are here to just raid the rewards by doing the minimum... or spam... or plagiarise.
Some people DO bite down too hard on people who make a mistake and that can only really be prevented again by family. Newbies should not walk the road on their own. Like The Terminal guides and trains and supports the Redfish.
here, that were very interesting and sparked some of these thoughts. You see the bit where they show how many Redfish/Minnows/Dolphins/Orcas/Whales there are and it is apparent that there is a MASSIVE amount of Redfish that do not get to Minnow.I was looking at stats by @arcange
I am not saying there should be millions of Dolphins, Orcas and Whales but why so little Minnows? As a community, we need to be able to guide people to THAT goal. I am trying to get my Class of 2022 to 50HP first but when I open up the Class of 2023, then the Class of 2022 will STILL be kept together and aiming for that much larger goal of Minnow status.
I will add those three ladies! Thanks!
Here are a few more South African's that I've noticed are still fairly active:
@dragonslayer101 @sweetpea @awgbibb @bigbear @ghostgtr @bdmomuae @dragonslayer109
Great post! I'm from Indonesia! Community and Content is Key!👍
Greetings! I shall add you on Indonesia!
thanks for the mention and you are absolutely right "Community is the key"
Good advices and tips in your post
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Thank you very much!
You are the only person I know from Italy so far. Feel free to tag people if they are large or small, but most importantly, if they are active.
From anywhere.
I am from Pinetown, Just outside Durban in KZN.
I am currently dealing with a family emergency so I am in and out. In all honesty, I have scanned through your post now to get an idea of what it is about, but I have bookmarked it and will return to it soon to read it properly.
Thank you for reaching out, it looks like a great idea that you've got going here!
No problem Jaco, we are not going anywhere.
The post is all about Community and how important it is. All about how to bring people on board and how to keep them here - with a Community!
That sounds great, thank you Zak. I've bookmarked your post and read it properly over the weekend...
I'm looking forward to connecting with you moving forward...
Have a good one! I am on my way home! Friday yeah!
Thanks! You too👍!
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Adding @coquicoin to the list for Venezuela! Welcome!
Thank you very much Zak for including me and the welcome :)
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Hello Zak! This is a cool idea. Great job onboarding and creating community. I am in the Southeastern corner of Wisconsin, USA. I live an hour south of Milwaukee and an hour north of Chicago, IL in a town called Kenosha. I love being on Hive. Even without the monetary rewards, and those are pretty great, the people I have had the pleasure with whom to interact are always very nice.
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You are building a great community. You have people from around the world and I am sure a wide diversity of professions. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for popping in. Yes, a community of busy and interactive people!