I know I've been posting quite a lot of posts lately regarding changes with posh and ocd but this was an important one I wanted to get out so we can move quick with the changes.
Over the years we've been quite actively discouraging people to post within the OCD community since we've been wanting to boost usage of niche communities more actively. While many have been wanting to post within OCD for the amount of subscribers and readers we have we've only allowed a few posts to stay there if there were no other more fitting communities for the content, but we've welcomed cross-posts so the authors can still gain visibility from our readers.
After many years of this activity we're happy to announce that we've decided on what kind of niche we want for the OCD community!
We've thought about this a lot, what niche should we focus on to change the whole community into, something unique and that'll last a while. Something with more concrete rules so we don't have to be all "hmm this post could maybe fit into this community instead?" but can now just mute them instantly pointing to a rule that says this community is for these kinds of posts only!
Unfortunately this means we're going to have to let go of all support of the current niche communities in our incubation so we can shift 100% focus on our own community. :/
After a long time we've now decided on what that niche is, funny because we've often been getting users who joined our discord or hive subreddit looking for the niche and completely unaware of what Hive is but we just couldn't connect the dots. Until today!
The OCD community will now be only about Obsessive compulsive disorder
We firmly believe this change will bring mass adoption to Hive as we've witnessed many users coming to our Discord without anyone pushing them to join Hive to earn "free money that'll make you rich over night".
We'll be updating the side rules soon and already have some awesome weekly events planned for daily postings, some include:
Monday Madness: Only posts about checking and re-checking that your keys are unchanged and still safe in cold storage.
Tuesday Tidiness: Only posts about how you spend hours formatting your posts before you hit the publish button.
Wednesday Whales: Only posts about how whales are ruining the platform with their downvote wars.
Thursday Typing: Only posts about feeling the need to send links to curators and stakeholders in exchange for upvotes.
Friday Fixation: Only posts about obsessively checking and re-checking that you've replied and/or curated all comments you've received.
Saturday Sorting: Only posts about organizing your follower list in a certain arrangement and unfollowing inactive accounts.
Sunday Scrupulosity: Only posts about how you excessively worry about upvotes or lack thereof and whether one has offended a bigger stakeholder.
Please do let us know what you think about the changes, I'll be curating comments based on the user's reputation number and alphabetical order. Thanks!
The naming of the weekdays was generated with the help of ChatGPT.
Ending Note
While this post is meant as a fun april fool's joke that may take a while for people to realize upon reading, it's not meant to make fun of the mental illness. The name of our project originally was created due to making use of delegation for efficient curation and was later renamed for original content decentralized to fit our vision better. We hope no one got offended by it.
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Definitely one of the best April's Fool posts I've come across today... including quite a few that have nothing to do with Hive!
We do have a touch of OCD (the mental health issue) in this household, but nobody was even slightly offended by this. Good one!
=^..^=
I love to see that the rules and themes for the OCD community are finally clear and that there are different subjects to take in consideration any day of the week, but equally I'm sad not to see your support anymore on the other communities. I remember OCD being the major supporter for me and many more 5 years ago when I joined and that never changed in this whole period so I'm sure everyone will miss you but I do understand the need of being 100% focused on your own community. OCD, everyone will keep loving you no matter what! ❤️
EDIT: alright, I had to give this another try to make sure that I understood well the message and I just realized I got in your net with this April's fool day, hahaha. Good one!
I believe I have OCD (at least a mild version of it) and I wasn't the least offended by this post. I was rather amused by it, really made me laugh.
And I wish there were really some of these weekly events as I would have tons to write about 🤣
Edit: Had to edit my post, as I missed one space after the comma. 😆
I was seriously falling for it until I got to the Tuesday part and had to re-read Monday!
Maybe it was because having some family history about it, and was kind of identifying myself with the VERY BOLD move... 🤪 - all cool and good one!
Friday might be a bit real! 😂🤣
Man whenever you post something most of the time I always read because I know you will always say the truth or how you feel about certain things which most of the time I agree and support as well.
Can't believe me and a lot of people got played by this post lol 😂😂😂 good one brother take care and keep safe always.
sorry xD
Haha it's ok I forgot it's April 😂 have a great day ahead
likewise! :)
I nearly fell for it !!! Had to quickly check OCD Discord to see what I'd missed 😂
Lol same here! I was like I know I haven't been absent for that long. I was on my way to Discord right before I got to the end and then decided to keep reading (so glad I did). 😂
This was a good one.
This was hilarious 😂😂. I thought for a moment wait why does this sound like a bot wrote it 🤣. @technicalside also jumped in and said "maybe this is a joke?"
What a way to start April 🤣
Laughs @acidyo got me real good there!
Can't believe I somewhat fell for that crap! 😂😂😂👀
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder, as an English boon I had to double check what exactly that is. Bravo, I was fooled until Monday Madness.
I spent all day believing that I hadn't been fooled by anyone this year, and now it's almost the end of the day and I see this post. You've got me.😂😂
About fluffing time 🤡 where is that fool emoji.
lol!
I even retweeted this in twitter, without bothering to read it!
Great one, you almost got me (reading this on the 2nd of April)
I am looking forward to Wednesday Whales!! It is going to be hard for some people to combine their complaining to only Wednesday. :D
Now, this is savagery!! 😂😂
I cannot imagine the plethora of complains and nagging you have heard in all your years here.
This is abjectly unfair! We need levelness man... On Tuesday I think those of us with OCD tendencies should be able to post about how we over proofread too! I spent 2 hours last week rereading a post of mine, tapping my foot like a rabbit because I KNOW there is a typo in there. I don't think you understand the damage you will cause to hive by only focusing on formatting. Just the 2 cents of a Hivian who doesn't want to see things go to crap. 💚
I know right?😂😂😂😂
I read out loud to myself over and over again before posting 😂😂
Hahahah I feel you so much on this one @grindan ...
Let’s see how many people read to the bottom 😀
Well I almost had a heart attack reading the start lol
🤣🤣🤣 nice one - have a !BEER on that. But be cautious to not develop CTTUD (compulsive tipping-token usage disease)
That one may be fatal... to your hive career.
I was thinking about how to fit my posts in. hahaha
The Day of the Innocents in Spain is celebrated on the 28th of December and that's why the post seemed totally real to me.
🤣🤣🤣
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HAHAHA!!! You really got me there for a moment! I was thinking... HUH? Are you serious?
OMG! I can't believe I fell for it until the very last paragraph. 🤣 Shame on me.
This is scandalous. I am so iffedend right now…
I was thinking seriously about posting a lot the wenedsdays!
Yes, I love these changes, I've always wondered what OCD stands for, so now I can post in this community XD (!)
For a moment I thought this was true haha.
Although I admit that the sarcasm in several of the points is very true, I don't doubt that many will get angry with several of the things you mention.
Having a specific day to decide to unfollow accounts sounds like the evil plan of a super villain hahaha.
Good April fool!
Haha, this is a very good April fool's joke. I only realised it was a joke when I reached the weekly events planned for daily postings. That part is particularly funny and interesting :D
I am just shocked and in the last paragraph i laugh too much
HA HA HA
I want FUDDERs to have spot too
Although I was a little upset at first, when I read the proposals for some of the days it fit or I saw myself reflected to perfection, hahaha, well you have given me ideas, that maybe some do not like, but they are the reality what many of us do, the one who did not get to the end will stay thinking that it is something true, here in my country the day of the innocents is December 28 so I had taken very seriously. You have a good black humor.
If I'm not mistaken, in the end OCD accommodates posts about venting. I love these new rules. I think everyone at HIVE has feelings that everyone wants to share and read. I started to think, where should I start. Thanks for making it so much simpler.
......this is an example of a comment for your joke. LoL :D
😂 lol
It's a beautiful April fool! WOW!!!!
Almost got me but I knew it 😂
Hey you got me there!😂😂😂
And I was about to applaud the community for coming up with a concept so apt, ohh God😂😂😂😂
There I was thinking of what to post on Tuesdays!!
@acidyo 1 point, Hive users 0😂😂
I enjoyed every bit of it regardless
I better
beginget started on my Tuesday postimmediatelyasap!It was indeed a nice April fool only if you are a good reader and do not just venture into cursory looks.
I thoroughly believe that Friday Fixation is indeed a universal obligation.
Funny thing is so many people will see this and think it is true and will begin posting those topics each day.
i will
OCD is finally becoming the community I always thought it would be.
Shouldn’t we have Obsessive Compulsive Day though? For only posts about obsession with 1st April humor.
Lol, nice one :D
OCD = Offensive Content Daily 👌 😆 🤣
I think I might take you up on this one!
Great post, narrow riding the line between offensive and funny! Nice little footer to shine a light onto the humour and reasoning! Hopefully, no one gets too upset and skips the bottom text lol!
Keep that compulsive Hive improvement coming, I worry with my low alphabetical score I'll be overlooked in the comments! Happy April Fools!
That's the best Post about April's Fool day I have read in recent times. Wish I can upvote 1000 times
Well this sounds savagely good! Can't wait to read in the OCD community on Wednesday
lol
I was thinking that this seemed like a really weird idea, but I started believing it when I got to the list, even though I still thought it was a bit wacky.. then got to the end.
I pulled a stunt like this today with my hpud post haha, I loved that I managed to fool a few people. Sadly the fooler has become the fool, well played!
well, if you're going by rep number, it's always good to start with a 69 to get the curating juices flowing :P
Hahaha! Awesome.
Ever Since Xnitro cleared my account and had to start over, MONDAY MADNESS has lived and been my everyday activity for the past 375 days and counting. So this will be nice to talk about😆
Wednesday - Thursday will be especially enjoyable to prolly write, but definitely read about.
🔥Good tidings to Hive😂
Heh! I just realized today is Aprils fools day and the END NOTE is real🤣
I just wanted to say that I think the changes you're implementing for the OCD community are really exciting! It's great to see you taking the time to really think about what niche you want the community to focus on, and I think narrowing the focus to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder will be really beneficial for the community and its members.
It's also great to see that you have some fun weekly events planned for the community, which will help to keep things fresh and engaging for everyone involved.
I understand that it can be difficult to let go of other niche communities that you've been supporting, but I think it's important to focus your efforts and resources on what you believe will be the most impactful and beneficial for your community.
Thank you for your dedication and hard work in making these changes happen
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Please read the spoiler text. :P
suprised by this post. I read till sunday and went straight to the comments.
Read few comments, came back and continued reading the post remaining post.
nice one , you did fool me :-)
Now i know what OCD means :-)
It has been a while posting through @ocd community since I've severally committed offensive abuse of posts which aren't allowed to be posted there during my few months of joining Hive community. This sound great for me if @ocd team have now made decision to define posts where are supposed to be shared for each day. At least we gotta find our field for the 7days in the week. Thanks for this great updates.
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So, i was just trick like that): i should've been smart 🤓...hahaha 😂!