Hey, @ocd, et al.
I'm all for communities, and you all can do what you feel is right. Thanks for letting us know.
That said, I don't personally fit into any of those categories. I enjoy taking photographs, but for me, it's not as much an art form as it is a way of enhancing the post or story I'm telling.
As it is, I'm not sure what specific communities I might fall into, other than one about food on a weekly basis. Otherwise, I could be all over the board.
The main purpose of communities in my mind was to sort out content discovery. It wasn't necessarily to have big community accounts upvoting, though I don't have much of a problem with that. Getting higher HP upvote is one of the big reasons why I'm still here.
I also haven't quite figured out cross posting. It should be as easy as adding a tag, but from what I can tell (since I don't even know how to do it), it seems to create an additional (and seemingly unnecessary) announcement post that ends up being upvoted, too.
Thank you for what you've done so far. I will just need to see how I fit in with this new path.
I wonder if GEMS would be a good option for you too, if you don't feel like your post has a pertinent community area. They seem to be going strong. I think OCD will still be any option for you as well. I feel like Acid is saying that if there is a pertinent community that it should go there rather than in a more random one. I'm guessing they will still support something that wouldn't fit elsewhere. The communities are a bit of a maze, but I hope you find homes for all your content. 💙
Hey, @minismallholding.
Well, that's very kind of you. Thank you. :)
I've been a member of GEMS and OCD both. Other than OCD has a trail and seems to have more of a community feel, while GEMS appears to be mainly one of the big three, I don't know if there's much of a difference in what they've accepted, and when they've actually upvoted, and then how much. It's all been kind of a mystery to me how that all goes down.
Ultimately, though, I think communities is the way to go, if crossposting can be simplified (or someone can help me understand how it actually works), and more people with HP can get involved (you have a few whales, some in betweeners, and a lot of minnows and plankton), then the whole system has a chance. Otherwise, we'll just end up loading up on one community or the other, and our content will all reflect that niche subject.
Again, I'm good with communities. But are we just supposed to go to the niche community that has no oomph at all, and therefore forego rewards? I mean, I want engagement and eyeballs on my post, but I'm on HIVE, rather than anywhere else, because I can earn rewards. I would think most of us have that as a priority among others.
Yes, that last paragraph! I think this is what OCD is trying to remedy, the niches being invisible. I think as hive grows we'll need more projects like OCD and curie, too. Either that or really work to get some clout in the niche community accounts.