The common "do nots" of hive and guiding them towards communities they may be interested in either due to the genre's or people along with curating their posts for the first few months and answering questions along the way.
Ocd onboarders do a whole lot with retaining newbies, hive is so broad, and if you can’t figure it out on time you either get lost in the mix or give up without even trying.
One thing my onboarder did was to tell me the dos and don’ts making sure these rules sank, even when I started getting tired of Hive at some point the friends I made here made me want to show up.
To make these newbies stick around for long we have to engage them not just just crowding their introduction posts and vanishing into thin air but by constantly making them fill that they are valued.
The first set of people newbies follow here are the people who welcome them, writing and seeing nobody turn up can be discouraging especially for someone who writing isn’t their hobby.
Hive can be pretty overwhelming most times, I just onboarded two people and sometimes I see them catching the Hive spirit then the next they are losing it and then I’d have to step in to tell them how great Hive is, now it’s easier for them to stay longer because they have me what about others who stumble on Hive on their own who aren’t on the ocd initiative or other retention schemes? Of course, they get weary and leave when they aren’t seen.
In conclusion, RETENTION and engagement are very important.