The News
I expect most people noticed that $HIVE did pretty well this week with peaks above 60c and getting into the top 300. That is more like it. This is probably driven by some new exchange listings and futures on Binance. There was massive trading volume. It has dropped a bit, but we seem to be climbing a staircase. I know some people want it to drop right down again so they can buy more, but I am happy if it goes up.
Note that the legacy crap coin did not go up much, but then nothing is going on there. Maybe Justin Sun props it up to avoid looking like a gullible idiot for buying it.
I was chatting with @thetroublenotes about their ideas for a Hive version of Patreon. This is the sort of things I would really like to see happen. Patreon generally relies on fans giving monthly donations to artists, but Hive can do it via votes. The fans can opt to build up a stake to increase the value of that, but then they gain too from curation rewards and I would expect they could find more to enjoy here. If we could just get a few more musicians and other artists on board who can bring in even hundreds of fans it would make a difference. The onboarding can be the tricky part and it will need some good instructions to get them through the process as well as some one to one guidance. I have offered to create accounts as I have plenty of tokens for that. I think it would be good for artists to create their own communities for fans as they can moderate that as they would on some other platforms to keep it on topic. If the artist posts regularly then the votes should add up.
One advantage to Hive is the relatively low barrier to entry. You do not have to have thousands to fans to earn something. Setting up an account is cheap (or even free) and communities are cheap too. It just needs some planning to set it up and then it can be a gradual process to bring in people from other platforms.
Friday Follows
- Drummer @ale.dri is back on Hive after a while.
- I saw @leofinance are looking for some proposal funding. It's a fair bit of money, but small in the scale of business. They have been bringing in people from the @dashpay community with help from @thedessertlinux.
- @gadrian also does weekly news posts that cover more than mine.
- I'm enjoying some posts from @meno that vary between the guitars he is building and his thoughts on various politics. We live in 'interesting times' and opinions will vary. I can disagree with some people on Hive, but try to keep it friendly.
It is common that we get new accounts on Hive that appear to be people with a big following elsewhere. We do get some fakes, so we need evidence really. A post or comment about Hive on their main account can be enough. I just saw @joivan123 who says he is an actor and his Instagram has a lot of followers. He is making a few beginner mistakes on Hive, but we should give him a chance to prove he is who he says. We do need such people who could make Hive more attractive. What we do not want is to scare away genuine people.
The Dog House
Not much to report this week. I did see reports of people who are voting up all their own comments. That really is not in the spirit of Hive and they will be reminded of that. Do not do it as you will be found out and then you can attract the sort of attention you do not want. It is much more rewarding (in all ways) to build a network of supporters.
The End
2025 got off to a good start for Hive, but the world is facing various problems. Thousands are currently suffering from massive fires in California and I suspect the incoming president is not going to improve matters. Neither will his unelected paymaster. The world needs compassion and engagement rather than division.
I wish peace and good health to you all.
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I saw the post about the alternative to Patreon. Commented there. I think it depends on the scale and the price fluctuations of HIVE. For a small scale it works, for a big scale it won't, unless the price of HIVE goes really high (and stays there), due to the limited nature of the reward pool.
Well it could still be good for some when they cannot make much elsewhere. The price will not go up if we cannot attract more people and we have to start somewhere.
Ah, if we talk about small scale, the reward pool is a good way for them to get something for their work.
I'm no economist as I leave that side to others to figure out. I just know that a lot of musicians struggle to get by and make little from posting on other platforms. I can give directly via votes.
Cool yeah, you're welcome for the Hive pump! Courtesy of Khal and Lynx! 😆
There's many factors to this, but I want to see Hive grow and benefit more people. Where are the Dash crowd hanging out on Hive?
There's probably some on the #dash hashtag, but they're all over.
This big bump in user signups was from our mutual ads/press releases/etc., all of which advertised INLEO as a way to earn Dash specifically. So you could say all that user growth qualifies as Dash users.
I want to push much more on my music career this year and Hive will be part of it for sure. I'll do my best to bring more people here and I'm glad to see there are other professional musicians here that wants the same. The more we are, the easier it will be
You can work with others to find strategies. I'm sure you can build something together.
I have found Hive more rewarding than Patreon. You need a large fan base to make Patreon worthwhile.
I've donated to some there, but I'd happily vote them up if they were on Hive.
I would too.
One proposal of at least 12 more they plan to request. I don't think things are exactly what they seem.
Well the community will decide what they get. I did note that this one was half of what Splinterlands were asking for. I know some are not convinced and they have to prove themselves. You can see some heated discussions in the comments.
I thought they were raising money through ads and having more active users ought to make that more lucrative. I really don't use InLeo too much.
There's definitely a lot going on in the background that needs to be taken into account. I am much more discerning about where my vote goes these days.
I think there needs to be a high threshold to getting funded and that works via the return proposal. The issue then is shutting out the smaller projects.
Me too!
It would be awesome to onboard influencers from other social media platforms. However, they also need to be taught about the differences.
A good report :)
!ALIVE
Yes, Hive is different and if people think you are abusing it then things can get messy. Setting expectations is very important.
Get... Out. Of. My. Head!!
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That joivan chap is never a real account 😃
I've seen other say it out loud :)
I really miss Shibasaki posting on Hive, he is such a great painter, he adquired some fame on Tik Tok and X so we haven't seen him here in a while sadly.
I can understand that people will go where their fans are. Hive is still really small and we need to build the users up to make it a better place to post. It helps if artists can bring some in.
Sure tbf I was surprised to see a so talented artist here, although we have some of them as Armando or Thermoplastic that are truly awesome, the learning curve is also quite high (although is not so high compared with other criptos) for people that is not used to this technology.
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@steevc!
You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 ALIVE to your account on behalf of @hafiz34.