Hello Hive community. Dutch Media (@dutchmedia) is excited to announce their presence on the Hive blockchain.
In recent years, the Dutch, like many other citizens around the world, have increasingly experienced censorship. We have even witnessed how doctors, medical scientists, molecular biologists, researchers, journalists and other professionals and experts got kicked off of Linkedin, had their Twitter accounts suspended, or their Youtube videos deleted.
But thanks to advances in decentralized web3 technologies, people now have powerful tools at their disposal to overcome this imposed censorship and suppression of information. Tools that empower the people to exercise their human right to freedom of speech and expression.
While legacy media are increasingly becoming irrelevant, alternative voices and independent media platforms are on the rise. The decentralized internet is a new form of web that is being built on the blockchain. It is revolutionizing the way we interact with each other and run our businesses.
Hive is a great example of a decentralized alternative to social media, with the power to resist censorship, that give users full control over their own content, online identities, and social assets.
Dutch Media is pleased to bring Dutch independent media and alternative voices onto the Hive blockchain, to inform the world about developments from a Dutch perspective, while at the same time increase awareness and encourage the adoption of decentralized internet technologies among Dutch publishers and consumers.
Hello @dutchmedia! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive and introduced yourself to the community - congratulations and welcome! You didn't mention how you happened to find our blockchain home - did an established Hive member tell you about it? If so, be sure to tag them so they know you're part of the Hive community now. Or if this was created by an existing Hiver, be sure to shout out so we can all say hello & support your new project. :)
Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - Hive Communities
Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched Newbies Guide is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works.
Please be aware that Hive is a bit different from other social media platforms since you are monetizing your blog, so it is important not to include content that you don't own without sources (and it shouldn't exceed 50% of the post). For more information, check this post - Why and How People Abuse and Plagiarise by hivewatchers.
If you have questions, feel free to hop into the OCD Discord server and we'll do our best to answer them, and again welcome to Hive!