RE: Let's Get More People On Hive
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I fully agree with this. I think this platform was originally intended as an alternative to reddit (hence the -----it name) and it could do a lot of the same things, plus earnings. I don't use that platform much, but I have posted Hive links elsewhere. I put a couple on the Drumeo Discord recently. If anyone asks 'what is this peakd thing?' then I will follow that up.
I think our first obstacle is brand recognition and that can be an issue as people may not realise that Hive/peakd/ecency/inleo are all part of the same thing. It is not very obvious when you go to them.
We can sell it as a generally good place to post and engage around whatever you are into. Once people express an interest then we can detail some of the advantages such as:
- The rewards. Duh! That said, some are suspicious of crypto.
- Account ownership. There will be those who got blocked elsewhere.
- Unkillable platform. No worries about some parent company going bust as long as we have some witnesses to process the transactions.
- Get your preferred user name before it's gone!
You did well to get into it on your own. Most people need some mentoring as we lack good tutorials.
Let's make 2024 the year that Hive really grows!
I'm with you on brand recognition. What I tend to do is always say "I posted this on Hive" rather than saying which front-end I used. No-one yet has asked about the front ends, but the reply I have lined up is just that Hive offers a choice of ways to post, entirely depending on preference and which features work you use most often.
Totally agree man, bring on 2024! I was just never into using Reddit, but joining the writing communities there and seeing it as a way of attracting people here means that I'll be using it a lot more. I've been talking to a bunch of people too, just about other stuff, so maybe it'll work.
Selling it as those 4 things is great. Get them in with the prospect of rewards and earning for being a part of social media, and all the benefits we have over everywhere else will make it a no-brainer to stick around.
You know what man, I never copped the it at the end of each. It was 100% intended to be Reddit-like. I actually discovered the fact that my account could log in to all the other accounts, and I discovered Keychain and set it up, by going through the Hive.io page and seeing what apps and games were there. All of that was within the first couple of days of joining.
I didn't know about the Reddit link for Steemit, that's a cool historical nugget.
Thanks
I think those four advantage points are good ones, but as you alluded to, they do require some understanding, which is sometimes brought on by bad experiences.
Like the account Ownership is really important to people when they or their friends have been deplatformed. So as you have said it requires some life experiences or a level of understanding many don't possess. But that just means we need to do a good job of explaing it.
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I assume that was the origin of the name. Steem was short for Esteem.
I like that Hive is run by the community rather than by a corporation and that we profit from it. This ought to be the future of social media.
Cool.
I like E-Steem too because it sounds like holding someone in esteem or admiration. Perhaps to cute for some, but a nice touch.
I also think a community run social media platform is the future.
If memory serves me right Justin Sun also bought or was awarded Steemit Inc., or whatever the administrative office was called, when he bought the so called “Ninja-Mined” cache of several million Steem. Then what happened next is a dark chapter in our history, but it did lead many of us to the fork and an evolved version of the former community.
So in a way he caused the evolution of Steemit to Hive away from a social media platform, which thought it was run by a community to one with much more community governance. And no CEO or corporate office. 👍