The News

I am not sure there is too much to report on the state of Hive and crypto in general this week. Prices continue to be volatile. I will let you make your own decisions on whether to buy or sell anything, but I will keep on powering up my $HIVE.

There is a proposal to get more funding to one of the main Hive developers. You can vote for as many proposals as you like. They need a certain level of support to get funded.

Friday Follows

• @tdctunes and @stickupboys have collaborated on a tune. Check it out. It popped up on my Spotify release feed today and will be available as an NFT in various places.
• @risingstargame has been running for two years and now has 6500 players. There is a special card to mark the anniversary.
• There was a post from @bladesong in the whisky community. You can create a community for any topic you want. You can do moderation to keep it usable.
• I am also active in the drums community where @iyedrumz has posted a video. The admin for that one is absent, but we can still post there.
• Congratulations to @dickturpin on becoming a grandfather. He and I have different opinions on a few things, but I wish his family well.

Those mentioned get a share of the post rewards.

The Doghouse

I have seen various people get worked up about some downvotes on their posts. Those are coming from some accounts that react when some of the big guns vote and can be identified by having the same name, but starting with an x. It is just someone trying to make a point about something, but those downvotes have no real power and cannot affect your reputation. I keep saying to people that Hive gives others freedom to be jerks. If you want the rewards you have to accept that freedom has costs. I have had hundreds of downvotes over the years, but I still make far more than I could anywhere else online, so it does not worry me. Why let it worry you?

Meanwhile there was drama as someone decided to blank all their posts after receiving some downvotes for self-voting. The real answer was to stop being so antisocial and then they might have been able to earn again. I have seen someone say that self-votes are okay as the system allows it. You could do it sneakily anyway, so preventing it just with the code is nearly impossible, but the community still gets to decide what your rewards will be and if your actions seem selfish then you may lose some potential rewards. They are always potential until payout.

The End

I have been saying that I hope to see some meetups being organised this year. There will be one in Yorkshire in June. I will have to see if I can get there as it is a fairly long way to go. If you let me know of other events I will feature them in these posts.

Any time two or more Hivers get together is a meetup as far as I am concerned. Good things happen when they do.

Hive five!