Once again, I have decided to publish a post from @bradleyarrow's BBH Project "tribe" site. You can check it out by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

Of course, there are lots of communities in the Hive ecosystem that have their own front end access to the Hive blockchain, most of them following the "Outpost" format offered via Hive-Engine, some working as Ecency clones, a few designed from scratch... Inleo comes to mind.

I'm a big fan of the overarching idea of communities.

If you think about a giant like Facebook/Meta, there are probably more people there who are part of "groups" or "pages" than there are people who are just "on Facebook."

The point here being that people are often more loyal to their hobbies and interests than they are to a particular host of that interest.

I have long believed that Hive could get a lot more traction by publicizing interest groups than to simply publicize Hive as a general thing. "Come be part of my gardening community" and such.

In addition, we often battle the feedback that Hive is "too complicated," and here we'd also get the benefit that people are typically a little more willing to "overcome difficulties" in order to pursue their hobby/interest than in simply joining something non-specific.

Of course, the problem we tend to face is that people get far too absorbed in "the rewards" to remember the essential act of being good stewards of the communities they are part of.

And then we end up with communities that simply aren't dynamic and energetic enough to look attractive to a potential newcomer from outside the Hive ecosystem.

Don't get me wrong: I love the fact that we get to earn rewards for creating content here, but we can't lose sight of the fact that if the only thing people are doing is watching their dollars and cents, things quickly become very one-dimensional and boring.

Like many, I am hopeful that we'll be seeing an alt coin rally within the next 12-18 months, and it would be really nice if we were ready to put our best foot forward with our communities when the inevitable influx of new people starts to happen!

Which is why I am now pondering whether or not there is an actual benefit to posting in a community.

I'd like to think — at the very least — that doing so aids with content discovery. But to what extent?

I'd also like to think that communities are welcoming and active, and particularly in the area of greeting newcomers.

Maybe that's just wishful thinking... but I hope not!

Till the next one... Feel free to leave a comment — this IS "social" media, after all!

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