The News

I will start with the usual chart that I just generated. There is a real gap opening between $HIVE and the crappy old blue coin.

The title is only partly a joke. I have done pretty well from this platform. That is largely from engaging with people and going to events, so I get a lot of support. I know there are plenty of automatic votes that I do appreciate, but I want people to use their votes where they are needed. You do not need to vote on or re-post my posts to get my support if your content is good. Support the posts that deserve more than they get. I really do not mind making less as I do fine from curation. I am using @commentrewarder to share what rewards I do get.

As we start a new year when this platform will pass nine years I hope that it can grow somewhat. Each of us can play a part in that by talking to people who may be interested. What we need are more good content creators who will draw in others. If you need accounts to be created then let me know as I can do that for free.

Friday Follows

I will start the year with a load of cool people you could check out. Follow those who share your interests so that your feed is fun.

• We have lots of cool musicians here and some are doing it for a living. They could really appreciate some extra income from their art. Check out @ravenmus1c @thetroublenotes @giampaolo19 @harbiter @stickupboys @ugochill.
• I also enjoy good art and I would include comics with that. So take a look at @silviabeneforti @paolobeneforti @sidekickmatt @northwestnomad. Another is @katharsisdrill who I have not seen around lately, but I hope he will return.
• Some people who have been really active in building communities include @detlev @livinguktaiwan @coldbeetrootsoup.
• @mcsamm and @collinz have done great work getting water supplies to people in Ghana with Hive funding.

We each have different tastes, so find what works for you.

The Dog House

I saw @bozz did his own version of this today and @livinguktaiwan had a moan about various abuse.

I saw a case this week of someone who churns out daily posts that they self-vote. Not only that, but they have a couple of proxy accounts that are also involved and they exploit some of the tokens you can get for mentioning them. I have reported this to the projects. It turned out that the main account was getting votes from me as it was on a trail I follow. They are getting dropped by that, so their rewards will drop. The actual content is not that terrible, but this is just not the way to use Hive. With a little effort they could build a following, but they do not even try.

Some people look out for persistent self-voters and may downvote them. It really is not worth doing as small accounts will not make much and bigger ones will be seen as selfish. I have heard all the arguments about 'my content deserves more', but it is up to the community to decide that. Vote for others and you can still earn whilst perhaps gaining some respect.

The End

What are your hopes for 2025? There are lots of issues around the world and we need less division. I know Hive helps some people get by and that is important.

I aim to keep building my HP so that I can spread more rewards. Most of my voting is manual and based on what I like. I do not trade votes or expect favours.

Tomorrow I will generate a fresh #britlist. I did some for other countries last year, but I will leave it to local communities to continue the work. Just let me know if you need some help to get started.

Happy new year and Hive five!

The man behind:

@tenkminnows: Helping good Hivers level up @proofofbrian: A bot that checks for tag typos #BritList: A monthly list of Hivers in the UK