The News

It has been another week of red in the crypto markets. $HIVE suffers along with the others. I hope some people bought at the bargain prices. You have to keep playing the long game and do what you can to make this platform a success.

I found this CCN article (that is CCN, not CNN!) compiling some price predictions from various sources. They all show some improvement this year, but it has to be speculation really. They say 'Hive did not respond to a request for comment', but who did they ask? They also say 'There is no single entity or organization that controls the network'. That is a strength as it should not die just because someone pulls out. We do depend a lot on certain people for core development, but there are lots of teams developing dapps.

Friday Follows

• It seems that I helped to inspire a Nigeria meetup by @fokusnow. That is exactly what I want the country lists to kick off. More Hivers have met others on the platform and that will lead to more inspiration.
• @demotruk is a Hive OG who does great stats posts. We need to see where we have been to work out where we are going.
• My friend @molometer has been less active here lately, but just posted from France where he has less internet access.
• @bostonadventures is a fellow runner in the US who writes about other topics such as gardening.

The Dog House

First of all I do not want anyone to think I am down on @ecency. I am a long-term user of the mobile app. I have this shirt (and a hat) from the days of their previous incarnation. This is more about the activities of the users.

Ecency have their own microblogging option called Waves that has some similarities to Threads on InLeo. It looks like a lot of people use that as their primary outlet. I just think that it alone will not get them far on this platform as their content will be invisible to the majority of Hive users. Even if you do not want to write long blogs you can still 'consume' them and engage with people in comments. That may gain you some followers, but in the single Waves stream you are competing with a lot of people for votes and I doubt many big players are looking.

I still think that microblogging has value, but having multiple options for it on Hive means the attention is divided. I do use Waves and Threads a little, but it is a small part of my Hive activity.

Another part of Ecency is their points. You can earn those through activity and win some each day by spinning a wheel. You can also buy them for fiat, but I am not sure they can be traded like other second layer tokens. It used to be that you could pay with them to get votes, but vote buying is discouraged on Hive. Now you can buy delegation with them. Some people get excited by winning some, but the value is tiny and I tend to get more from activity. I see more value in what you can earn from people voting on your content and would encourage people do be active.

I had someone say they were only winning a single point and that they were not earning much from posts, but then they only joined last month, had no followers and all their comments were on Waves. You have to promote yourself on Hive to get anywhere and genuine engagement can pay off. You should not just use one dapp as they each have benefits.

The End

Hive activity has decreased lately. That could allow those who stay to earn more $HIVE, but I would rather see more people posting. As I said at the start it is a long game. If you keep stacking HP and voting then you are earning as well as helping others. It can be fun too. Hive is social, so make some new friends!

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