Can we hard-code your recipe for success into Hive's code? 🤣

Even if they are quite a lot, I agree with all your points... and I do not fully agree often with what people think/do/write.

Be more than a username or IGN, be a person, a friend

To some extent, this is imho the most valuable, and often underrated, suggestion: lots of people engage in a way that seems artificial, like they are just doing it to get some attention. You can "feel" from what they write that they didn't put down their opinion or their thoughts, but just what they supposed you would like to read. It's far better to engage a bit less but without being "fake": be you and find like-minded people. That's how you can build strong relationships and grow faster and stronger on Hive.

Do not vote your own posts/comments

This should really be hard-coded into Hive: you can't be the judge of yourself. Let others choose if your effort are worth something and how much.