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Or more precisely, what brought me back to Hive after a two-year hiatus?
OK, to be honest, I’m someone who really struggles to stay consistent with anything. When I first start out, I might be bursting with enthusiasm. But as time goes on, I often find it hard to maintain that initial enthusiasm. I even struggle to stay focused on achieving the goals I set for myself from the beginning.
I don’t know about you, but I know there are plenty of people just like me.
So it’s no surprise that, little by little, my passion for writing faded. Until I took a complete hiatus from the world of writing for the past two years. Well, once or twice I still wrote on another platform as well.
Last year, I tried a new direction by starting my journey on YouTube. I launched a music channel with the help of AI. At first, growth felt slow, but recently one of my videos went viral, racking up 2 million views in a short time. My subscriber count, which started at 200, skyrocketed to 10,000 thanks to that one video.
Thanks to that, my channel became eligible for monetization and managed to earn over $700 in a single month after being approved. However, suddenly and without any warning, my channel was banned just two days before my payout.
All my hard work went to waste. The income I’d earned just vanished into thin air.
For over six months, I felt lost. Finally, an idea suddenly popped into my head.
Why don’t you start writing again?
The next thing that came to mind was HIVE.
So I decided to start actively writing on HIVE at the beginning of July.
When I first logged into my account via ecency, I discovered a lot of new features. There’s Wave, AI integration, Deck, and more.
This shows that Hive didn’t just sit idle while I was on hiatus. There are developers who continue to actively build things for this platform, for this ecosystem, and for this community.
When I checked out Wave, I skimmed through the posts there.
One post caught my attention, though I can’t recall who wrote it. The author shared that they bought Hive from an exchange to power up. They mentioned setting aside a portion of their monthly salary specifically for powering up.
In addition, I found that dozens, maybe even hundreds, of new posts appear every day. In some communities, I noticed that many hold regular contests, which keep users active on Hive.
Unfortunately, I found that there’s still very little interaction in the comment sections across so many posts in a community.
So, getting back to the question: why did I return to Hive?
I want to write consistently. By writing consistently, I want to re-hone my ability to translate my ideas into writing—and convey them in a structured way so others can easily understand them.
Communities. I’ve found a few communities that caught my attention. By joining some of them, I plan to challenge myself to contribute there. That means I’ll need to be able to write about various topics in each community. After all, wasn’t my original goal for coming back here to write?
Rewards. Yeah, I won’t deny that the rewards on Hive are also part of the reason I’m back. Even though this past month, the rewards I’ve earned from upvotes have been pretty small. At least I’ve discovered that my writing can generate some income, even if it’s just a little, hehe…
Well, those are the reasons why I’m back. Hopefully, I can stay consistent with writing and interacting on Hive.
What about you? What are your reasons for staying on Hive?
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