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The time has flown by very quickly and I have managed to reach my 3 year Hive-aversary. I initially signed up to Hive on the 24th of December 2021 and embarked on this fantastic journey.

Along came my 1st, 2nd and now 3rd year anniversary. It has been a pretty intense year for me and despite some of my ongoing health problems, tried to continue blogging regularly on Hive.

If I look back over the year, I've notcied much less on chain activity, but this can also be where I haven't been active in the most hyped/supported areas on Hive such as Vibes or Holozing where you may get higher curation but are not things that have interested me.

This seems to have followed the ebbs and flows of the Hive token falling to new lows without getting new users despite lots of spending given out by the DHF for marketing. People are initially attracted here mostly to try and earn and with a low token price it doesn't work.

Anyhow, the token seems to have gotten a new lease of life lately and things are looking better for Hive.

Looking back at my own year on Hive, it has been shaped by lots of Splinterlands that has now faded as we close the year out. In fact I was even playing Gods Unchained and some other online gaming but as the year comes to a close, I haven't gamed much at all.

The highlight of the year was to visit Hamburg and the Hivebuzz Party there which was amazing. It was good to meet some of the real life Hivers and see how passionate they are and how some can party very hard core! 😂

I also parted ways with Betsy my old car during the year and have not replaced her yet. Instead I have been cycling until the weather stopped that.

As the year progressed my posts were then mostly threetunetuesday, cinetv or some technical posts or random personal blog posts about DIY, gardening or Hive.

As the world evolves ever more into Clownworld and you can be restricted on web2 for going against the algorithm, it is important to have a place to blog and make content and Hive is one of those places.

I am pondering what is my future on Hive as I do grapple with if it is worth it? I think it is worth whatever you want to make it. Hive is no longer the new tech and is less decentalised than other platforms, but it still has lots of things going for it that do not exist on other platforms and others cannot recreate this formula here.

A big thanks to all my Hive friends who have supported me this year and I wish you an amazing and successful 2025.

Thanks for reading.

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