The Hive eco-system is pretty great with all the different Dapps available, but the great thing about Hive is there is also lots more socialising with other Hivers going on too.
We have seen some of the great meetups like HiveFest and currently there is a HiveBeeCon in Krakow. There are many communities and events to join in if you have some matching interests too.
Here are some that I like to be involved with:
The Hive Chess club is where the chess players of Hive meet up once per week, usually on a friday and play chess together for an hour. There has also been some competitions against other clubs too.
We actually have some very high rated players among us and it can be challenging but also good fun. There have also been some rounds with crazy rules that I haven't played before that were also really great to play.
The latest post about Hive Chess you can find here.
The Ecency Discord was one of the first places that I connected with other Hivers on discord and they were very helpful and friendly in helping me to find my way on discord and Hive. For all the Hive communities, there is probably a discord group created where you can hang out and connect with others.
In the Ecency Discord there are usually some friendly Hivers about if you have any questions, plus lots of useful information if you are just starting out, looking for contests or just to find out any news on chain. I like to drop in a couple of times a day to say hello and see whats happening and connect with other Hivers.
Since the launch of Ecency Waves, I like to drop in often to see what my fellow Wavers are upto. This is my more goto place than Discord since it launched. It is good to catch up with other onchain and see what is happening.
Since the launch of Decks, we can also see the short form content on LeoThreads and DBuzz. Sometimes I might drop into them if I see something interesting.
The #ttt community is part of the Hive Music community and we like to make a post once a week with some music that we would like to share with others. It has been great to meet other Hivers and also get some suggestions for new music to listen to from others.
#ttt was started by 
If you like to follow some sports and want the chance to win some prizes, there are a couple of competitions being run in the sports communities on Hive. The Hive Fantasy Football League allows you to compete against other Hivers in the league and there is also a head-to-head part too.
This is for the premiership in England and Wales. There is also another community for tipping the Bundesliga called KickTipp and here you can also win some prizes.
I was doing quite well until I forgot the last 2 weeks! Hopefully I can catch up through the rest of the season. I have a strategy that I am following, so hopefully it will pay off.
Liotes is a great community that looks to support good content on Hive and has some fun missions or challenges each week and you can climb up the ranking.
I take part in the weekly missions but also support the project ran by 
The good thing about the project as we are focused on finding good content in any community, so support everyone in Hive, regardless of your Dapp used. We also try to support content producers who make good posts but may be under-rewarded.
Who doesn't like food and drinks? It is the same for me on Hive and it is great to post here and check out others recipes and drinks in these communities for inspiration.
There are some great cooks and it is also fun to take part in some of the activities going on.
There are some great games on and off Hive and meeting up with other gamers on Hive is great. There are some weekly competitions in the Splinterlands community and also it is good to meet up with other players in tournaments or by joining a Guild.
There are of course other games such as Rising Star and Terracore and it can be a great place to meet others.
I am also active in the Gods On Chain community where we like to share battles, strategies and latest news about the game. Although it is also an NFT game, it isn't on Hive sadly, but we can still make some posts about it in the community.
There is also a savers club on Hive called the Saturday Savers Club and this is a great place to catch up and read from others who are stack fiat or HBD or Hive tokens and keep each other motivated.
There are also community activities like Author of the Week and prizes given out to those active in the comments sections. Here we are tracking our savings goal progress and encourging each other on.
Often there will be information about the different income tokens on Hive and you can find out the pros and cons of them here. If you are trying to stack instead of spend, you are in good company here. :)
I often check out the Alive Chat and Heartbeat on Hive as they have some fun missions where you can engage and also give you lots of competitions and prizes to win. These are ran most days and there is usually plenty of people about to engage with.
One of the competitions I have taken part in is the staking contest to win the ALIVEM token, but there is usally something to do each day.
Those are some of the many communities and activities on Hive or related with Hive that I try to be active in. With Hive I think there is much more to it once you peel back the layers. It isn't just about blogging (although it can be), there are lots more things going on besides, it is a true social network.
Where are you active on Hive?
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