I just checked HiveBuzz and would you know it, I've been around for five whole years on Hive. A lot has happened in my real life in that time - some crazy things, some sad things, some mundane things, and some exciting adventures. Some things I've told you about. Some I've kept private.

When you've been here for a while, you learn to create gaps between yourself and the platform. It's not because I love it any less, or am any less dedicated to it, it's just because it's not healthy to stare at the screen so much. I realised it was really disturbing my nervous system.

Beehives at dawn, by me and Midjourney

Consequently, I'm guilty sometimes of checking my favourites lists - the friends I've known here forever, and my favourite writers, and of course the posts in Hive Garden, the community I've taken on as a responsibility and a passion. I vote what I can, comment on a minimum of five, sometimes more, and then off I go and enjoy space offline.

This means I've not been following as many new people as I'd really like to. I've always been a big supporter of the underdog here, willing to lend them a hand through upvoting, tips, reblogs and general engaging, but I feel I've reached a point that I can't recall the last person that was new in my feed!

So, this post is a little plea for you to tell me in the comments who you've followed recently that you think is pretty cool and worth supporting. Chances are I might be already following them, but who knows?

For some reason this prospect really thrills me. I love this place and the people I meet here.

I really do.

And I love you too.