The News

I have seen some people expressing some doubts about Hive as the price takes another dip. Other coins are down too, so I assume it is just following the trends. We saw the old coin down below half this price before. $LEO is defying this trend and going up a bit.

I have had some issues with the @ecency app on my Android phone lately. It would crash out as soon as it opened. I had a chat on their support Discord with @melinda010100 and @good-karma who told me that a new version was about to be released. That has fixed the issue. See below for a warning about Discord.

@keychain also has a new release with some useful tools including account recovery. People may not realise that there is a chance to get your account back if someone steals your keys. You need to set up a recovery account who should be someone you really trust. By default it may be set to whoever created your account.

If you want to go to @hivefest there is a chance of a free ticket thanks to @splinterlands.

Friday Follows

• @ravenmus1c has released some free spooky music for Halloween.
• @sagarkothari88 is working on various developments of Hive dApps. Developers need your support and that can also be in testing what they build.
• Everyone knows that cats rule the internet and our own @curatorcat has posted some thoughts on what is good and bad about Hive. I can agree with most of it.

The Dog House

When I raised my issue with Ecency someone popped up to direct me to a separate 'support' channel. There they tried to get details of my wallet. That was irrelevant to my problem and immediately got me suspicious. As soon as they sensed that I was ejected from the channel and all their messages were deleted. Apparently this is a common scam. They can be hard to block as they will just create new accounts. Be very cautious. If you do ask for help then you should not be directed elsewhere and check that people who respond are regulars there. Never ever give anyone your private keys for any cryptocurrency wallet.

Scammers are everywhere online, so beware!

The End

I have been a little less active lately, but I should have fresh things to post about soon when I find the time. I have some regular things I post such as this #FollowFriday and my running via @strava2hive. I want to do more music posts about my progress with drumming too. I do not generally post more than once per day, but then I do not post every day either. I want my posts to be of a certain quality and worth reading. I do not take votes for granted and I want some engagement. Hive is social and that is what will keep people coming back even when rewards are not worth so much. I find Hive better in many ways that corporate social media that tries to exploit you.

Hive five!

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