The News

I expect most people noticed that $HIVE did pretty well this week with peaks above 60c and getting into the top 300. That is more like it. This is probably driven by some new exchange listings and futures on Binance. There was massive trading volume. It has dropped a bit, but we seem to be climbing a staircase. I know some people want it to drop right down again so they can buy more, but I am happy if it goes up.

Note that the legacy crap coin did not go up much, but then nothing is going on there. Maybe Justin Sun props it up to avoid looking like a gullible idiot for buying it.

I was chatting with @thetroublenotes about their ideas for a Hive version of Patreon. This is the sort of things I would really like to see happen. Patreon generally relies on fans giving monthly donations to artists, but Hive can do it via votes. The fans can opt to build up a stake to increase the value of that, but then they gain too from curation rewards and I would expect they could find more to enjoy here. If we could just get a few more musicians and other artists on board who can bring in even hundreds of fans it would make a difference. The onboarding can be the tricky part and it will need some good instructions to get them through the process as well as some one to one guidance. I have offered to create accounts as I have plenty of tokens for that. I think it would be good for artists to create their own communities for fans as they can moderate that as they would on some other platforms to keep it on topic. If the artist posts regularly then the votes should add up.

One advantage to Hive is the relatively low barrier to entry. You do not have to have thousands to fans to earn something. Setting up an account is cheap (or even free) and communities are cheap too. It just needs some planning to set it up and then it can be a gradual process to bring in people from other platforms.

Friday Follows

• Drummer @ale.dri is back on Hive after a while.
• I saw @leofinance are looking for some proposal funding. It's a fair bit of money, but small in the scale of business. They have been bringing in people from the @dashpay community with help from @thedessertlinux.
• @gadrian also does weekly news posts that cover more than mine.
• I'm enjoying some posts from @meno that vary between the guitars he is building and his thoughts on various politics. We live in 'interesting times' and opinions will vary. I can disagree with some people on Hive, but try to keep it friendly.

It is common that we get new accounts on Hive that appear to be people with a big following elsewhere. We do get some fakes, so we need evidence really. A post or comment about Hive on their main account can be enough. I just saw @joivan123 who says he is an actor and his Instagram has a lot of followers. He is making a few beginner mistakes on Hive, but we should give him a chance to prove he is who he says. We do need such people who could make Hive more attractive. What we do not want is to scare away genuine people.

The Dog House

Not much to report this week. I did see reports of people who are voting up all their own comments. That really is not in the spirit of Hive and they will be reminded of that. Do not do it as you will be found out and then you can attract the sort of attention you do not want. It is much more rewarding (in all ways) to build a network of supporters.

The End

2025 got off to a good start for Hive, but the world is facing various problems. Thousands are currently suffering from massive fires in California and I suspect the incoming president is not going to improve matters. Neither will his unelected paymaster. The world needs compassion and engagement rather than division.

I wish peace and good health to you all.

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