Since last Friday HIVE has gone up nearly 50%! It is a general trend across lots of coins, so its rank has not changed much, but it is great to see it keeping up. I will try to buy some for the next HPUD, but will not get as much for my money this time. If you still hold some STEEM then it may be a good time to sell it for HIVE given the price difference. All mine is gone anyway.

This could be a good time to bring people back to Hive now rewards can be worth more. Having more people using it adds to the value, so we can all benefit.

The main Hive sites are not really growing right now. I would expect @peakd to become more dominant due to the features it has, but does everyone know about it? I think we need more awareness of the various ways to use Hive.

@leofinance is showing good growth though and may catch up with the others soon.

I have just created a new Hive community dedicated to whisky (or whiskey). I know a few people here enjoy it, so I think it could be popular.

I will be updating my Brit list tomorrow, so please let me know of any I have missed. I have found a few more who will be included.

Here are the #FollowFriday selections for this week:

• @sunsethunter is a fellow guitarist in the UK. He can really play and has some nice videos.
• @sirlunchthehost is one of the 'old guard' who has come back after some time away. He is back to prodiing some fun art and memes. He used to do a podcast, so maybe that will return too.
• @petrahaller is a tap dancer in London who is brand new to Hive. Please make her welcome.
• Another person who just came back to Hive is @anomadsoul. As you might guess, he likes to travel.
• I have mentioned him before, but @joechiappetta produces some great fun art.

Please share your own suggestions in the comments or a #FollowFriday post.

The doghouse

I have not done this section for a while, but I found that @crystalliu is up to his old tricks. He has created many more accounts such as this one that are used to milk rewards with hundreds of duplicate comments. Even if you do not downvote anything else you should consider helping deal with abuse like this that does Hive no good at all. I have already wiped out a few of these. It only takes a small downvote to get them under the payout threshold.

It is up to us to make Hive great and to deal with abuse.

Hive five!