The News

The $HIVE price is fairly stable lately, but still below the legacy crapcoin. There was some glitch with the $LEO price. I was away last weekend, so I did not do a post then and missed that.

We had an update from @blocktrades with lots of code improvements. These may not directly affect all users, but it is important to make the code more resilient and efficient. Some will be useful to those building on Hive.

I am always wondering where Hive growth could come from. I think it could be in specific niche interests. There are massive communities on reddit and FB around topics most of us will not have even heard of. If some of those came to Hive it would make a big difference, but we need to make them aware that there is an alternative.

I have been finding posts relevant to cross-post in the Music Technology community created by @nicklewis as I have been playing with some gadgets. We have a fair few Hivers into synths and electronic music. People will be interested in what others use to make music.

Friday Follows

• 3D printing is another of my interests and @makerhacks posted about it can earn you freebies.
• @bozz has been 'vibe coding' a way to view witnesses. This is impressive stuff. We just have to think of what we need.
• @new.things is a fellow parkrun fan and he has been to lots. He has done posts about places he has visited.
• I pop into @creativeworkhour when I can. They meet every day on Zoom to chat about what they are working on. It has been run by @alessandrawhite and @bitterirony for years and I met them again in person recently just before they flew back to the US.
• I did a little video about my latest gadget, but @adetorrent takes this to another levels. He does product review like this with excellent video quality and editing that I can only aspire to. He is creating these videos for a wider audience, but we can show support on Hive too.

The End

Do you worry about the $HIVE price? I find Hive fun regardless of the price and it is still the main place I post and engage online. I find most other platforms frustrating, but the main issue I have here is the lack of content. We need quality across a wide range of interests. We can build our communities to add value. I am not sure how we get the search engines and AI bots to notice them. I think the latter may be more of a factor these days so 'SEO' may have changed. It is not just about chasing our rewards here as we need a bigger audience.

What do you do to increase your audience? Do you post links elsewhere? I expect there can be issues if you post too many links on certain platforms as it may be considered to be spamming.

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