I started compiling these lists in December 2020 to continue something @pennsif used to do as I think it helps bring the community together. Since then I have found lots more people to include. @HiveSQL has been really useful for this. I was using beem to generate this post, but that is not in active development and I found HiveSQL could do it much quicker. I use Python for most things. Some of the post is manual as I like to include some commentary and I will keep tweaking it. I am open to suggestions for improvements. I aim to do a fresh list on the first Saturday of each month.
I also rely on the community to let me know of more people to include who may not have obvious account metadata. You can find me in the @teamuksupportDiscord to discuss it or drop me a comment.
The #teamuk tag has been used to show you are in the UK and was earning extra votes from a bot, but that has not been active lately. Using the tag may still help me to find you, but please contact me if you think you should be on the list.
The list will include anyone living in the UK as well as Brits who have moved abroad. Inclusion on this list does not mean I recommend people, but I will remove accounts if they are known to be abusing Hive or are falsely reporting their location. I can also remove anyone who asks me to. If you have lost control of your account through phishing or other means then let me know so that I can update your entry. There is the option to be counted without being tagged on these posts if you want that.
The code to produce this post is on Github. People are welcome to use it for their own regional version. I can help you with that if necessary.
The numbers above are for those who had posted or commented in the previous month. In the lists below I break each region into three lists:
Active as above.
Just voting. I will guess that a lot of these use automatic votes, e.g. HiveVote. Previously there were some that appear to have been compromised as they vote for known abusers. Those are now excluded until I hear that they have recovered control.
Inactive in the last month, but most have done something since Hive started. We can hope to bring them back.
I want to count people rather than accounts as some have several. I can include those in brackets if you want. Let me know if you want me to update your listing. You can be as specific as you like about your location. Otherwise I will use what is on your profile or what I am told or can deduce from your posts.
Other Countries
I have produced similar lists for the following countries. Active numbers are from the last time I ran them. These have used simpler queries than what I use for the UK, so they are likely to miss people. What it needs is for local communities to take up this work. The data and scripts are all on my Github for anyone to make use of. I can do other lists on demand.
There was another small decrease in active users. I do not keep track of who stopped posting, but some may be disillusioned by the low price. I just consider that I can always be earning $HIVE that could gain value. We have lots of active projects here and the potential is still present. I am less active on corporate social platforms as they seem to get worse with more ads and unwanted 'suggested content', On Hive we have more control over what we see and full control of our accounts. It is not just about rewards.
With Hive it is up to each of us to contribute to the community in whatever way we can. That can be in organising meetups, coaching newbies or just supporting smaller accounts. I have done all of those at some point. We have to make it the place we want to be. I have long said that communities can be key to this to bring like-minded people together. I have created several of those and it only costs a few $HIVE. Then you can moderate what gets seen to keep it on track.
Hive always brings challenges. The price is one, but I saw we just had issues with one of the tokens collapsing after the owner sold out. They may have had some personal issues, but this shows the risks of having to trust one person. I tend to stick mostly with $HIVE as it is more distributed, but I dabble in a few second level tokens.
I did not manage to add any new users this month. We have one less Orca and Dolphin compared to a month ago. Our previous whale is still holding a lot of liquid $HIVE.
Hive gives you options and it is up to you to take advantage of them.
@bencwarmer has done a more comprehensive list.
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