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.
The count went up a little this month. I found some new accounts and a few people came back. With some of the new accounts I do not hold out much hope of them staying active as some just seem to do one or two posts that may just be for SEO. It does help when people come back and we need to make them feel welcome. I did recruit someone in my band recently.
I did notice that we no longer have a UK whale as he is powering down. I hope it is not to leave permanently. I know there has been discontent in some quarters over how things are going. Some projects seem to feel that they are not welcome on Hive, but we really cannot afford to drive anyone away. Anyone should be able to build on Hive. Whether they get community funding is up for debate, but there are other ways to earn.
We have nobody posting in Northern Ireland at the moment unless I have not found them yet. I can see that more people have passed nine years on Hive. I think a fair few active people joined in the early days.
Each of us can play a part in making Hive better and I do what I can to encourage people. I have had some accusing me of being against them, but I do not hold grudges and avoid confrontations. I have been involved in downvoting actual abuse such as plagiarism, but I do not get too involved with that now. I try to keep most communications on the blockchain so people can see where I stand.
The $HIVE price is fairly stagnant at the moment, but we can still keep earning it every day to benefit when it improves. I have not been buying any for ££ lately, but if you have then let others know how it is easiest to do that. I have a Wirex card that I can use to buy crypto, but you cannot get $HIVE directly with that.
@bencwarmer has done a more comprehensive list.
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