The approval by the Hive Learners curators gives a feeling of going through a government's secret clearance process instead of casual blogging. Don't even consider that you can write an ordinary essay, attach some arbitrary tags, and wait for the crypto money to fall down in your pocket because there are people who have the next level criteria for curation.
So, in order to make your post approved in such a community, you need to go through the following checklist.
Firstly, it is important to pay attention to the word count. As stated in the guidelines of the community, the posts should have at least 200 words. But let us be realistic—if your post ends up right on the number 201, it means that you ran out of air somewhere in the middle. To be curated, the post should contain something more than a hurried grocery list.
Another trap that many people might face is mechanical writing. In case your post contains overly complicated text and sounds like a boring textbook, you will not be approved. The curators are interested in natural posts written in an individual style.
However, the biggest rookie mistake is the "Hit & Run." You can't just toss your post into the community feed and vanish without a trace. Hive Learners place a high priority on ecosystem interaction, so you must leave at least three meaningful comments on other authors' posts before you will qualify for any curation support from the community. For example, simply leaving a short comment like, "Cool post, buddy!" does not meet the criteria; typically, your comments must add some value to the conversation relative to what was previously posted by the other authors.
Lastly, you must get your formatting down 'pat.' If you fail to include the required primary tags (for example, #hl-blog or the specific week you are posting for), it is like arriving at the airport without a passport.
While it takes a lot of effort to build strong relationships with fellow contributors, the payoff of seeing Support notifications come across your account will make the effort worthwhile. How many times did you try before receiving your first significant upvote on this site?
