Maybe there's a glitch in the system, but things have been strange enough on Hive 1.0 to make me suspect intent. Maybe my laptop is acting up, but I see the same emptiness on my smartphone, and @generikat

Blessings upon you. I am your self-appointed Hive Pope, here to offer instruction on good blog etiquette and offer absolution for your blog sins. This is an alternate account of @jacobtothe, and was created

Is Steem a Ponzi scheme? I can save you some suspense. The short answer is, "no." The same answer applies to Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, and pretty much every other reputable cryptocurrency out

What kind of content do we as a community want to see on our blockchain? In truth, I can speak only for myself, but I am confident that there is a broad consensus among the users who are here to create

There's an old saying that goes, "Never wrestle with a pig, because you'll both get dirty, and the pig likes it." Nonetheless, I feel it is necessary to address an airing of dirty laundry here

I suspect most who read this post are here to write as well. STEEM is about content creation at least as much as it is about content curation. We all have our unique interests, so I can't exactly tell

Aside from voting, there is another important part of curation worth consideration: resteeming. Sharing a post that piques your interest can help spread good content to new audiences. There are also reward

Our subject today is conduct here on the blockchain, not government elections. I would like to remind you that the STEEM daily reward pool is a zero-sum game, and it is our responsibility to be wise custodians

Whether you are new to STEEM or an old-timer who has been around since the beginning, welcome! I am your friendly neighborhood Steem Pope, here to offer some tips to help you find your way around. Steemit

Really, the title says it all. Do I need to elaborate? Welcome to the internet, where other people seem to be just user names and avatars. There is a massive temptation to set aside the basic rules for

Steemit: where the voters are bid bots, the content is plagiarized, and spam dominates the feed. Is this what we want? Will we wait for Steemit Inc. to hardfork us into more chaos? No. There is another

A while back, I made a poll about the sins of our blockchain. Today, I want to take a moment and ask about the virtues that exist in this ecosystem. Are bad behaviors rampant across the chain, or are there redeeming qualities? The poll will be open for 30 days. Have you observed any of the seven virtues on the Steem blockchain? If so, which is the one that stands out the most?

Join me in rising up to meet @rok-sivante's challenge to Make Steem Great Again! Together, we can work toward what STEEM was designed to be, and away from what it has become. Whether you use Steemit, Busy,

This is @steempope. Not to be confused for the current presiding Steem Pope. This is an alternative account operated by someone else. The Steem Blockchain is filled with interesting characters. Where there is people, there is vice. Where there is vice, there is also goodness. This will be part one of an open poll that will last for a month. Of all the seven deadly sins, which ones do you think is the most prevalent in our nascent ecosystem? This is not about facts, but how YOU, as stakeholders or hobby crypto social media users, feel about everything. Choose wisely.

Comments. Easy, right? No, apparently not. If you take the time to comment on a post, make it relevant to the content of that post. "Great post" doesn't tell the author that you read the post.

There is a time for upvotes, and a time for flags. Upvote original content that meets your quality standards and piques your interest. That's easy. The only difficulty is the number of votes one can make

It came to my attention several days ago that there is a lot of plagiarism and spam in the NSFW category of posts. People are copy/pasting images from various other websites, failing to offer attribution,

There is a difference between voting here on Steemit and voting in politics. Steemit votes are often abused. People buy and sell their votes. They flag (downvote) unjustly or for petty disputes. But on

Those of us who came to Steemit to create and support original content now have a sad duty to undertake as well. If we are to keep Steemit free from spam and plagiarism, we must police our own ecosystem.

A comment on one of my recent posts said that a plagiarist had been detected, and included an ever-so-helpful link to the culprit. I saw at once that it looked suspicious, because the link was not a standard