A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...
People across the Hive community seem to have a pretty wide range of interpretations of what exactly this ecosystem is.
Much as some folks might want to disagree, Hive's backbone seems very much to be the social content sites. However, it feels like the social part used to be a lot more active some years back than it is today.
Which is a bit sad.
Of course, there aren't as many active participants as there once were — which is also a bit sad — but it could also be that people have grown more attached to creating than to actually socializing. And maybe we simply grow complacent and stuck in our routines, after a while.
And yet? It is typically the social engagement that provides the lifeblood of venues like Hive. And active social engagement is pretty essential to presenting a public front and at least the appearance of a thriving community to potential newcomers.
Pitching what looks like a dead community is a pretty futile endeavor!
So... This is New: CommentRewarder!
So this brings me to one of Hive's newest initiatives: @commentrewarder, a project that's actually making me feel hopeful that we might finally see the engagement level in our community rise a bit.
CommentRewarder is a collaboration of @hivetrending (of PIZZA fame) and long-time Hiver and @holozing creator @acidyo... in an effort to boost engagement in our community.
I have to admit this is the first time in a good long while I have felt truly enthusiastic about a new Hive growth initiative!
So Why Should You CARE?
Very short version is that @commentrewarder is a rewarding tool that allows creators to set the utility as a post beneficiary, after which the designated payout will be split among the "approved" comments on that post, at the time of payout.
You can read more about the program in this post... I won't go into a lot of detail here, just encourage you to give it a try.
Anyway, I have made @commentrewarder a 25% beneficiary on the payout of this post, as a bit of an experiment, to see if engagement increases, at all. Hopefully it will!
A Few Thoughts and Reflections
Who benefits here?
It seems to me that the community does.
- Hive activity increases.
- People with lower HP can reward good comments without losing to the "dust" threshhold.
- If you're using PeakD, you'll get an icon by your post indicating the post rewards comments.
- That, in turn, might increase your readership/following.
- Gamification works. People enjoy doing things "competitively."
- More engagement on your content, leading to more followers.
- Effectively, it is "costless" promotion. You're just giving up a percentage (as little as 3%, although I'd recommend 10% or more) of future rewards.
- Perhaps the biggest: Incentive for content consumers, not just for content creators.
That last one is important, and perhaps a little personal.
In my earliest days here (beginning of 2017) when I was completely invisible on the site, it was active engagement with others' content that largely built the first six months worth of my account.
Hive (or its predecessor, as it were) was a lot more fun then! It would be nice to get back to that... we also had a lot more engagement during the years of @abh12345's "Curation and Engagement Leagues" which was another great example of gamifying the engagement process.
Anyway, if @commentrewarder sounds interesting or worthwhile to you, why not give it a try? Spread the word; give it a try and write your own post about it... or you can just reblog this one, or the original intro post!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great remainder of your weekend!
Comments, feedback and other interaction is invited and welcomed! 25% of this post's rewards will be redistributed to people who leave good comments! Because — after all — SOCIAL content is about interacting, right? Leave a comment — share your experiences — be part of the conversation! I do my best to answer comments, even if it sometimes takes a few days!
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Created at 2024.10.12 17:39 PST
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