As HIVE gets more users, and the crypto bulls keep running, and we continue to try to tempt great content writers to the HIVE blockchain so they can experience the abundance and love we enjoy both on HIVE and it's various front ends, we feel we have a responsiblity to ensure that our community presents it's best face to the world.

Who are we, and what kind of posts do we support?

And what don't we support? Who might we mute, downvote or gently suggest that their post isn't a #naturalmedicine post?

Of course, some people just don't know what to tag - and some people are knowingly tagging to get some LOTUS. Some people are writing awesome content we'd love to upvote, but they aren't quite a #naturalmedicine post. Some people just take the mick by writing terrible content, and don't really care.

Our curators care.

Our curators have been working to:

• advise people if their post isn't really a #naturalmedicine post, and to remove the tag if not.
• downvote and mute plagiarism to zero LOTUS rewards
• caution against single photo content, blurry pictures or poorly presented posts.

Why do we do this? Because we believe it's only fair - it's not fair that others miss out on rewards when scammers and shitposters are trying to take advantage of the system. Saying that, we also like to help people out that genuinely don't know, and help them be better, especially new users.

What Natural Medicine IS

This is clearly outlined on the community page:

Natural Medicine is the first and original collective on HIVE focussed on all things natural health. It rewards both in HIVE and also with LOTUS, a social coin for enthusiasts of natural health - from herbalism and essential oils, to food as medicine, meditation and spirituality, as well as the relationship of human beings to the natural world through wild-crafting, permaculture and other 'healthy' earth centred practices.

Each of the following is a #naturalmedicine post:

• An entry into the #plantbased challenge, with clear photos and perhaps a detail about the health benefits of the particular ingredient featured.
• A post about the therapeutic benefits of art
• Posts about healthy exercise - we particularly like yoga, tai chi, and other somatic arts but perhaps if you're writing a post about running and how it makes you feel and how it's great for your mental health, that'd be awesome to.
• Posts about mental health, neuroscience and health, meditation, rewiring the brain for healthier habits, and so on
• Gardening posts - in the absence of a working #homesteading community on HIVE, and knowing that resilience through self sufficiency and the known mental health benefits of gardening, we're all in here!
• A post about studying herbalism or naturopathy or TCM and so on - any of the healing modalities.

And so on. Think 'healthy life' and 'wellness'.

What Natural Medicine Isn't

• If it's a post about the environment, perhaps it's better suited to #ecotrain
• If it's a post about hiking in a forest, perhaps try #amazingnature
• If it's a chicken stir fry with no mention of health, try #foodies
• If it's a single photography of a plant, try #photographylovers

It's Absolutely Not

• It's not blurry photographs.
• It's not using information from the internet without sourcing - even if you're writing in your own words.
• It's not a quick 'add in' line about what makes a walk healthy just to try to get a #naturalmedicine vote
• It's not using a post that you posted two years ago on Steem, or re-using a post you've already written on HIVE, under your account or someone else.

So, we're clearing out the nettle patch...

If you find yourself downvoted by @lotusmud, don't be upset - just come and say hi in our Discord and chat to us if you believe we've made an error.

If you get a @lotusmud downvote more than once, you're probably scamming - so we'll mute you until you can plead your case. Sometimes we're wrong. But our curators have been doing this for a long time, and they're more than often right.

Part beneficiary of this post goes to @justinparke, @sirenahippie, @minismallholding and @anggreklestari for their incredible work spotting scammers.

Earn Instantly For Writing Natural Health Content

^{Earn LOTUS and HIVE rewards for sharing your natural health content on www.naturalmedicine.io. If you don't already have a HIVE account, you can sign up for FREE here. We support writers sharing about herbalism, TCM, yoga, meditation, vegan and other healthy diets, as well as earth centred practices such as foraging, permaculture and biodynamics - read more about us here!}

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