Dear Hivers,
Imagine promising yourself this:
“I will wake up, focus on my personal projects, and work till 6 PM. And then, when I am finally done — in the evening — I will log onto Hive.”
Finish work. Come to Hive. Plain and simple, right?
That was my promise. And it never worked.
Within few weeks, I started moving closer to Hive. Nights turned into mornings. Few minutes into several hours. And I got absolutely sucked in.
Hand-to-heart, I have been enjoying every single minute of it.
To put it simply:
I am a Hive addict.
That is why I thought it would be fun to share this post with all of you.
As a new addict, I wish to share some of my harmless habits I have picked up through Hive. Some of them are common. Some you can totally relate to. Perhaps they will even make you smile. Overall, these are fun things I do here.
And if you do them too? Then you are a Hive addict like me. (Let's party!)
Let’s get started:
1. Writing one — and feeling “great”
Ever felt a rush after hitting that “Publish” button?
Same here.
In fact, I promised to write two articles a day — yet publishing one leaves me super-happy.
This rush — sense of achievement — of writing one post — didn’t allow me to write the next one. This gave me enough time to…
2. Refresh notifications
Imagine walking into a restaurant with a plan and ordering something else? And then you turn around to see your friend looking at you with confusion?
Hive addicts are like that.
We start with one thing and end up with another.
For me, I don’t know why but there’s an unknown joy in refreshing notifications.
Perhaps the fact that I love looking at these:
- “Xxx voted on your post”
- “Replied to your post”
- “Replied to your comment”
And the best of all:
- “Xxx followed you” (If you haven’t been following me, please do it now!)
Refreshing notification gives me a sense of joy — a small burst of excitement.
3. Checking my FAT wallet
A wise man once told me: Regularly checking your bank account doesn’t change the numbers.
Yet I have a special skill in doing that.
My mind constantly wants to see the number of Hive, Hive Power, and Hive dollars I have.
(It is very less, you know).
If you do it? Let me know why.
4. Compulsively checking stats
The blogger and engineer in me loves stats. And thanks to Peakd — I continue to check the analytics.
I check the stats. See the top most articles.
And then?
I go and read my own articles.
Ugh.
Self-obsession?
Well, I have written some good posts before, you know.
Like these:
5. Checking The "C"
What happens when you type “c” in your address bar?
CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap shows up?
Then you are an addict. Like me.
You see, I love checking the Hive's price.
In our small group, I told everyone that I was moving to Hive on the first week. Then they all saw the price. From 30 cents to 10 cents… to a dollar.
Moment it hit a dollar, these folks started appreciating my “prediction” skills. Since then, I have been visiting the "c" websites regularly.
Related Article: I Got Hive Listed on CoinPaprika
6. Unlimited reading
Hive’s Trending page is gold. Like good friendship, it attracts you and makes you do things you would never normally do.
Moment I visit the trending page, I start reading one article, then the comments, and click on someone’s profile.
And you know what’s next?
In no time, I enter this zone of unlimited reading — spending good number of hours until I find something I can comment on.
7. Claiming 0.0xx rewards
The sound of rain. A good shower. Laying on your bed doing nothing.
All these are simple pleasures of life.
And now here’s another one:
To claim rewards — even if it is something like this:
I don’t know why but it is one of that habit that all of us enjoy doing it, isn’t it? A couple of cents added to our wallet makes us feel Elon Musk of the blockchain.
Massive achievement!
8. Hiving late night
Like Bitcoin’s volatility, my sleep schedule is all over the place. No one knows how the next day looks like.
Plus, we just completed 50 days of lockdown. And also 50 days of Hive. It has given me enough time to mess things up.
My sleep schedule used to be so different, you know. Hell, for the last 3 years, I have never done this.
And now? I am here enjoying my time till 3 am — 4 am — 5 am… and even 7 am.
Who here sleeps when the world awakes? Only Hive addicts.
9. I constantly upvote
This is one of my most favourite habit.
Even though I am a small player, I enjoy upvoting and giving my couple of cents to articles I enjoy reading the most.
It simply makes me feel good.
And the fact that we can do this has always amazed me.
If you think about it, for the first time both the publishers and commentators can get rewarded — almost instantly.
And that is why upvoting has been my favourite habit so far.
Which brings me to this:
From obsessively checking the notifications — wallets — and the Hive price… to pulling an all-nighter while browsing through profiles and blog posts.
This is what every Hive addict does.
On one hand, it almost feels like you have complete control over everything. You have access to everything. And you are part of this world.
And on the other, you act like an addict — enjoying every second moving from one page to another, engaging, connecting, and really having the time of your life.
If you do any of the above?
Then welcome to the "Hive addict club."
We are in this together. And hey, it is all fun!
So the question to you:
How many hours do you spend on Hive? Do you consider yourself a Hive addict? If yes, what’s that ONE thing that you do? Perhaps you browse a lot. Or check your notifications every morning? Whatever it is, let me know! Would love to read!
Cheers,
Sid
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