The News

The big news of last week came just after my previous #FollowFriday post. @hivefest will be in Split, Croatia this year.

This is a place I have never visited and it is only a few hours by plane from the UK, so I am seriously looking at going. I have been to three previous big gatherings of this community (some by another name) and they really are great. You will meet amazing people and have the best conversations. The organisers always do a great job of making it all fun. Get there if you can.

In less welcome news the @pinmapple project is shutting down soon after seven years and 114k posts pinned to the world map. Running a project like this is a lot of work and many people do it for love rather than profit. They are making the code available and the data is all on the blockchain, so somebody else could take it up.

@brianoflondon keeps innovating and now enables creating Hive accounts with BTC Lightning. This is something I have no experience of, but it could be big and we need more ways for people to get on board.

I know some people want to make Hive into a repository for knowledge. I see @propolis.wiki
are working on this. They have a contest to design graphics for it.

Players of @risingstargame have had use of some cool utilities to make it easy to buy cards. One of those was from @foxon, but I hear that he is unwell and unable to work on it (sending best wishes). Meanwhile @mateodm03 has created a new store that helps you in buying the cards you need.

Friday Follows

• I just found @harbiter who is a guitarist from Italy who just joined Hive. He is creating 'dark' music and I hope to hear some on Hive soon.
• @hivesnest will be following the activities of a group of Hiveans in Mexico who are creating cool things.
• Fellow drummer @nahupuku has been recruiting students to Hive in Venezuela. I am sure he will guide them well.

These people get a share of the post rewards.

Meetups

Last weekend I was in Bedford with a bunch of Hiveans. I helped @alessandrawhite to organise this and to show her how easy it can be. If you set a place and time then make it known there is a chance that people will turn up. What do you have to lose?

We had a nice walk by the river as I told them about my home town. We ended up in the nice hotel for some drinks.

@mcsamm did a nice write-up with more photos.

I hope to do another meetup this year at a different location. Anyone can do this, so make it happen near you!

The Dog House

If you try to cheat on Hive you are likely to get found out. That can result in you losing any rewards and having your reputation destroyed. In this case not only are they duplicating a post, but the images are stolen from another Hiver.

This appears to be part of a 'farm' that is trying to get rewards using multiple accounts. Here is another of them. The coffee post is also stolen and has been replicated across lots of accounts.

We have to deal with this sort of abuse if we want Hive to succeed. Even if you do not feel you can downvote others you can report it to groups such as Hivewatchers.

The End

I did not even get to the $HIVE price, but then that is not so exciting right now. We can just keep on being active and earning. When the price improves then we benefit. Keep promoting Hive to those who might enjoy it. They may find other platforms frustrating and Hive offers an alternative.

Stay well and stay strong. Hive five!

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@tenkminnows: Helping good Hivers level up @proofofbrian: A bot that checks for tag typos #BritList: A monthly list of Hivers in the UK