Introducing Myself to the Hive!

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I actually don’t like talking about myself much unless I can make a vague joke (preferably not at my expense) about my life or personhood. I’ve always been reserved and needlessly anxious since I was a child to some extent or another. I think I’ve developed such a strong fear of rejection to the point of seldomly giving anyone anything of myself to reject. Although sharing who I am as a person may not come naturally to me, talking about what I do is so much easier.

Like my love of creating art and being a vessel for creativity to pour through into the material world. I used to draw and write children’s stories in elementary school, produce music in highschool, and in college I drafted a poetry book. I recently wrote a piece of flash fiction for a national writing contest in the USA (fingers crossed that I win). I still need to work on getting the poetry book published but that takes time; thankfully time is the only thing I seem to really have in the age of rona. Nonetheless, I’m still writing and hopefully I’ll be able to work on the development of another major art project within the next year.

In highschool I studied film production and photo editing under the tutelage of my school’s librarian, who went to university for cinematography herself. I was a Teacher’s Assistant (TA) for her between my freshman year up until the end of my junior year. For those of you who did not grow up in the United States, our school system is broken up into school years (which are often called “grades”) and depending on which grade one is in they will be enrolled in Elementary School (ages 5-10: kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and sometimes 6th grade), Middle School (ages 11-13: sometimes 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade), and High School (ages 14-18: freshman/9th grade, sophomore/10th grade, junior/11th grade, and senior/12th grade). This year I used what I learned as a TA in highschool to produce a few videos on youtube and those had a modicum of popularity since I was deeply entrenched in the online Dark Academia subculture and was well respected amongst a niche part of that community. I have since left that subculture and video making endeavors to write and share my content on HIVE. Thus far I think HIVE presents a much better platform for my sociopolitical analysis and cultural critique than youtube.

Sadly, writing my pieces to add to HIVE also means letting go of the original video production ideas for that content and shifting it towards purely being text based. I’m considering starting a twitch account in the future and creating some sort of video game broadcasting entertainment that might still allow me to express myself through video. I’m not going to worry about it too much though, because I’m sure whatever I end up pursuing will make me feel engaged, challenged, and fulfilled in the end.



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Welcome to hive! I’m glad that you’re on here with us, it’s a wonderful place full of lots of great people!

I think you can definitely enjoy the corner of the internet we call home on Hive. We have a lot of great things that happen on a daily and weekly basis and depending on what you put in, you could get great results out of it! I think the video communities are becoming more popular here on hive so I think you can post your content there and engage with people in those posts, leave them some good comments and feedback! Commenting is more important than posting!

We have a video platform on here called 3 Speak which you can definitely check out! I don’t do video content myself but I know a lot of people do post things in there so they could direct you better than I. The account that runs the video stuff is @3speak. I am confident that if you’re here in hive, are consistent and engaging with people in the community, then you will definitely get the fulfillment you are looking for! There’s an excellent and strong group of people on here every day and it’s constantly growing!

We’ve got a beginner zone, so-to-speak that has lots of important information you can learn from. I would recommend you check it out to learn some stuff about the place, lots of great information is posted there.
https://peakd.com/c/hive-109221/created

One of the things I wanted to do is give you a piece of advice that could make this place awesome for you! Talking with some of the people who have been here for a while, we remember one of the best things we did was find other people’s posts through others or go looking and start commenting meaningful things. If you drop small phrases it won’t get you much attention but if you look at a persons post and leave a great comment, a lot of times they will appreciate it and talk with you. If you continue to do this you will develop a friendship with them and will gain followers and grow your account. This is not an easy and fast process. It takes time but the more effort you put in the more you can be rewarded, with limitations of course.

I just say this in hopes you go out there and really connect with people and grow your account. The more we all do this, the more people will come here to take advantage of such a great place.

With commenting and posting, we consume what’s called ‘resource credits’ and in the beginning you don’t have a lot, you have to earn more. If you want to consistently comment and post, the website https://giftgiver.site/ does 10 day delegations for you to increase your credits to comment or post. Give it a try if you need some! Please feel free to ask me about this if you are confused!

There’s also a great article that can answer a lot of the questions you may have. Please visit it at:
https://peakd.com/hive-198524/@hivepeople/hive-for-noobs-hive-198524

Here are also some great communities of people you can check out! The list is a work in progress so please take them as suggestions but there are a LOT of others besides these!

Crypto/Finance
Leo Finance
https://peakd.com/c/hive-167922/created
HODL Community
https://peakd.com/c/hive-126009/created

Natural Medicine
https://peakd.com/c/hive-120078/created

Gaming
https://peakd.com/c/hive-13323/created

DIY
https://peakd.com/c/hive-129017/created
https://peakd.com/c/hive-189641/created

General posting
OCD
https://peakd.com/c/hive-174578/created
Curie
https://peakd.com/c/hive-156768/created

LEGO
https://peakd.com/c/hive-142010/created

Art
https://peakd.com/c/hive-156509/created

Travel
https://peakd.com/c/hive-184437/created
https://peakd.com/c/hive-163772/created

Writing (poetry, free writes, stories)
https://peakd.com/c/hive-170798/created

Microsoft Excel
https://peakd.com/c/hive-102332/created

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Thank you for all this insightful information! I'll definitely keep it in mind moving forward

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You’re welcome! It’s a bit to learn for sure but if you find you have questions let me know and I’ll try my best to answer!

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Welcome to HIVE, i'm sure you'll get a long famously well with the peeps here. All a frantic crazy opinionated bunch in this well-kept secret on the internet, wishing you all the best with your blog hope to see you around the chain more often

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Hi and welcome. Wishing you all the success on Hive and thanks for explaining the grade system, always a bit confusing to me.

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No problem! I figured it'd be inconvenient to some if I didn't, glad my little bit of effort did some good :)

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Welcome
@foolsgold
to HIVE you are here !!!!

Its interesting I love vague jokes at other ones expense aswell hahahah
Its great that you put the information you wanted to share and put it into a blog and left it here on the blockchain, so welcome, welcome to the Hive movement and blockchain. Your first blog is up and on the chain, hope you feel relieved, and not afraid of what is coming your way in the comments.
We know it can be daunting and frightening because all is new.
If you want to read some history this is a blog https://peakd.com/hive-198524/@hivepeople/hive-for-noobs-hive-198524 about it.

But for now the new beginning, you will have fun blogging and vlogging I promise. But in the beginning it’s hard and all is new and maybe you need help. We have amazing people here and a help discord if you need it. I love blogging, and was a newcomer once aswell so i know the feeling. The biggest and best advice is always be carefull with all your passwords, Never give those up !! I speak from experience !

What always will help you build your new hive account, and profile on here, is establishing relationships and the best way to build them is to comment on other people's posts, there are so many topics here, and there will always be one that is of interest to you but also be interested in them, by reading and upvoting. This will draw them to your own account aswell, where they will discover a little more about you and relationships take off from there, and comments and votes will be the next step. When you have a twitter account you van visit #hivelift for more information.

I use Peakd to post to Hive. But hive.blog is an option too. They work well and let me know if you have difficulty.

Good luck with with hive experience and I Will See you around and may you find here what you are looking for. Just remember that all good things come in good time and never giving up is THE key to the big succes on the Blockchain.

Also you could join the the Terminal discord. Or visit @heyhaveyamet for more new arrivals, newbies exposure in the beginning is very important, and you can always learn from others.
Let me know if this was helpfull or if you need more help, or better see you in Discord
the Terminal.
Here is the invite its free,

https://discord.gg/XZGPGpz

Greeting from the Netherlands
@ Brittandjosie

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Thank you for the information and tips, I'll be sure to remember them!

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Welcome to the Hive community @foolsgold!
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.

Seven suggestions to consider:

  1. Guard your passwords carefully, and only publish with the posting key,
  2. Use your active key only for wallet transactions, keychain and Peaklock,
  3. The owner password is only used to reset compromised passwords,
  4. DO NOT lose your passwords; copy and store offline,
  5. Do not publish other people's work, be it photos or written, without credit, and
    be sure to source all of your work, even if it is your own
    .
  6. An introduceyourself tag is used only once , and
  7. Do Not open any links in memos or comments that you do not know who they belong to. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is, so the old saying goes. There is nothing free here.

I found you because @brittandjosie and @jamerussell from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.

If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Hivians available who can help you; you can click to go to The Terminal in Discord here:

Have fun and happy Hiving!

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thank you very much for all the helpful advice ^_^

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