The News

The title refers to something that belongs in the Dog House, so see below.

I have plotted the prices over the last three months to show where things have been going. It is obviously not great for $HIVE and some others, but with Bitcoin dipping we will suffer. Nobody with sense will cry too much if $STEEM goes to nothing as it is a corrupt chain with a few people making most of the rewards. I would urge people to stay away from it, but if you have honest friends over there then encourage them to come to Hive.

@hivebeecon is happening in Kraków this weekend. I was there for SF3, but will miss this event. I know a few of my friends are there and they will be reporting on it. I have seen some posts from @alessandrawhite.

I saw this from @thebeedevs about running a Hive node on a Raspberry Pi. It is technical stuff, but if a few people do this then it makes the chain more robust. For around £100 you could help support the running of Hive. It may be possible to run a witness on there, so you could earn from it too. The energy costs would be fairly low. Hive is not an energy hog like some other blockchains.

The fallout from the collapse of Brofund is still ongoing. The person behind that account is posting some nasty stuff, but the general opinion is that they need some help with their mental health. In the meantime you should unvote their witness. There is some countering of their votes going on so you may get caught up in that.

If you have a spare witness vote then @rivalzzz is now a witness.

Friday Follows

• @zirochka gives us reports from Kyiv where life goes on despite the conflict.
• @nicklewis has changed the Hive Sound Library community to be about music technology in general. With our fairly small userbase we have to adjust things to reach a wider audience.
• I always enjoy the music videos from @harbiter. I think he does well to write songs in English as an Italian speaker. We have a wide variety of music on Hive so everyone should find something to enjoy. If you like it really heavy then @deadspace rocks some riffs.

The Dog House

Talking of music we have had various contests around that on Hive. The Vibes one had some great prizes and attracted more people here. Unfortunately it has been corrupted with people taking funds to sway the results. The contest has been shut down and those involved in the abuse have been blacklisted. If you abuse the trust people place in you then you have to expect this when you are found out.

I hope this will not put people off posting their music on Hive. Even if you do not win big prizes you can still get rewards and engagement. We need more musicians and fans to be active on Hive, so encourage your friends to sign up. On other platforms you need thousands of followers to make anything, but anyone can earn something on Hive. We should make it a hub for music fans. You can put videos on @3speak that offers more freedom than the big video platforms.

The End

I plan to meet up with some Hivers later. You do not have to wait for someone else to organise an event as any time you can get people together it will be fun.

I always emphasise that Hive should be fun for you. We cannot all expect to make massive rewards, but we have something special here. On the big corporate platforms you are just a data point and target for advertising, but here you are part of a community that wants to do things differently. It is by no means perfect, but there are opportunities if you build things with others.

Hive five!

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