5 tips for Hive authors

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Posting for almost eight years has given me some insight into how to make good content for posts. And the best way to make sure your content reaches as much people as possible. Watching others post has helped teach me what works, and what does not. So I do my best to put out quality posts, and made a list of five things that has really helped me. I wanted to share those tips with everyone else today on the Hive blockchain.

Resize your images

Your pictures should be easy to load for others, and when they are 8-10MB each I can tell you some people will just skip the post waiting for it all to load. Resize your images to around 1MB each.

Use markdown

We have this great formatting language we can use, so make the most of it. Find all the cool ways of using markdown to define your post.

Read the rules of communities you post in

Do not just blindly post in communities, read the rules and make sure you follow them. Otherwise you may find your posts muted.

Network with others

Once you have written a post, go comment on others. And go on Discord and chat with others, before you know it you will have some new followers. But remember this requires “true and honest” replies and interaction..

I hope those tips help, there is always something you can do to improve on your post. Maybe one of these is helpful to others.

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Tags are underused really. Some people just try to get the various tokens, but the value is tiny. I want my posts to be found and read.

Networking really is vital. That's how I've connected with so many people. Hive is supposed to be social, but some people hardly ever comment, even on replies to their posts.

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Hive is supposed to be social, but some people hardly ever comment, even on replies to their posts.

The funny thing about this is that I mentioned this multiple times in the previous few years, and some people called me negative, while I wrote only a fact. The truth.

Even on Discord.

And once they mentioned on Discord that I earned $2 with one of my recent posts, as if they would be envious of that $2.

I very rarely visited Discord since then.

And nowadays I rather simply choose to write mostly for myself on Hive, and I very rarely write comments on Hive too.

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We can each do what we want online. I've never denied that engagement is lacking on Hive, but I still get more than elsewhere. I'll also say again that Hive is small and scale matters.

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Not necessarily the scale.

But rather the actual, real, genuine, mutual interest in the topic in a group/community.

I can mention small private Facebook groups with only a few hundred/thousand users, and they have real, regular, proper amount of interaction.

Because they actually mutually care about at least one same topic.

No one asks on that platform how many comments did you wrote under other people's posts today, because this does not matter at all on a socially properly working platform.

Only the actual, genuine, real mutual interest in at least one topic.

With this, you can have a socially properly working platform, group, community even with a few hundred people.

An online platform does not necessarily need to be big in scale (in the number of active users) to be socially properly working.

So the real question is, are the most of the Hive blockchain users actually care about any topic on the platform?

The problem is that most people indeed very rarely write comments, while a few people feel the need to force themselves to write dozens or even hundreds of comments per day for some reason, and their comments are visibly forced in most cases.

So they indirectly tell you (by their forced style of their comments) that they do not have actual interest in the post without writing that to you in a straight way.

And honestly I rather receive zero (0) comments under my posts than any amount of forced comments.

But of course, as you wrote above, "we can each do what we want online".

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I really don't care too much what happens on Facebook. It's different and Hive needs more people who will engage with a topic. I do what I can to make that happen.

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This happens not only on Facebook, but on every socially properly working platform.

This is not different at all.

None of them are different in this aspect.

Hive needs people, who not simply engage in a topic, but people, who have actual, real, genuine, mutual interest in at least one topic.

If the above mentioned thing is given, then the interaction/engagement will naturally come with it.

So the people will naturally use the platform.

This is the base concept of a socially properly working platform.

And Facebook is only one of these platforms.

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I know :)

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How do I no the right tag to use

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See what other people use. What tags would you want to see?

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Hmmmmm. That right 💯. Thank you

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Yeah I like tags, but like you said many of the tokens have been setup to curate based on using them. I prefer using subject tags, but I see many using those he token tags.

So true, networking is really important here. I think that is understated sometimes. Always shocked to see people not responding to comments. I do my best to comment on nearly every one of them.

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I won't lie I'm try my best but it not something I'm use to

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Great tips - nice and short. I think the most useful tip is the last one:

Network with others Once you have written a post, go comment on others. And go on Discord and chat with others, before you know it you will have some new followers. But remember this requires “true and honest” replies and interaction..

It is the most useful one, but also the hardest one to do. Even without Discord part it could really expand your network on Hive. To make it true and honest I found I have to be interested in topics that are being discussed and have something to say on the subject...

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Indeed, tried to keep it really simple so people can digest the info. Yep, Discord is just another way to chat with others. But leaving comments on the blockchain is the best way to go. So true, leaving comments about things that interest you is probably the best way to leave insightful comments.

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I didn't think about the image one. At least on YouTube, it won't let me upload a thumbnail over a certain amount of MBs.

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That is true, sometimes my covers would be in .png format and always too big.. reformatting them to jpeg helped.

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I tried everything my friend. You and I had interactions many times in past. I also have included you in my automatic voting list. Despite all such things, I don't get enough upvotes on my posts. So, I am trying, trying and trying. 😁

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Indeed me and you go way back. That is nice, thanks. I am going to be stopping auto-voting soon, just need to make sure I have the time to do it all manual.

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Manual voting is very tough as it requires time to upvote. I don't find it easy to manually the posts of my favorite authors. So, manual upvoting is the way for me to encourage and support them.

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Resizing images is such a huge one. Especially when you consider that like 80% of the world accesses the Internet solely through a mobile device. Having content load which is a must!

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That is so true, and many pay by the GB for data. So when images are not resized, they use up data plans of people faster.

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Very true!

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you are right and thanks for your good suggestions .

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Thanks much, glad you liked the tips.

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nice tips! thanks! I think I need to work on a few of these.. 😉🤙

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This trip's and trick can be worked sir 👏

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Indeed it does.

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I need your contact details bro i am a big fan of your

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Ohhh wow this is very helpful thank you so much for sharing this with us 🚀 I have been wanting to get tips like this and I just had to meet your post and yes you gave me what I needed to know and what I wanted to clarify too 😁

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Well I am happy I put out these tips to help others.

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Really glad you did so thank you 😁

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Thank you so much for these tips. I knew about how tags are really important when making your post, but I didn't think that checking the tags others were using on that same subject was also important to enable my post to be found.

Thank you once again, I appreciate your taking your time to explain these things.

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You really well described the important points to keep in Mind while making the Post... Consistency & Engagement is a another way to get good Rewards..

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So true, that is quite important.

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Good ones mate!

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thanks man

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You nailed it, with this simple 5 steps, hive is all fun

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Great tips.

Thank you so much for sharing.

Have a fabulous Sunday 🎉

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Thanks for this helpful tip. I've never thought of picture sizes, but thanks to this, I will ensure it's smaller. I also don't know how to use the "mark down" you mentioned. I've seen posts from people with lines and borders, but I don't know how to do it.

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Waooo you made my day with this post. I really appreciate it 🙏

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These tips are pure gold, straight from someone who’s walked the walk for years. I especially loved the hack about resizing images. It’s such a small step but makes a huge difference for me. Also, using all 10 tags wisely, i don't even know how ? That’s next-level Hive game. Thanks for generously sharing what works, Hive needs more voices like yours guiding the way. Bookmarked this for every new creator I meet!

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Ah glad you found them helpful. Yep getting your images to a good size is key to people checking out your posts especially when they are on a mobile connection browsing them.

I like to use the website birme.net

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For the size check right

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I never even considered resizing my images or that people might have difficulty viewing them. Tbh I don't know how to. Maybe I should look that up though

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Ah yeah I see that often, sometimes I download the picture just to see how big they are and shocked sometimes..

I use birme.net

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It makes the image very less size with pixels broken, what resolution you use to make it near 1 MB, for me, it made a 7 mb file 48 kb.

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Terimakasih banyak untuk tips yang luar biasa ini, saya seperti baru saja menemukan pencerahan, sekali lagi terimakasih banyak & semoga harimu menyenangkan ☺️

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Ah glad you found the info useful.

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Very helpful tips. Thank you! I do use a lot of tags of my favorite tribe tokens but haven't considered resizing my images.

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Ah yeah, I have seen many of those tribe tags.

Indeed, resizing your images is important.

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Interesting post very specific points to consider the truth is that I had in mind some of these, but what to reduce the photo did not know I often interact with other content and apparently that does not help much I do it because it pleases me, but I see that there are few Colombians in the ecosystem and the truth I do not know any who do well here, are almost three years creating content for fun, I have been creating content for almost three years for pleasure, because if it were for the numbers I would have been discouraged in the end we will see what happens over time, anyway you are very kind to take out of your time to think of others, also always answer the comments ay others smaller than you and are rude do not answer when you make a comment then I think that also hinders a little interaction between creators, then is when I think it will be that the HP they have gone to their heads jajaja 😂

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If we were not in a altcoin bear market you would probably be feeling like you are doing better, but since the token value is low compared to the past. It will take awhile to get back there I think.

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Yes, I suppose it is due to that alone, but thank you very much for your attention.

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WOW this is very interesting. I fine it helpful. Thanks for sharing

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I am going to follow your advice 😀. Thank you for sharing

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Thank you very much my brother @solominer for sharing tips that are really useful for all. Specially for beginners and those who are still feeling their way like me. I think all five tips you reviewed are useful and once again helpful. Regards :)

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You are welcome, glad you found my tips helpful.

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Of course it's very useful :)

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Great tips to follow. Networking (engaging on other's post, giving meaningful comments), following others etc is very paramount as hive provides that platform to connect with many people worldwide.

Eight years of posting is no small feat. Thanks for coming up to share these tips for us to learn and follow. Highly commendable and appreciated 👍

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This will really help alot, and I so much appreciate you alot for sharing this

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excelente tus recomendaciones, son practicos y faciles de comprender por aqullos que no somos expertos digitales.

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Ah glad it all is helpful.

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Thanks for sharing this wonderful information ✨ That's very good 👍 Have a great night 🌃

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You are welcome, have a good night too.

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These are pure facts.

Networking with others sounds less important, but i think that's one of the most important tip. People don't know, but honest engagements with other authors helps a lot in this space.

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Indeed, networking is quite important. It goes a long way.

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No doubt all the tips listed here is how you thrive on hive, especially when it comes to networking, making good comments on other users post is how you get noticed.

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Wow this is so interesting tips and I have learned something from it.

Thanks for the tips.

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Some great advice here, and I had my 8 year birthday on Hive yesterday. June 19.

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Nice.. happy blockchain birthday :-)

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Thank you!

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I don't think it's entirely true, but I agree that the effort you put into creating content plays a big part because when you have a whale that sees your effort or likes you, you will automatically get their votes. I've seen many of my friends get auto-votes and get satisfying votes every day. I'm also trying.

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Well glad I titled my post 5 tips for Hive authors, and not 5 tips for attracting whales to my posts. :-)

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Resize your images to around 1MB each

Any specific tool that you use ?

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birme.net

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Very helpful tips. Thank you

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You are welcome

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Nice one! Engaging with other People's posts. Using the right tags and following community rules very necessary.

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It is helpful to know that community rules are important. I remember when I wrote a post about my soccer manager game and how I signed a new player.

So I took my time and I enjoyed writing about it because I enjoy writing about games I play. Sadly I forgot to post it in my favourite community Hivegaming, instead I posted on my blog.

I thought about cross-posting but then I remembered the community rules.

The importance reading community rules.

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So true, it is quite important to follow the rules of the community you are posting in.

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I wrote a post and came to comment :) You have good and correct advice.

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Hah.. good job.

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Thanks so much for this tips

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Are tags really important anymore? I feel like close to no one browses/filters through tags anymore after communities arrived.

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Yeah I search them, one of the dapps I helped get online uses them as its primary way of finding specific content. Hivehound lets you filter by tag and other important details. Without its tag search it would only be a shadow of what the dapp could be.

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Interesting, cool! I'd love a way to filter a feed by new posts where they only used tags, i.e. no community.

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Tags could be important for some cases where curators curate based on specific tags. I also click on tags to see what else is interesting on that specific subject that sometimes is not posted in the community that I follow.

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5 tips for Hive authors

Tags

Resize your images

Use markdown

Read the rules of communities you post in

Network with others

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