"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." ā Henry Ford
Hive is not simply a blockchain - it is a decision, a mindset and a like minded community that shares in the growth of such.
THE WHAT, WHY, WHO & WHERE OF IT ALL
These are my five...
WHAT
(What Hive offers you as an individual)
At first, Hive offered me a place where I could learn a little bit more about blockchain technology and also learning how cryptocurrencies work without immediately having to invest money. As my interests grew, I started to learn how to freewrite and in a way Hive brought back my love for writing content instead of just focusing on photo and video formats.
But now, Hive offers way more than that. Hive offers a community. A community where you can be yourself, you are accepted for who you are and where you can meet anyone from anywhere in the world with similar interest to the ones you have. How Social Media platforms originally are intended to work.
WHY
(How Hive is different to other social media and blogging platforms)
First and foremost. Hive is not a social media or blogging platform that is owned or backed by a multinational/conglomerate or a group of billionaires deciding the direction of the platform. Secondly, due to the blockchain infrastructure, you can access the content from different decentralized apps and the same content will show up on all of the them. Third, there are no unnecessary notifications and no-one is pushing you to connect with others because you have one connection in common, rather you decide who you want to follow yourself. Fourth, the community aspect of Hive makes it easy to connect you with a tribe of people that share a common interest, whether that is topic based or location based.
I feel like I'm forgetting something. Oh, yes. Hive has creator and curation rewards that allow users of the platform to not only get rewarded for the content they make, but also for staying engaged. Both the decentralized ownership of the Hive ecosystem and the direct reward system are two things that are in some ways 'ahead of their time' compared to other traditional platforms.
WHO
(People & spaces you find Hive support and gain enthusiasm from)
There are a lot of people that I'm thankful for on this platform. First and foremost, 
Secondly, if it wasn't for 
Then there is 
Of course, those daily postings are also a result of 
There are so many people I will forget to mention, but there are also people who have been on the blockchain for so long but I only recently get acquainted with, like 
WHERE
(The front ends / dapps of your choice and why)
To be honest, I haven't given any dapp a fair shot. Since I switched to Hive, I've been on 
And of course, when it comes to video, it's
#THRIVEONHIVE
(My final thoughts & conclusion)
I've been reading up on the 
That being said. In the 41 moons I've been here, the maturity has been outstanding. Of course I have grown together with Hive as well, but the opportunities, the communities, the dapps, everything is in a much better place than it was a couple of years ago. I'm proud to be part of the Hive community and even more proud to promote it.
MY SHOUTOUTS
To continue with this fun HIVE initiative, I am going to combine #ThriveOnHive with #Hive5 and the #HiveChat and inviting the next five #hivechat hosts to give us their opinion about what we should do and what we should do.
#Hive5 to:
TO THOSE JOINING IN....
1 ) Create your own selfie with the tag #THRIVEONHIVE - similar to the headers you have seen.
2 ) Copy the same post format and insert your OWN feedback and insight under the relevant headings.
3 ) Tag 5 people to join in!
4 ) If you are on Twitter... share your post using the tags #thriveonhive #powerhousecreatives #hiveisalive #hive
Use the following tags on your post: thriveonhive, powerhousecreatives, hive (additional tags up to you)
PLEASE PUBLISH YOUR POST TO THE POWERHOUSE CREATIVES COMMUNITY FEED ā IE. created/hive-114105
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