I have noticed there are getting to be more and more new users on the Hive Platform. Some of them are stumbling around with no clear direction as to what they should do next. This post is to provide just a few of the Basics for those newbies.
HiveBuzz
Hive Buzz has a great tour that will help newbies to Hive learn a lot of stuff about the platform. It will also help you get your journey started.
Enter your Hive username and then take the "Tour". It shares several tasks that you can take to get up and going on the Hive platform. After you set up your profile, you should introduce yourself to everyone on Hive with an introductory post.
Resource Credits
When you first start, you will have very few resource credits. The amount will be so low that you will only be able to create a post, make a few comments and curate (vote) for some of the post your find interesting.
As mentioned in the tour, one of the first things you need to do is create an introductory post. This will help start your Hive earnings. Hive Power is what provides you with the resource credits needed to complete any transactions on the Hive Blockchain.
Gift Giver
This is a Hive faucet that will provide you a little Hive each hour.
Follow Others
Start following others on Hive that you like their content. Who knows they might follow you back and upvote your postings. However even if they follow you back, do not expect them to vote on all of your posts.
At the beginning, you are trying to absorb as much as possible without becoming over whelmed.
There is so much content, projects, games and other activities on the Hive platform that it will feel like there is just to much to learn it all. That is fine because I have been using Hive for over a year and still have not even scratched the surface of all the communities that are here to explore and learn from.
Enjoy your time here and ask lots of questions. Most anyone is willing to help you along your way. Who's knows, you might end up being the expert that everyone is looking for.
Just add value to all that you do on the Hive Platform and you will be surprised at how quickly you will catch on. Take care.