Hello hello hello 😁 ,

I hoped on the PeakD train 2 month ago and even though I understood only half of what was said in the post, if not less, I wanna share my view as a user.

Having a community choose members posting only is understandable, but for new people it can be intimidating. It feels like standing in front of the bouncer, being at the mercy of whoever decides if you are good enough or not.

I get the point of ownership, just like in a club. But a club is only as good as its bouncers.

I'm asking myself, what happens if there is a community someone might wanna join to see if it fits, and this one is being rejected because he doesn't have the time to contribute on a reg basis or had a bad day when proposing? Would they stick around? Or when someone is not a type of person asking maybe twice to become a member, because it makes one feel like begging.

And what if someone is interested in many topics, and wants to join many communities to share topic related stuff? But a day has only so many hours and to satisfy every community in order to become a "member" might not be possible, but yet contributing once in a while may be.

I have joined one e.g. I was invited too and may just be able to make a post every other week or less, due to the topic. Do you see where I wanna go with this?

Giving the community the option to mute when there is crappy content is a good thing I would say.

Searching communities by tags may be helpful to find the ones of interest.

Some communities I found while going through the feed, others with the Community search. But to find the right ones in the jungle of existing ones was/is not easy.

And then there is this thing, that when you're new you don't really give new communities a chance when you see they have no followers or posts. Of course you wanna be in a place with active engagement, regardless of the topic.

So how can a new community promote itself besides being in the Incubation program (which is a great initiative btw)?

The reward beneficiaries should be explained better. What is it and what would it be used for? I know in the HiveBuzz Tour there is a short description but just a general one and not everyone may take a look at the tour.

I saw the option and to be honest, I'm opting out most of the times as of now, because I'm just not aware of who is behind it and what is it used for, or rather why it is needed. And with PeakD as a beneficiary I could be fine, cause I'm using it, but what are the others? So a better way of promoting the beneficiaries and what the reward will be used for is necessary when making it mandatory.

For example, I tried Dapplr but stoped when I saw there was a 5% mandatory reward being taken out. Not to be mistaken, they, as anyone else, probably deserve every % of it, BUT being new and not having a lot of HP/HBD/HIVE myself this is a huge mental hurdle to begin with. It is simple psychology.

I suppose many starting out will be a little bit reluctant as normally the rewards are not as big and you want to build up a little bit for yourself first.

That's why explaining it and being transparent about it is key for reward beneficiaries being mandatory. At least in my beginners opinion.

Ok, for a last note, I really like PeakD. The interface is very appealing, and I'm really pleased with the features as of now. So thumbs up for that. And thumbs up if you made it down here reading 😄 .