Hello Hello Silverites and all Hivians.
2 years .... Two fluffing years!
It has been two years since I started being a moderator for the wonderful Silver Bloggers Community.
It has also been three years of said community, keep your eyes peeled about that in the future...
But in the meantime let me ramble a wee bit!
Not sure if will be a ramble or a rant, or maybe a ranted ramble or even a rambled rant.
Not sure yet ....
I remember when I first joined Hive, pretty much due to the persistence of Super Eli the one and only 
Why on earth was Hive called Hive?
That really was the most disastrous marketing exercise. I googled Hive, and here in the UK there are loads and loads of things about Hive, companies called Hive, groups called Hive, learning academies, heating providers the list goes on and on and on.
Even last week Mrs T told someone at her work who is into photography that she should post her pictures on Hive like I do and not just on Facebook. Next day Mrs T came home from work ... "so and so says Hive is a scam as she never saw it on google and she said are you gay!"
Therein lies half the problem of Hive!
So I went to google this morning ... this was my search ...
The first mention of Hive I came to was this ....
Nestled in 73rd place!
We have Coinmarketcap.com and our Hive listing price. That is a pretty good thing to see.
Then in 133rd spot I saw Github
but not our beloved Hive ....
Okay I stopped and can see why the work colleague of Mrs T was wary to see the least.
Hive has an image problem .... we are invisible!
I guess it is time for dApps or communities to lead the charge .... as generic Hive marketing / SEO is not doing anything...
Ramling Rant part 1 I think ....
I am supposed to be talking about 2 years as Silver Bloggers moderator!
When I ran Talk Time with Tengo in the Ecency Discord I had the pleasure to chat / interview one of our UK Silver Bloggers who started the amazing Saturday Savers Club ... I am of course talking about 
We have different areas and different places for anything!
She is one wise lady and speak so many true words.
So last wee rant before I just focus on Silver Bloggers.
As blockchains go Hive is cool for a number of reasons, but most of the converted are already here. Our standing in the market cap ranks will go down as other newer flashier tokens are released and that is life.
My feedback from many of the newcomers to Hive is that it is a closed shop. Whilst in theory we are a decentralised censorship free blockchain, it is run/owned by a select few who set the laws. Certain countries are favoured for curation etc and users from certain countries incur the negative effects from the reputations of said countries.
It is what it is.
Finallly ....
Let's dive into why I love the Silver Bloggers community
As long you abide by our common sense then we don't give a fluff who you are or where you come from!
That is what attracted me to this crazy wee group of old folk!
There is nowt as queer as folk is an old British saying, we know that in SB. We have been around the park a few times.
We forgive and we let peeople live their lives in harmony without judging ... well that is the theory..
But we do judge!!!
Oh yes we fluffing do!
I am teasing, we run the #bom competition so of course we judge that, afterall someone has to pick a winner!
We might be a bunch of old boring farts .... at least that is what 
Do you know you can delegate HP to 
and receive Hive!
No? Well you do now ... so sure we on't say no to a wee delegation ... thank you very much!
We love to collaborate
We keep up with the times.
We ran a collaboration month with the wonderful 
That was a great flow of information and exchange of ideas with the kids of today!
A repeat on the cards for 2024 
Ladies are very much a big part of Silver Bloggers with 
Those two amazing ladies have had such tumultuous life changing experiences that it's a credit to them both for still being on Hive, helping,writing and in Discord too!
The other incredible lady member of the Silver Bloggers moderation team is none other than my partner in crime
As for collaborations, we try to help out InLeo and participate in the Author of The Week initiative. A big thank you to 
InLeo are trying we know that. But if there is anything that we can do to help our members then that is what we at Silver Bloggers shall do!
Upcoming Plans....
I am not going to say anything ....
but a wee birdie told me that Silver Bloggers might have a thing or two in the pipeline ....
InLeo Premium is it worth it?
Whilst we wrap up this post and we are on the subject of collaboration and InLeo. They have a 10HBD a month scheme. I will have now posted 11 blogs written and published via the InLeo UI and have received a vote from 
My 22 x 2 HSBI thank you
So as a wee thank you I shall give 2 HSBI to 22 Hivians who leave a comment (not just nice or pish like that!) and will use a random wheel jobbie to pick the winners. There is an awesome Scottish word for you with quite a few meanings!
So comments after this payout will not count for the giveaway.... Next Monday a post will be released with a list of winners (up to 22)....
Engagement tanked
My engagement both incoming and outgoing has tanked... So I am hoping that this lift things up a wee bit. I have quiet again on Hive as I have been researching the web this weekend as in June Mrs T and I celebrate our Silver wedding anniversary ... quite appropriate for a Silver Blogger! We are going away later in the year, but yesterday I booked her a mini cruise... 2 nights ... who knew you could even do that from the UK!
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your week!
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo. Photos taken with my smartphone.
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