So I have been on HIVE going on 2months now š (yeah I'm a late bloomer) and although my journey hasn't been all roses I will admit it has been fun and rewarding.
I heard about hive from a group interaction on FB where I meet 
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"šš½ š¤šš®š¹š¶šš š¦š°š¼šæš² šš šš¼š" kept popping up every time I click submit on the registration form and it was pretty frustrating
My search on google for a solution turned up quite a few hive posts on the issue but rather than proffer working solutions all I got were reasons WHY it happens and how quality score is calculated š
I was at this deadlock for a few days and strangely I didn't think it wise to go find
Later I realized there were OTHER sign up options for hive besides ecency so I decided to try again using a different Dabb and this time I used PeakD and
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Finally, I was on Hive and I couldn't wait to wow the community with my presence and creativity, so I created my first post š„° added my pics then clicked post
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You've got to be kidding me, now what?.
So back to my trusty google to find out what this new issue and I realized I didn't have enough resource credits (RC) which is basically what allows you to interact on the blockchain by posting, commenting or voting.
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At this point, you can either buy some Hive to increase your RC or get a delegation.
I found šššš§ššš©šš„around this time and all I had to do was put in my username and complete a captcha and in minutes I got a 16HP delegation for 7days,
finally, I can post, comment, and like to my heart's content lol least for the next 7days.
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So on the comments of my first post which was my introduction post I meet 
I wasn't on discord original so had to get the app and signup before I found my way into the terminal
The first day I went in there I meet 
I remember asking tons of questions that day that they answered but i think it was how welcoming they were that completely sold the terminal to me.
That day I also got an additional HP delegation when they noticed I was running on the 7day gift giver steam and just like that I found a better source for all my hive queries than google lol
So hive got a lot easier for me to navigate thanks to the support I could now count on in the terminal but about the same time, certain weird characters started showing up with devious intentions.
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The first time I had gotten a random DM on discord was on the 24th of last month about a Cyberkongz from someone or something called 'a black hole' š
supposedly they were giving some ETH and I was invited to be a part of this giveaway šš
I did decide to check out the game and ended up in the room where you asked to join easy š
and finally,you receive this DM with further instructions š¤
So in other words I'm supposed to link my wallet to some RANDOM site I don't know from Adams to get a share of a giveaway I NEVER entered for???, yeah like that's ever gonna happen š
If there was one singular piece of advice that got drummed into me at the terminal it was "Guard your wallet jealously"
I discovered later that "CyberKongz" was indeed a legit game with a verified presence on Discord
But the message I had gotten wasn't from the legit server š¤·āāļø I'm sure you can already figure out all the things that could have gone wrong if I had gone ahead to link my wallet.
Anyways I put it all behind me and moved on.
So a few days ago I decided to set up a Dtube account, which was easy enough although during the setup I couldn't link my FB or phone number as the code never arrived but skipping those I was still able to set up the account and tried to upload my very first video.
The video itself uploaded just fine but adding a thumbnail became the issue and no matter how much I tweaked the thumbnail it just wasn't working.
I went into the Dtube discord channel where I dropped a message asking for help with the thumbnail upload issue.
Later I got an inbox from someone who said he was from the Dtube support desk and he was sent to help resolve my uploading issue š got to admit he was professional to boot
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we got talking and he let me know I needed to send him my public ID š¤
At first, I assumed he was talking about my username and that sort of stuff but then he said
And I was like is this dude serious? why the hell do you need my wallet to help me fix a video upload issue!!! I mean seriously š¤¦āāļø
After he spitted that last trash I left his ass sitting and waiting on a reply from me as I went back to my trusty terminal šš where I asked the guys for help once again #olivertwisting
At this point, the guys at the terminal pinged 
He confirmed that my suspicion was right, this dude in my DM was trying to run a scam on me š help is offered on dtube public rooms, not private DMs and the helpdesk thingy was bull š¤£š¤£š¤£
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So anyways he pointed me in the right direction and put me in touch with a 'genuine' Dtube assistant this time who took less than 10minutes to find me a working solution šÆ and finally I was able to upload my video š¼ and mind you this was all done publicly on the Dtube help chatroom, no private DMs.
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I will share this here because I think quite a few people are having this same issue on Dtube.
At this point, you must have the picture you intend to use as the thumbnail for your Dtube video.
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You will need to upload the picture from your system or phone to a third-party picture-sharing site.
I used Postimage since Imgur wasn't available in my location.
First, upload the photo
You are provided with options to resize your photo if you wish.
Postimage then creates shareable links to your photo.
Copy the most appropriate link from the option.
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Return to Dtube and Paste the URL into the 3rd party URL box.
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So I wanted to share this with you guys today, both the few working solutions to some newbie issues that I have had on the hive and also to sound a note of warning ā ļø
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So that's all the advice I have and hopefully, this post stops someone from making any future mistake when dealing with these scams and also in case you have any other questions or you're a newbie looking for some direction and help on Hive then you should check out š§šš š§šš„š šš”šš
, talk to anyone from the support team there and I'm sure they will be glad to help š because the entire terminal team has been the biggest help during my journey on hive.
So that's all and now I'm off to finish putting a mustache on a cat ā love this contest already š
