Hi Shanna! Thank you for the warm welcome!
I have been a Hive user since shortly after the hardfork in early-2020, but with a totally different account, totally different content (unrelated) and never really got into the networking aspect of Hive until recently. However, my good buddies over at helped me make this account and have welcomed me to the community with open arms.
I will definitely get all inundated with the major writing & poetry-focused communities. I didn't mention in my intro, but I have long sought a place where I could comfortably share my work and build an audience - something that the old web2/legacy social media platforms were terrible at. Hive definitely has the Network Effect going for it!
I was actually told a couple years back, even if I'm sharing the work I do on another platform, to ALWAYS post it to Hive first, that way, it also provides a documented point-of-origination and can help with protecting my IP rights (if those still exist in 2023). All the images I used in this post were royalty-free, free-to-use pictures that the CBRS boys helped me source online, I do plan on using photographs I've actually taken in future posts, I have...thousands, literally, sitting in my archives (also going to be sharing those on Liketu!)
RE: My Introduction as a Hive Poet