My advice for people starting hive would be that they should not be discouraged. Discouraged in the sense that, sometimes you may crack your head to put up a really good post but at the end of the day, it doesn't get voted for. This can be really painful. Rather than be discouraged try to point out your mistakes by going through posts made by other people. Effect these corrections on your next point and do it continually. This will help you to know the communities to post in, tags to use, arrangements of write-up etc.