Do you remember how you found your way to Hive?

Hive account@themarkymark asked this question in a post in which he gave his story and requested ours. I've probably written as much elsewhere, but let's sum it up again—and see if the details change, as remembered stories often do 😜

How did I get to Hive?

I joined Steemit four years ago. I'm not knowledgable enough to give the block number like Mark does. Nor can I even manage to find the exact date here, but you can go read the Hive copy of my intro post if you are so motivated.

Here's the photo from that post.

The date on the scrap of paper I'm holding shows 9/13/17 but I don't remember if I had been lurking a few days before making that post. At any rate, my join date would have been around there.

I do remember that I had heard of Steemit a while before (weeks or months, I don't remember). If memory serves, in those days you had to apply and wait for approval. Or something. Or maybe it wanted a phone number and I didn't want to provide mine? I don't remember. But I remember I couldn't get in so I forgot about the site for awhile. Sometime later I remembered, tried to join again, and got in!

Off To a Running Start

I quickly started posting photos and haiku everyday, pretty much as I still do now. Some of my haiku posts attracted the notice of the Writers Block and I was invited to join. It was Hive account@jonknight who invited me. Too bad he doesn't seem to be around anymore.

At the Writers Block I dove right in and became their poetry editor. That was fun for awhile and I met a lot of great people through there.

Anyway, this is only about how we found our way to Hive so I won't go on, but needless to say I really started Steemit/Hive with a bang.

4 years later...

And I'm still here! I enjoy the people here, the posts, and yeah, I love the idea of crypto too. Oh—and Splinterlands too.

I'm excited to see where all these things are going. Will crypto revolutionize the world as we all think it will or will it fizzle out? It'll be interesting to watch! And on Hive, I'm on the front lines. I don't get into the technical details of all this stuff as much as some—despite my uni degree being Computer Science and my professional life starting as a coder, I mostly stick with haiku and photography these days—but I am surrounded by so many talented and smart folks and can follow them all on LeoFinance. I may not understand half of what they post, but the half I do understand helps me keep up with all that is going on in the crypto-space.

Also, Splinterlands. And all my photography buddies and the few remaining poets still lurking around here, and my Japan pals on here.

Anyway, here's to another four years!

Why are you here?

Create a new post with your story and use the tag #whyamihere

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	David LaSpina is an American photographer and translator lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time and searching for the perfect haiku.