I began the #weekend-engagement concept in May 2020 to inspire engagement over the weekend. I set a topic, asked people to reply in the comments and rewarded some of the interesting or amusing comments with a little Hive. Very quickly the comments section began to fill up, some receiving 1000+ comments.
I wanted to get people engaging, meeting new people and building relationships; I believe that through engagement and relationships a person can build their account rapidly and the user will have a better chance at longevity and enjoyment; I built mine that way.
Reading someone's blog and commenting with validity and relevance is a powerful method of attracting them to one's own and, if there's something interesting and engaging to see there, they're likely to stay, read and comment in turn. It makes sense to me and seems a better way of building an account than creating low-quality content and hoping for a vote from a whale account; it may work here and there but for longevity it's not viable.
Below are a few of the original pre-current-version #weekend-engagement topic weeks I've selected to share if you're interested in taking a look. you'll have to click the load comments button in each post if you want to load them as there are a lot:
The format changed into a blog prompt format a while ago. The comment-threads were getting out of control and difficult to follow with so many comments and I thought it would help promote the Hive blockchain to have more great posts around rather than the comment threads. I've been coming up with blog prompts for people to select from and over the last months have noticed the quality of the blogs has been on the rise. It's been difficult to select blogs of the week to reward as they are mostly all good, but that's good for the Hive blockchain right? Good content.
If you're looking for something to write about over the weekend take a look below for the post topic prompts and if you feel like doing a post use my community, THE WEEKEND. Follow the rules below.
Guidelines you must follow to be eligible for prizes
✅ Use #weekend-engagement as the first tag of your post
✅ Post in THE WEEKEND community (do not cross-post)
✅ Follow the rules of the community
✅ Contest closes 07:30 UTC Monday 9th May (google it)
✅ Post only in ENGLISH (no multi-lingual posts)
❌ Do your own work, don't plagiarise and link-credit photos
Select a blog prompt from below
💯 Engagement on Hive
What does engagement on Hive mean to you and how do you do it? What methods or strategies have you used and what results have you had? Do you feel it has been helpful to build your account, have you enjoyed it or do you feel you'd rather not have to do it?
💯 Doing it differently
What would you do differently if you could start your Hive account from scratch today? What changes would you make to how you present yourself, the actions and activities you have undertaken and methods and processes you've employed. Given that change, what do you feel your account would look like in 100 weeks from today?
💯Going back to the start
If you could go back and give yourself some advice before starting on Hive what would it be and why?
💯 500 words on my #weekend-engagement concept
In 500 words or less explain what you like, or don't like, about the #weekend-engagement blog prompts concept I have devised and present each week.
Curation may happen on quality original content so proof read, use in-focus and interesting pictures and take pride in your post. Your posts are a representation and showcase of you - Give people a reason to visit your feed.
Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - Tomorrow isn't promised so be humble and kind
Any image(s) in this post are my own