You couldn't blame someone for not keeping up with all the changes in this community. Firstly, the Communities feature was rolled out on STEEM, and before we knew it, we all had our bags packed and were heading to our new home on HIVE. I wonder, have any conventions arisen amidst the chaos?
Steemit established a fairly widely adapted etiquette convention, but as things continue to evolve here on HIVE, I have some questions!
What even are we?"
"Steemians" became the de facto definition of a STEEM blockchain user. I suppose it does sound better than Steemer. But what about on HIVE. Are we Hivers? Hivians? Hivish? Or just... bees? And are we still minnows, dolphins and whales, or has that changed to larva, workers and eh, Queens?
Communities & Cross Posting. What is acceptable?
The Communities feature reinvigorated my interest in the project, but I'm still exploring the communities paradigm. It's my understanding that one can only post to a single community at a time. Though one can make a unique post with a link, to "cross post", perhaps only if cross-posting is welcome in that community? We can "reblog" to our own pages, but not to communities, right?
Posting To Steemit. Cool or?
How do people feel about those who post duplicate articles on both Hive and Steemit? My gut reaction, putting loyalties aside, was "who cares?", but then I thought, original content is one of the main contributors of value to HIVE. I'm still not sure how I feel about this. I'll remain on the fence until I hear some arguments from both sides!
Newbies will need some guidance on all this stuff..
I don't expect there will be 100 consensus to any of these questions, but very interested to know peoples thoughts. This is not just random musing by the way. I've set up a community especially for Hive newbies, and plan to provdide them with a broad ranging FAQ, including some guidance on etiquette & conventions: "Hive Culture" if you will.
Please feel free to pop over and get involved. The newbies of today are the star influencers of tomorrow. Let's nourish them, with our, eh, honey?
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