Onboarding people to Hive can be one of the most exciting and exhausting things. I always start out so enthusiastic, trying to explain what Hive is, and how it works. But most of the time, I end up looking at someone who has already zoned out or is just nodding to be nice.
I can’t recall the number of people that I have tried to onboard. The story and things they say never stops being funny. One time, a guy at my workplace asked what I was always typing on my laptop and what I was looking serious about whenever I was on that "blue-looking" website. I smiled and told him about Hive - how it's a platform where I get to write, read, connect and earn at the same time. He seemed so interested. He said he liked writing too and wanted to join Hive also.
I was so excited that I started explaining everything I knew about Hive to him. I showed him how posts look like, and how communities work. I really thought I had him. But when I told him to bring his phone so we could register his account, he said, "Let me just finish what I'm doing. I'll do it later".
That later never came.
Everytime I reminded him, there was always another excuse. One day he laughed and said, "It's like you get paid per person, because I don't understand the way you've been disturbing me about it". I just smiled and asked him to forget about it. Because, what else could I have said at that point?. Some people simply don't get it.
Then there are the ones who do get it. Like a friend I onboarded recently who appeared so serious about it that I actually paid 3 Hive just to get her registered when the free registration didn't work. I begged her to take it seriously because I didn't want my effort to go to waste. And she did. She's been posting and engaging well. Seeing that made me weirdly proud, like a proud Hive mama watching her newbie grow wings, lol.
But my favourite part of onboarding has to be the funny things people say. Someone once asked me, "So, if I write there, by the end of the year I'll have thousands of dollars in my bank account?". I've also heard, "Isn't that crypto yahoo?" Another person said, "Ah, I don't want to join before they use my account to do ritual". I almost choked laughing that day. The misconceptions people have about online platforms can be wild.
Still, I get it. Some people can be skeptical. There are a lot of fake platforms out there and that’s why it sounds like a scam when you tell people you earn from just writing and engaging.
There have been times where I feel like I am talking to a wall while trying to onboard someone. Some will join and some won't. The few that do make it worth while. There's a quite joy that comes with seeing someone you introduced to Hive actually enjoying it. It's not about rewards or anything, but the feeling of knowing you helped someone find a space where they can truly express themselves.
Thanks for reading.
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