Yesterday our Hive account@helpie community started on this little journey of cross-pollinating with other smaller communities that participate of the Steem Blockchain. I've been thinking for a few weeks now that if we are to find the best way forward, it will be by forming strong alliances with like minded leaders of the platform.

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As it stands today, there are probably hundreds of small communities filled with enthusiastic plankton accounts, dreaming of the possibilities that this platform can one day provide for them. Its actually quite inspiring to witness, or at least it is for me, and it provides that sometimes needed confirmation that we are on the right path.

Everything is not peaches and cream of course, all communities have to work hard to secure resources to be able to provide some support for the newer accounts but.....

The Communities wield Power

They offer a path forward, the needed guidance that most of these new users wont be able to find on a technically inspired FAQ page, and no doubt the service they offer is essential to the success of this platform. I'm always a little disappointed when some witnesses fail to take this essential element into account and choose to focus solely on development.

My words may inspire a critic or two to react in anger, so to preemptively defend my previous statement let me just say that the main point I'm trying to make, is that the people who participate of this platform are just as important as the technology that allows them to do so. To focus one aspect and neglect the other is to break the needed balance.

The Next Natural Step: Steem Community Coalition

As if something had inspired similar thoughts on all the leaders of these small communities, I got invited by Hive account@limabeing to join this brand new discord server.

"Our first aim is to gather a group of community leaders together, and hold the first SCC Meeting, where we can introduce ourselves, our projects, and get to know one another and the depth of the blockchain better."

What can I say? This is music to my ears honestly. It seems like I was not the only one staring into the vast Ocean of Steem, wondering how we could be more effective in our self imposed missions. Asking myself if other communities are having the same challenges that we are attempting to overcome and how they are tackling them.

To quote my good friend Hive account@hedac .... "Now, I'm really bullish" - This is exactly what needed to happen and I can't wait for the our first meeting to take place. It feels a bit like this is a premonition of the things to come, with Hive/Communities right around the corner. In many ways, the conversations to be had on this brand new server will serve as the foundation blocks, as the consensus to implement the new protocols to come.

In any case, I just wanted to say to all those small community leaders trying to make a difference, from the bottom of my heart, Thank you....