Hi Silas Hi from Hive and welcome to our bloggers paradise, we are thriving and now you came along and joined ! That’s great. 

The beginning can be daunting but fear not all went through the same difficulties.

I have to warn you though,  it’s highly addictive , but we will understand we are also addicted, not on the least because you decided to join! So again Welcome to the Hive. 

It’s a true movement and blockchain, and I love that you decided to join us here. You will have fun blogging and vlogging I promise.

For all interests there is a community place where you can meet , read and leave your written piece.  Gotta be fair it’s not a GET RICH QUICK thing here! the beginning it’s hard and new and maybe you need help. We have amazing people here on the platform that help in discord if you need it. I love blogging, been here for three years already. But one important warning always be carefull with all your passwords, Never give those up !! I speak from experience !
I use Peakd and Ecency to post to Hive, 
It’s both a website, mobile and desktop application that improves your experience on Hive. If you are interested for Android download : https://android.ecency.com, for iOS: https://ios.ecency.com, for desktop: https://desktop.ecency.com or www.peakd.com both apps that helps you to connect, and that’s what we do here !
You can also earn to promote and boost your content. Again If you are interested https://ecency.com just some extra information in this early start of your journey here! Last hive.blog is an option too. And this “ steps to take blog”  : 
https://ecency.com/hive-125125/@beeber/ecency-help-signup-process-for

Good luck with with hive experience and I Will See you around and may you find here what you are looking for. Just remember that all good things come in good time and never giving up is THE key to big succes on the Blockchain. Also you could join the the Terminal discord, as I said before we help there with problems or questions, for free don’t worry. Or visit @heyhaveyamet for more new arrivals, all are in the same phase that might be helpful or reassuring. Newbie exposure in the beginning is very important, so looking up friends in the same stage might be a good thing. 
Let me know if this was helpfull or if you need more help, see you in Discord the Terminal, or somewhere in the comments. Here is the invite again its totally free,

https://discord.gg/HwnfFN4D
Greeting from the Netherlands
@ Brittandjosie

Good luck to you as the new arrival, may hive become your new life !


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Tip! https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@crosheille/so-whats-the-criteria-for-a-quality-post-how-curators-make-their-selections

Or watch this vlog 

https://youtu.be/Hoi7jwy_LTY

Or this blog https://peakd.com/hive-189306/@ryzeonline/hives-most-effective-but-controversial-marketing-video-so-far

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Hello @didijames! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive and introduced yourself to the community - congratulations and welcome!

Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - <a href="https://peakd.com/communities" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hive Communities</a>. Based on what you've shared, I think you'll enjoy these to start off with - 

<a href="https://peakd.com/c/hive-194913/trending" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Photography Lovers Community</a>

<a href="https://peakd.com/c/hive-193816/trending" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Music Community</a>

<a href="https://peakd.com/c/hive-105786/about" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hive Open Mic</a>

Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched <a href="https://peakd.com/@newbies-guide" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Newbies Guide</a> should be helpful to you, as it is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works. For instance, there's a post in the collection called <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@livinguktaiwan/3-things-newbies-should-do-in-their-first-week-on-hive" rel="noopener" target="_blank">3 things Newbies should do in their first week on Hive</a> that you might find helpful. 

Please be aware that Hive is a bit different from other social media platforms since you are monetizing your blog, so it is important not to include content that you don't own without sources (and it shouldn't exceed 50% of the post). For more information, check this post - <a href="https://peakd.com/hivewatchers/@hivewatchers/why-and-how-people-abuse-and-plagiarise" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Why and How People Abuse and Plagiarise</a> by hivewatchers.

I'm sure @protokkol will continue to help you as you begin your Hive journey, but if you have any questions, feel free to hop into the [OCD Discord server](https://discord.gg/wKPunkz9wK) and we'll do our best to answer them, and again welcome to Hive!

Awwww I love twins😊and you guys are handsome. Welcome to hive dear,explore,and you will sure going to love being here.

Wow this is nice to see... A new Hiver and with a great introduction post.

Ankara business! You're a business man already and I bet you that joining Hive will only make things way better than it was for you 😉

Well, that is if you'll grow your account here by engaging genuinely and make friends (Maybe some that will come buy Ankara for their ceremonies 😅).

Haha I'm excited and I welcome you specially to Hive, you ask any questions on what you're not clear on... @protokkol has been here long enough to give you good tips to start off but you can ask others too.

Nice pictures by the way, especially the one with your twin 😍 so cool! 

Oh my goodness 😅😅😅 can't believe you still had that picture 😂😂😂💔🤣. Anyways congratulations on your first blog and as you start up the journey with us all. I wish you nothing less than the very best and excellent sailing with us on hive. Using this medium to say thank you for listening to my 7hrs lesson for hive 😂😂😂. I'm happy to have you here finally.

So many music communities here for you to explore and suit yourself in and lots of other interesting communities. Once again welcome on hive @didijames aka snazzy Ankara.. it's like this is where we are going to be making payments for ankara's.😁🙂🙂❤️