Hive is an amazing blogging platform where you get to meet people from all works of life. But to make things more organized here, there are communities. Hive communities are basically interest-based groups. So if you love music, art, natural medicine, acrobatics, writing, travelling or other interests, there are communities of people with those interests. You join the communities and share ideas, knowledge and motivation based on your interest. So in this tutorial meant for beginners, I will show you how to join a community and start posting your writeups in the community. Ofcourse, you are free to join any communities provided you share their interests and abide by community rules.


How to join and post in a community.


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Note: Make sure to login to your Hive account. I will demonstrate this lesson using the OCD community. Consult the image above and follow the steps

Open this link to head straight to communities: https://hive.blog/communities

For Image A:
1. Click here to join OCD community
2. Click here to open the community and see posts made within the community. (Takes you to Image B)

For Image B:
3. Click here to open the environment where you can write your post. (Takes you to Image C)

For Image C:
4. Click here and type the title of your post.
5. This is where you can type your story.
6. Click here to insert image into any portion of your story.
7. This is where you will put 5 tags. (A tag is a category under which your story will be published. You can use up to 5 tags for your story. All 5 tags should be typed into this box in lowercase, each separated by one character spacing)
8. Click here to publish your story.


Congratulations on successfully publishing your first story. You are a genius.