# The News

Happy Thanksgiving to our colonial friends.

![Prices](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/steevc/23uRJ9kgvQe37iiUd52LnPWsXpvErre9mYNfktsiR62UVmGWSTUXhLf7GpPqfRbdVhaD8.png)

There are signs of some recovery from the latest crypto crash. $HBD got back to the peg pretty quickly. I still wonder why the 'blue site' has any value.

I had been using [Hypestat](https://hypestat.com/info/peakd.com) to see how Hive sites are doing. Some of the statistics around countries were a bit suspicious. There is also [Similarweb](https://www.similarweb.com/website/peakd.com/#overview) which shoes Venezuela as the biggest country for Peakd. That sounds realistic, but the general site ranking is really low. We need a bit of SEO. It should help if people link in from other places. 

There was [news](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/to-the-splinterlands-community) that @splinterlands have had to reduce their staff. The low crypto prices will hit a lot of projects that rely on income from usage. Most Hive dapps are not carrying advertising, so they do not have that income.

There will be a [Hive meetup](https://peakd.com/hive/@tdctunes/15th-december-hive-london-meetup--tdc-tunes-gig) in London next month. @tdctunes has a gig in Brick Lane and we can meet at the venue beforehand. This is just providing a place for people to meet and talk with no special events that I know of, but it can still be valuable. I find that in-person conversations can be very informative as well as putting faces to names. Anyone can set up an event like this if they can find a suitable location. Let me know and I will advertise it.

My @proofofbrian bot has informed over 500 people of tag typos. It was just created for fun, but I hope it makes people think about checking their tags. I used the [beem](https://github.com/holgern/beem) Python library to create it.

I have been playing around with Mastodon as an alternative to Twitter. I prefer open platforms and a fair few people I followed have moved over. I tried posting [a poll](https://mastodon.org.uk/@steevc/109399088337614637) on attitudes to cryptocurrency. It seems they are no so into it over there.

# Friday Follows

* @mynewlife posted a [cool video](https://peakd.com/hivefest/@mynewlife/hive-fest-30-amsterdam-after-movie) of Hivefest. You may spot me in it.
* My friend and musical collaborator @daniellemurray has been participating in a music post challenge. If you are wondering what to post about then look out for things like this as using the tags will get you seen by more people.
* @molometer has [some tips](https://peakd.com/hive-196037/@molometer/q2rcffmci6j) on recording guitar.
* @epodcaster has been doing the [podcast challenge](https://peakd.com/hive-128305/@epodcaster/what-have-i-been-doing-for-my-napodpomo-podcast) that she originated. The aim is to do one for every day of November.
* @airmatti has done a nice [art nouveau style drawing](https://peakd.com/hive-174301/@airmatti/surfer-man-in-art-nouveau-style).
* @mikkolyytinen is also an artist with a [darker style](https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@mikkolyytinen/chasing-twilight-hive-158694).

These people get a share of the post rewards.

# The End

I did not do a #FollowFriday post last week as I was busy responding to [another post](https://peakd.com/hive/@steevc/is-hive-for-everyone) that got a load of feedback.

I will be producing a new #BritList next weekend, so let me know of anyone I may have missed. I have found a few more people to add this month.

Hive five!

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<td><img src='https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/steevc/EocDEr6axNfWsJLxaBACuswkJ5nUk3XeM8FGDRxhxNiENi4ouW1T7aS1Q2NdFtVd64P.jpeg'></td>
<td><b>The man behind:</b></td>
<td>@tenkminnows: Helping good Hivers level up<p>
@proofofbrian: A bot that checks for tag typos<p>
#BritList: A monthly list of Hivers in the UK<p></td>
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