Follow Friday: One more sleep
The News
It is Christmas tomorrow, so I am going to wish the Hive community all the best regardless of how or if you celebrate this day. It is a time to be thinking about how the year has gone. With COVID still dominating things it has been a strange time, but Hive has been growing and evolving with lots more exciting projects. 2022 promises to be exciting on this blockchain.
I have been generating these charts from @coingecko data and have expanded it to cover the year this time as well as including other coins that might be of interest. Obviously $HIVE is ending the year much better than it started. We shall have to see where it goes, but it is partly up to us in how we promote it and the people we recruit.
If you had a St--m account then you will also have on on Blurt. If you have not powered those down then you could still have some funds there. You might want to look into extracting those and perhaps consider investing in more $HIVE. I know there is potential to milk the other platforms for extra profit, but I am just focused on this one.
Friday Followings
This time I shall do something different for #FollowFriday. I wanted to list people who have commented the most on my posts. I tried to do this in @hivesql, but I do not think it is quite right. I needed to find comments on my posts, but there does not seem to be a direct link to do that. I settled for checking where the URL implies a reply to me.
select '@'+author, count(*)
from comments cc
where cc.url like '%@steevc%'
and cc.depth=1
and cc.created >= '2021-01-01'
and author != 'steevc'
group by author
having count(*)>10
order by 2 desc
I value comments and they should be encouraged as Hive is supposed to be social and not purely about rewards. People do appreciate getting responses, so engage! I always tell new people to have fun.
@bozz
@slobberchops
@stefano.massari
@mayorkeys
@tfranzini
@stickupboys
@gtown
@revisesociology
@bhoa
@meesterboom
@the-bitcoin-dood
@theguruasia
@ervin-lemark
@tdctunes
@blockchainyouth
@epodcaster
@dickturpin
@ashtv
@wwwiebe
@stav
@adetorrent
@livinguktaiwan
@nathanmars
@risingstargame
@toofasteddie
@mimismartypants
@leaky20
@trezzahn
@sketch.and.jam
@bashadow
@gillianpearce
@basilmarples
@sanjeevm
@andrewmusic
@cmmemes
@run.vince.run
@normie.fitness
@stickupmusic
@molometer
@maxwellmarcusart
@aiovo
@karinxxl
@davidbolu34
The Doghouse
As it is Christmas I will not expose anyone this time, but defending Hive is something we can all be part of. You can report abuse to get it dealt with even if you do not want to downvote. As it grows we will see more of that, so stay vigilant.
The End
I am off to wrap presents and prepare for the festivities. No doubt I will eat and drink too much, but I think we have all earned it this year. I hope 2022 brings great things for you all.
Ho ho ho!
Ho ho ho @steevc and Merry Christmas!
!PIZZA !ALIVE
And to you!
!BEER
@steevc! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @tdctunes. (1/10)
The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want.

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.Engagement is the most important point in the long run, that's for sure.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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@the-bitcoin-dood(1/5) tipped @steevc (x1)
tdctunes tipped steevc (x1)
tfranzini tipped steevc (x1)
mimismartypants tipped steevc (x1)
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Thanks for the shout out too! I get this! I also appreciate comments and when I do engage I am pretty authentic. After all we want to grow together and I generally comment on things that interest me. Lately ni have noticed a decline in commentary as well, and some of the comments I get are people blatantly not reading a single wordmon my post. I get comments asking me to enter bthem into a draw, where I am running no draw or competition. Clearly a copy and paste mechanism. Where is cheetah bit and the steemcleaners? We need efforts like that on hive as well. Perhaps there are and I'm just not aware. And now I'm don't with my rant and wish you a happy Christmas! 🎠
I do not get too many spammy comments for now. The sincere ones are more likely to get a vote from me.
Happy Christmas to you too.
!BEER
Thanks sir! Have a good one !PIZZA
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.I hope you and your family have a really blessed holiday! Don't feel too bad about eating and drinking too much. We are all likely going to be in that position. It's what you do after they are over that count. I will likely slide right back into my workout routine once the festivities are behind us!
You seem to have given me the most comments this year :) Have a great one and all the best for next year.
!BEER
Haha, that honestly surprises me a little bit. You too!
Well I may have mis-counted, but I do expect to get a comment from you on most posts. You are just the most consistent and I value that.
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.quite worrying cubfinance. I would not have expected this further decline in the SPS toke as well. Thanks for these posts. I really appreciate them
I think these coins had a lot of hype initially. Things need to settle down a bit.
Cheers and !BEER
SPS will recover, but I have doubts about CubFinance. As far as Cubfinance is concerned, there are products in my opinion that are much superior. It also runs on Binance Smart Chain where there is fierce competition and is also a copy of PancakeSwap for now. I wouldn't want to be wrong, but I believe it needs a strong update to get noticed. What’s your opinion about Cubfinance
I really don't fully understands the DEFI stuff, so I have no idea where it will go. With other coins I can see where the value is.
thanks for this conversation, now I wish you a Merry Christmas
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.https://twitter.com/steevc/status/1474348958671642675
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My pleasure, I always enjoy your comments on my posts too :)
Good call on checking Blurt.. never checked on there. There might be some tokens to exchange and bring that value over to Hive.
I’ve recently onboarded a friend to Hive, so I’ll be posting shortly about bringing a bit of attention to her account.
You’re right; it’s up to us to promote this place.
Merry Christmas!
You have a nice little stash there :)
Good to hear your brought in a friend. I'm working on some too. They always need some hand-holding at the start.
!BEER
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.I wish you a merry Christmas. I am happy to have engaged a lot with you this year despite my busy schedule
Have a good one. This community is something special and I hope it's fun for you.
!BEER
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.Well commenting is a good thing, and I guess your blogs are inviting to comment at (as you also always reply back which is cool) which is not on every blog.
Every now and then I find my blurt account on double post something on there. Honestly, the rewards are not that bad even, and they even were talking about an airdrop for blurt holders on cosmos (atom) and 1 blurt goes on hive engine even. So all in all, not a bad thing, but about the tokenomics how they work I dont really know honestly.
A bit of effort..who knows...like the finance kids have a good option posting in Torum which is also rewarding
I saw something about Blurt offering special avatars, but has there been any other real development? It looks like a few people really milk it, but Hive offers so much more. I don't have time to be dealing with multiple platforms anyway.
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Despite all the problems that this year 2021 has brought us, individually I am sure that many of us have had great achievements and have reached several of our goals (either in HIVE or on a personal level). I could say that for that, we deserve to eat a lot and drink too! the reasons abound!
Thank you for the mention!
Wishing the very best this holiday season @steevc :)
I agree that engagement is super important. I haven't been seeing much abuse on here lately, not in a while which is great.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Abuse is there if you seek it out, but thanks to various efforts it is not out of control.
Have a good time.
!BEER
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.thanks for the shoutout. Nowasays I don't comment as often as I should :)
Thanks for caring :)
It's been a great year on Hive in spite of everything we not only survived we thrived.
You may notice that many people including me are powering down some Hive to buy up some HBD at 12% it's a great buy.
While its nice to be in a bull run it's sensible to prepare for the coming bear market.
Have a great holiday everyone and well done on a Stella year.
Meetups are on the horizon. 👏👏👏👍
I think the rewards from curation plus what we earn on HP are good enough plus I want to support others, so I'll stay powered up. I've no idea what the markets will do, but I'm playing the long game anyway.
!BEER
I agree and by playing the long in buying up HBD can have many community benefits long term.
When Hive is more than a dollar it helps to buy HBD as this takes Hive out of the market and it gets burned.
When Hive drops below a dollar and we buy it back thus removing even more Hive from the market.
Of course this is not financial advise. Everyone can do as they please but it's a sensible strategy long term to do the above as well as curation and posting. Cheers !BEER 👍
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I'm not that financially astute. I just do what feels right
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Collectively we win - HIVE to 10$ is the goal.
I can wait for that. Let's keep building and it will come.
Steve, I'm so glad #HiveChat (and NaPodPoMo) connected us. It's been a joy to get to know what life is like in your neck of the woods. Merry Christmas from Texas! 🎄
Merry Christmas from merry olde England
Thanks Steve! I wish you a merry Christmas and I hope you have a wonderful time with your family and your loved ones!
!PIZZA
Have a goodun for me! <3
I always thank God i met you here on hive platform @steevc Merry Christmas to you and your family. More wins🙌🎼
many joys and peaceful merriness at you steev
lots of love
basil x x
Happy Holidays @steevc Sorry for the late reply. I'm still a bit under the weather and haven't been very active online. Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy, prosperous 2022!
!PIZZA
And the same to you mate! Hope you are feeling much better very soon. 2022 promises to be exciting.
!PIZZA