Something weird
So today I had something weird, I don't think I ever had this issue before and as I spoke to a friend, she mentioned having something similar recently, so we tried to figure out what caused this to happen. Upon comparing several posts, we only had more questions though. The posts where it happened have in common that they were published from the @peakd frontend but both used totally different communities.
Benefiary added without me doing this
So I know about the option where you can add a benefiary to your content, I've used it and I also know that you can remove it manually. Some communities ask this from you, which is their own right, and I can personally decide if I want to add this or not. If I don't and this is against community rules, then I can pick another community. But this is still all my own choice, which I think is the way it should be.
Today my post had a 2% beneficiary to @hivediy appear on my post without me adding it.
To me this is concerning because first of all, I didn't use their community OR tag at all, I noticed they have this in their community rules:
Again, would be fine if I used their community, but I haven't even used the tag #hivediy in my post!
Still, if I had that tag used, as far as I know, this shouldn't trigger a magically appearing 2% benefiary to @hivediy, right? Or did I miss some update on Hive?
Let's check out some things
Naturally, I want to get to the bottom of this because again, if I choose to add a beneficiary that's fine, but I don't fancy publishing (an example) precious metals content in the future and then having a totally unrelated HiveDIY community take a 2% cut from it in the future. So I want to know what happened and what triggered it.
First, here's my post from an hour ago:
More info:
- Published from peakd.com
- Community used is @ladiesofhive
- Tags used: #diy #hivecats #craft #gems #ladiesofhive #pimp #motherhood #kids #creative #tutorial
So normally, this post shouldn't have a #HiveDiy beneficiary unless I add it, right? @coinjoe made a great point in the SSG community chat, to check my default beneficiaries:
I would have found it very strange if there was one without me adding it, but it didn't hurt to check it.
A friend with a similar case, also 2% to @hivediy
As I mentioned this weird thing in my chat with @hetty-rowan, she said she had a similar thing recently. I asked if I could share her post here to compare and get more data to see what's causing it.
More info:
- Published from peakd.com
- Community used is @ecency
- Tags used: #memories #pyrography #art #photography #ladiesofhive #pimp #neoxian #wearelegion
#tribes #bbh
What triggered it?
Our tags and community are not the same, so it can't be an issue in the ladiesofhive community, seems more @peakd related to be honest. I'm tagging @crimsonclad because I noticed you're a team member of this community and it seemed the best pick for this issue. If there would have been a better one, leave me a comment please so I can take note for any possible issues in the future.
One last comparison
@Hetty-rowan mentioned her last post where there is a DIY tag added (but last tag this time) but the 2% beneficiary wasn't triggered there. I'm leaving it here for comparison as well because it could be relevant.
More info:
- Published from peakd.com
- Community used is @photography-lovers
- Tags used: #photographylovers #neoxian #pimp #wearelegion #gems #pyrography #birds #ladiesofhive
#life #diy
Who knows what triggers these beneficiaries?
If something changed on Hive where some sort of tags trigger some benefiary to be added, I would love to see that list of tags so I can decide if I want to use them or not.
Again, I didn't use their community, I didn't even use their tag! This feels super random and strange. Anyone who can point me in the right direction, please do.
Tagging @jarvie here as well because I suspect it's an issue in Peakd. Thanks in advance for the help!
EDIT: In the comments from Jarvie, you can see what's probably caused this, take note in case you often write drafts and change the community you selected..
The header image is created with Canva Pro and the other pictures are from my content (with link) as well as @hetty-rowan's content, with her permission and linked to the post.