Earlier today, I received a notification in which I was mentioned in a comment on a post that clearly seemed to be about me. The post discussed me directly, as indicated by the title and the content, where my name was repeatedly mentioned alongside observations about my actions and choices. I'm genuinely thankful to the person who mentioned me in the comments because without that, I wouldn’t have known about the post. It didn’t appear in my notifications, even though I was heavily tagged.
Regarding the post itself, it put me in the spotlight and raised questions about my use of leased Hive Power (HP), my upvoting patterns, and my game-related posts. Rather than respond with defensiveness or accusations, I’d prefer to explain the reasons behind my choices, what I’ve learned, and how I plan to adjust moving forward.
I believe Hive is a community that values transparency. That’s why I’m writing this post as a contribution to the openness that many in the community advocate for and as an invitation for constructive feedback. If anyone reading this has insights or suggestions to share, I’d like to thank you in advance.
Now let’s talk about the issues mentioned in the original post.
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Key Concerns from the Post
Based on what I read, it seems there is concern about the amount of HP I’ve rented. The suggestion is that this may have influenced my voting patterns in a way that doesn’t align with commonly accepted curation behavior on the platform.
Additionally, my recent posts about Hive-based games such as Splinterlands and MoonKarts appear to have raised suspicions that I might be trying to maximize rewards. There was also a mention of self-voting on some of my older posts, which was described as being outside the socially accepted norms of the Hive community.
Taking these points into consideration, I’d like to share my perspective and explain the reasoning behind my actions.
HP Leasing
For those who are new to Hive, leasing HP means renting Hive Power from another user by paying them in liquid $HIVE. There are two main benefits:
Your vote value increases in proportion to the amount of HP you lease
You gain the Resource Credits (RC) associated with that HP, which allow you to perform more actions on the blockchain
This is exactly why I chose to lease HP. If I remember correctly, I’ve been leasing HP for nearly five years. I used to do it through DLease, but after that platform shut down, I transitioned to using Hive-Engine’s leasing marketplace.
One significant benefit of having high HP is the ability to generate ACTs (Account Creation Tokens). So far, I’ve claimed 1,204 ACTs, meaning I can create that many Hive accounts. That’s quite a lot.
Looking ahead, as Hive grows in popularity, I plan to onboard more people to the platform. I also intend to sell some of those ACTs if they become valuable. To me, this is a forward-thinking use of HP leasing and aligns with the long-term goals I have for contributing to Hive’s growth.
Self-Voting
This part came as a bit of a surprise to me, since I’ve only done it a few times, and it was quite a while ago—many months back. The reason I did it was to counter a recurring downvoter who had targeted many of my posts in the past.
I didn’t want to do it, but it was a decision made out of frustration. In fact, in recent months, I’ve been actively downvoting my own posts whenever I felt the rewards were getting too high.
As of now, I’ve written 1,983 posts and 12,707 comments. Out of all that, I might have self-voted around 10 to 20 posts (I honestly can’t remember the exact number anymore, lol). So if that estimate is correct, that would be about 1% or less of my total posts.
To be honest, I might have even downvoted my own posts more often than I’ve upvoted them—haha.
So maybe things have balanced out already?
My Game-Related Posts
This was also a bit of a surprise to me. The post that was specifically mentioned is a blog I published two days ago, titled
. It was upvoted by a curation account possibly related to either Splinterlands or the Arcade Colony platform, though I’m not entirely sure. I might do some research on that in the coming days.
From what I understood in the blog post where I was mentioned, one of the criticisms was that I posted about blockchain gaming even though, in a separate and unrelated blog, I had mentioned wanting to focus on food and Hive-related content.
So yes, I believe blockchain gaming on Hive still counts as Hive-related content. Hopefully, the community will be okay with me posting about it as well.
In fact, that recent post was my first time writing about gaming again in a while. I used to post about games like Holozing. I even bought five Alpha Vials, but I stopped posting about the game because it has not launched yet. Right now, I am waiting for the release so I can finally use my Alpha Vials and see if I get any rare items or creatures once I try the game.
In the past, I also joined the Splinterlands Art Contest because I really enjoy creating artwork to help promote the game and connect with other users who enjoy participating in the contest or playing the game.
Moving forward, I have outlined a set of plans that I intend to implement over the coming months to address the concerns raised and improve how I engage on the platform:
Reduce leased HP by a certain percentage (I'll figure this out in the coming days and I'll be sharing my resolution for it) --->
Do not initiate new leases or renew existing ones during this drawdown period
I'll figure out how to improve my upvoting/curation pattern
Expand curation beyond my usual network and publish clear, simple curation criteria
Clearly label promotional or game-related posts so readers understand the context
Publish regular transparency reports including HP owned, HP leased, average lease APR, and progress toward goals
Post a review regularly covering changes made, results observed, and next steps...
Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and plans. I genuinely appreciate any constructive feedback as I continue learning and growing within the Hive community. Here's to moving forward with more transparency, accountability, and shared purpose.
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