I took a minute to think about @galenkp's question:
"Where do you fit into Hive?"
I decided to make a post out of my comment. I can do that because this is Hive. I have a freedom to post what I want, right?
The question "Where do you fit into Hive?" is an interesting question because most of us can talk about abusers who piss us off. We can also talk about good friends we met here and have made a lasting relationship. But it is more difficult to talk about "myself".
I am a relatively anonymous writer. I get bored a couple times a week and have an hour or so down time. I looked into crypto and found myself here in 2017. I liked the contests and the chances to be rewarded for writing. I have not developed or built apps onto the chain. I use the chain as a log of my own thoughts, comments on significant things I find and share what I am working on or what's on my mind.
As I got into the communities in Hive I had hoped to find something practically helpful in teaching or in crafts but I get bored easily and find a lot of material to be irrelevant. I had the most fun on Hive when Proof of Brain was doing well. I managed to keep the POBscholarship going from an account I made for the POB community. At first it was to give artists the whitelist fee to register for POB NFT. Then I just offered what was in @pobscholarship to those who needed it. It was a community supported account so I tried to the best of my ability to use the community funds to support people in need around the world. There is not much interest in the community and almost no support but we were able to send 10 HBD this Christmas to one in need. Crypto is performing slower than before but it still works and I'd like to see more of this where money goes to the place it is supposed to go to.
On a personal level, when I get a chance I buy a few HBD and stack them in savings. It's not like pancake or some complicated stacking. I just put it in savings from my wallet and then in three days the my savings can be taken out if I want or after a month I can collect the interest and compound it. I'm a little scared HBD will not be able to keep its support at the dollar level, but I'm impressed at how well it has done to this point.
I think Hive is undervalued and has potential. The world has changed a lot in five years but some things remain the same. I am confident the way for me to be truly rich is to love the ones I am with and offer what I have today. Hive is not my life but just a small fraction of a reflection of my life. It is the one hour solace I have once a week or so to rant or to just imagine. It's the place that I find friends who don't mind dreaming and dreams that don't get crushed before they have a chance to grow. Put aside all the drama and you find a few people who are consistent and the Hive gives me hope that given the right time I may be more than a person who drops in to write my thoughts in my free time, but I may become a creator with a passion and purpose and actually give something significant. At least that's what I feel about being here.
Quote of the Day:
From Renny Desk Crates
"I shit therefore I am"
Ego cacas ergo sum
