Good day, Hivians...
I was going through my notifications today and was really happy at the number of positive reviews I was having on my recent post. I was excited not because of the reactions alone, but because I am starting to see why being consistent pays.
But I was shocked when I went through my post from two days ago about my introduction to a community called Hive Learners.
Okay a little back story.
While exploring through communities to engage in 3 days ago I came across a community and the name "Hive Learners".
The community aims to enlighten more people about the Hive Blockchain. I quote the description from the community page:
Welcome To Hive Learners Community. We are aiming to create a friendly environment where we will learn, teach & improve our skill together and thrive in the Hive Blockchain.
We will be following a dynamic roadmap where every user will go through different stages of tasks & homeworks which will help them to gain more knowledge about Hive Blockchain and basic tips & ideas about blogging.
So I was excited about the prospect of this new group and when I subscribed, I saw a post that stated that every one in the community has to go through a verification process where you introduce yourself... I was like, that's fine...
I did my intoductory post and followed all instructions which included using the "introduce yourself" tag, my country and HL-INTRO. i was excited to join the group so what was the big deal about it...
But then came the downvotes on my post😌😢😰
Not one, not two but about 8 of them😩. I was extremely shocked.
I was shocked and wondered what could have warranted I received such many downvotes. I searched and searched until I came across this👇 in the community post about the introduction:
Little did I know that there was this rule...
What's more painful is I got a downvote from one of the few persons I respect so much in the Hive community @livinguktaiwan.
And that brings me to my main conversation for today:
Can we have a comprehensive list of the do's and don'ts around here?
Apart from the obvious rules most communities implement such as NO to plagiarism, restrictions on certain political and religious speeches, muting abusive users and so on...There are certain rules that not so everyone is aware of.
I was obviously not aware of the fact that one cannot use the "intoduce yourself" tag twice as it would mean spamming the communities for more votes. And I believe there are other rules that are implicative such as this one that we should all be aware of.
The Hive Learners Community is seeking to actually implement this but I believe it was a mistake on their part in the first place to commit. Although, that's why a community like that is needed to make many people know about things they shoud do and not do.
This is very important and I really feel it should be attended my anyone who has sufficient knowledge on certain things new Hiveans shouldn't do.
Thanks for reading.
In my subsequent post, Ill be making a video on "The Basic Rules for New Hiveans". I'll appreciate if someone with a whole lot of experience on the Hive Blockchain shares a link or comment below on the things we all should take note of.
Follow me to keep in touch as I seek to enlighten while also learning.
Day 14 of Consistent Blogging.