Hive Thrive: Our Hour for Hive Community
📅 Tuesday, July 22nd @ 6 PM UTC
📍 Live on Discord in the Voice General Channel
🎙 Hosts: @meno & @shadowspub
➡️ Guest: @jamerussell
Hive Thrive Show #19 – Guest: @jamerussell
A deep dive into onboarding, mentorship, and what keeps Hive human
We’re back with another edition of Hive Thrive, where we spotlight the people shaping Hive’s future — whether through tech, curation, content, or good old-fashioned community-building.
This week, we’re sitting down with someone who has quietly but powerfully impacted the Hive experience for countless newcomers: @jamerussell.
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👋 Who is James Russell?
If you’ve ever been welcomed to Hive via the “Hey! Have Ya Met…?” series, there’s a good chance James was behind it. As a co-curator of this long-running introduction spotlight (alongside @brittandjosie), James helps new users find their footing, connect with the right people, and feel like they belong from day one.
He’s also an admin at The Terminal Discord, where he’s offered patient mentorship, technical guidance, and community insight for years.
But James doesn’t just onboard — he writes, moderates, and upholds the standards of Hive’s creative ecosystem. He’s outspoken about plagiarism, AI misuse, and sustainable growth. He’s the kind of person who reads your post and your license attribution.
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🎙️ What we’ll talk about:
• How Hey! Have Ya Met…? began and where it’s headed
• The real work of onboarding — what works, what doesn’t
• His thoughts on curation, abuse prevention, and AI’s place on Hive
• The Terminal Discord and the spirit of peer mentorship
• What keeps James coming back to Hive after all these years
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💬 Come join us!
This isn’t just a podcast — it’s your town hall. We take questions from the live chat, and after the main interview, we hang out for open discussion. Bring your curiosity, your feedback, and your good vibes.
📍 Hive Discord → https://discord.gg/7zeyCtWnGJ
📺 Hive Thrive Community → created/hive-170475
Meet Your Hosts
(special thanks to @meno who will jump in to cover as host!)
Your co-hosts for this journey are:
🔥 @meno – Legacy Hivian, A luthier by trade, Herzogian by hobby, cheese oligarch by appetite. Both a master of ceremony and BBQ
🔥 @shadowspub – Eight years strong on Hive, host of Pimp Your Post Thursdays, co-host of Hive Spaces on GoBrunch, and an overall Hive powerhouse
Hive Thrive is strives to be a fair and information based talk show— modeled after a town hall and built for the entire Hive ecosystem. Whether you’re writing posts, building tools, securing the chain, or just curious about how it all works, this space is yours.
We keep things open, take questions from the audience, and when the interview ends, the real conversation often begins.
So jump in, bring your voice, and help shape the future of Hive—one chat at a time.
🚀 See you Tuesday, July 22nd @ 6 PM UTC!
Next weeks guest, @mcfarhat … its a redo 🤓
What is the Hive Thrive?
Here at Hive Thrive we see a real gap between devs, projects, witnesses, community leaders, and everyday Hive users. There are so many people looking to feel more connected, engaged, and informed—and we want to bridge that gap. This show is about:
✅ Learning about the Hive Blockchain
✅ Sharing what what’s available to use or being worked on
✅ Exploring where Hive is headed (or could be)
✅ Identifying roadblocks—and, more importantly, finding solutions
✅ Fostering constructive and proactive discussions
✅ Providing another space for the community to engage
Here at Hive Thrive we would like to give a shout out to @ecoinstant, his enthusiasm has been the best kind of infectious. He is also a witness here on hive. You can support him here…. https://vote.hive.uno/@synergy.witness
Since this rocket launched we have had on many interesting guests spanning to all of Hives corners, we are dedicated to keep interviewing the movers and shakers of the Hive Blockchain. So far we have gotten into the nitty gritty of the DHF, we have discussed the future of hive, projects supporting internally and externally, we recently dove into the music community, and are actively building new bridges. From Hive bore holes to digging our own heads out of the sand, here at Hive Thrive we run the gamut!
Join us and see how you and other everyday hiveians can get involved and learn more about this multi-faceted Hive Blockchain ecosystem. All our shows are loaded with alpha info for any Hive enthusiast or noob looking to learn more!
If you missed any show. Thankfully @ecoinstant has recorded them and posted it here through the deepweb 3 secrets YouTube channel:
Episode 1. Blocktrades— 
Episode 2. Lordbutterfly— (sound issues, sorry, this one is left to the ether)
Eouside 3. Acidyo- 
Episode 4. Taskmaster4550- 
Episode 5. WOO Witness Cage Match- 
Episode 6. Ecoinstant- 
Episode 7. Vaultec - 
Episode 8. Fokusnow - 
Episode 9. State of Hive Music -
Episode 10. Edicted - 
Episode 11. Mcsamm - 
Episode 12. Disregardfiat and Markegiles -
Episode 13. Bookerman -
Episode 14. Enginewitty - 
Episode 15. Hallman and mynewlife
Episode 16. Pharesim
Episode 17. Ecoinstant and thecrazygm
Episode 18. Urasoul
Latest Deep Web 3 Secrets— 
This spirit of coming together to share and engage has been inspiring and seems a vital step to continuing the HIVE BLOCKCHAINS growth and success!
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