Yesterday I had an idea after trying something out that I'd never done before, and that gave me a follow-up idea that could be beneficial to Hive.
What Do People Hate?
Adverts. Nobody likes ads, let's face it. When we see something pop up that stops us from enjoying what we're watching on TV or YouTube, we instantly roll our eyes, and if you're anything like me, you switch off your mind for 20-30 seconds while it plays out.
With that in mind, let's talk about what the idea is, and how we can use it to our benefit here on Hive.
Reddit
Reddit has never really been my thing. I made an account 2.7 years ago, and barely used it, other than reading AITA, and Star Wars stuff... literally, that's about all I read on it when I joined, and then I found Hive and stopped going on it.
Yesterday, I went on and was floating around and decided to join a writing community, and one of the communities had a message pinned that allowed for members to add their stories to it for people to read and share their thoughts.
A lot of people were sharing links to their Google Drives, so I decided - feck it - I'll share a link to one of my short stories from Ecency. I rarely share my writing outside of Hive.
To my surprise, someone read it, gave me a bit of feedback and said they enjoyed it overall. They didn't mention Hive or Ecency, but I started thinking about it then.
What if members of our community here on Hive, who use Reddit, and other places online to their advantage share their work with people who are writing, reading, and who have never heard of Hive, which - I know it's not about the money but - can allow people to share their work somewhere they might be able to monetize it.
Don't Advertise It
By saying nothing about our chain, we can put forward this notion of, "oh, Hive? You haven't heard of it? Weird."
We can let people come here, read something, see it's earned some money, and wonder to themselves, "hey, how'd they earn money? I want money for doing what I'm doing elsewhere for free."
Boom: The thought bug has been released.
When I discovered Hive, I knew nothing about it, but I managed to sign up, check out the communities, find some places I wanted to hang out and write a few posts before being directed to Discord servers for further help and guidance.
If I can do it alone, so can anyone. I think we could all join in and do this, and in fact, the more links being submitted outside of here the better. Mine only got 1 comment, and I shared another elsewhere and only got a comment there too. Who's to say my 3rd share doesn't get some more attention than that? Who's to say yours doesn't get some attention too?
Is This Only For Writers?
No, this can be for everyone. I'm sure there are Photography communities, Music, Gaming, TV, Film, DIY, and Art. The possibilities are endless, but ten people are better than one, so the more of us looking and sharing, the faster we might attract people.
I mainly write fiction here, so that might be my main focus, but I'd encourage everyone to try it out.
One thing though; let's not just spam links and all, let's focus on commenting on pinned messages allowing for links, also, let's not share other people's stuff, because we want to be able to engage with anyone who wants to talk about what we shared.
Whether other people do it or not, is completely up to you, but I'm going to be sharing my short story posts outside of here, and hopefully, some people might get curious enough about Ecency, or PeakD to ask about it, or look it up and join off their own back
Thoughts?
I know we have things like Posh, which is great and obviously helps to spread awareness, but I think this can be just as good. I have 2 followers on Reddit, and both of them already know about Hive. I have 60 or so followers on Twitter, and most of them are people I know from Hive, so posting on both of those accounts isn't that beneficial.
This could be a nice way to help us grow a bit, without shouting into the void, or coming across like we're trying to sell something. Nonchalant, all the way.
