How I Crushed My Hive Goals In Just Two Weeks

I returned to Hive two weeks ago after a three year hiatus, and the very first thing I did was have a debate with ChatGPT about what to do with my free-floating Hive. In the end I decided to stake everything. After staking, I was sitting at around 800 HP and suddenly I thought, where is my goal? What am I even aiming for here?

So I chose a simple goal. I wanted to hit 1000 HP staked. That was the mission.

And then things started happening fast.

Luckily, I had already built some relationships here during my earlier Hive years. Most of those people were still around. So getting traction was surprisingly easy. What I did next was just take my old essays from Medium and Substack, add some brand new ones, and start posting daily. And honestly, I have enjoyed it so much. The curation has been fantastic and I have been very grateful for it.

Since I actually managed to gather 200 HP in two weeks like some chaotic gremlin on a mission, I guess I can give a few pointers to anyone who feels stuck over here.

First, create relationships. And I do not mean fake friendships. You need to find people you genuinely vibe with, because forced connections never work. If you don’t like someone, you are not going to form a real community with them. That’s just human nature.

Second, create quality content. And no, quality does not mean you must write deep philosophical monologues about the collapse of society. Quality simply means you know who you are, what you enjoy creating, and where your work fits. That alignment matters.

If you post AI slop, you are not going far. Right now Hive is drowning in low quality AI content and it is suffocating. And when someone uses AI to generate their headers, I can spot it instantly. Everyone can. It never looks good. It’s better to go to Unsplash or any free photography site and just pick a clean human-made photo. Like the one I used in this very post. You can see immediately that a human took it.

You can absolutely use AI as a co-writer, an editor, a researcher, a brainstorming partner. But don’t tell AI to write your entire article about how you earned 200 HP in two weeks. It won’t sound like you. That is the fastest way to lose authenticity.

One thing that many people here do not understand is that every writer has a voice. When your post is AI-generated, and then you reply to comments in your real voice, it creates a mismatch that is so obvious that I spot it instantly. It feels like two different people. And that disconnect pushes readers away.

People follow you because they want your thoughts and your experiences. AI cannot offer that. It cannot replicate the lived texture of a human mind. It cannot replace personality.

So my advice is simple. Find your voice. Create posts that feel like you. Use AI only to polish if you want to clean something up. Find the right communities. Post where your content belongs. And in those communities, make real friends. Comment. Read. Show up. Be human.

Because that is how I magically whipped up 200 Hive in two weeks. And honestly, I’m very grateful. Every upvote has felt humbling and encouraging. I’m happy to be back here.

And I seriously hope the flood of AI slop calms down, because that is not the future Hive deserves.