image by me using the in shot appA lot of times newbies make these mistakes and do not know they are making them.
I remember when I started my journey on hive and I thought hive was about doing contests and cashing out. I regret this action till tomorrow.
Also, I discovered that some newbies do outrageous things like abusing tags.
I made a lot of mistakes on hive and I have also studied different patterns of mistakes newbies tend to make.
That being said, lets get to the meat of the post for today.
In this post, I will be talking about the 3 common mistakes most newbies make when they start up their hive account.
1. Posting more than commenting.
This is the most common mistake made by a lot of newbies and sadly old ones that have not found their way.
In as much as making a post happens to be what gives you the most rewards, starting with commenting sets the ground to have a great start.
This is the more reason why most times when I see a newbie, the first task I give them is to make 100 comments in their first week.
A lot of people think it's about making post which is an obvious wrong step.
The real truth is audience first, post next.
If you don't have an audience, your posts will be within the zeros or at most it will be limited to a certain value.
Have a look at the big accounts on the blockchain, you will discover that their comment to posting ratio is about 30:1.
You will also notice that they usually are among the top 40 in the engagement league hosted by @abh12345.
Have a look @taskmaster4450,@jfang003 and @josediccus, you will see a pattern.
The simple pattern is engagement.
In summary
You can't go far on hive if you don't engage
2. Abusing tags.
I was observing some newbies and I discovered that some of them use the leofinance tag without having any financial information in their posts.
I went on to ask them why they were doing it. I heard a lot of ridiculous reasons.
The most common reason was when they posted in the community, they got upvotes.
This is called abuse of tags.
I also discovered that some people do things like using the introduceyourself tag after they have done their introductory post.
The truth is that you can't go far by doing this.
The hive community has a way of knowing people who are interested in the community.
It is also worth noting that @hivewatchers are capable of penalizing anyone for abusing a tag.
Trust me, you don't want to be caught by hive watchers.
3. Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of presenting other people's work as your own without referencing them.
When people first come into hive and they discover it is a content platform that pays, a lot of funny people ideas pop into the head of newbies.
The next thing they think of is stealing from the internet and posting it here.
Plagiarism is highly frowned at on the hive blockchain and it is something that can crash your account to the zero.
If you want to use someone else's work, make sure to source it.
Pictures, write ups are to be sourced if they are not yours.
I hope you have learnt something, if you have more comments on common mistakes please drop your comments in the comment section.
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This post is mainly dedicated to the newbies I am mentoring currently on hive
Thank you for reading.
And not just random 5 word comments but meaningful engagement. If you connect with someone they'll be more likely to follow you and engage with your posts as well. I think that's something that's taken me way too long to learn but can't agree with you enough on. Thanks for the share @bhoa
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Thank you, this is helpful 🙂
very nice tips for newbies even for slow-move old hivers like me.
enggagement is such a crucial part for hive, but sometimes for a non english speaker like me, it is hard to make a comment on other post (a meaningful one), not to mention how i slowly progress in making content.
anyway great tips my friend, I will wait for your next one
Thank you
Wow... Thank you very much!
This really helped a lot. Looks like I need to engage even more😅...
Thanks again!
Yes you do..
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This is so helpful. Thanks a lot for this. I’m going to send this to a lot of newbies.
Thank you for stopping by
Thanks so much for the insight
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To me engagement is key! That’s why I move around discord group trying on board those who are not yet hivers and also follow hivers too. The results so far has been commendable☺️. Thanks for point this out once more!
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Looks like I'm on the right path, I was doing 25:1 before seeing this post. The hashtag thing is interesting, what if your artwork doesn't fit into one category? I just used a bunch that were related.
If you do art posts, your work will most likely fall into either sketchbook or onchain art.
This is really good. I run a mentorship class on how to grow on hive.
Watch out for more topics that will help you grow.
I'm somewhat stuck in no. 1.
Not all posts really deserves to be responded to. I rack my head to find a reply after spending 5mins of valuable time reading a post so I wouldn't scroll past without a comment.
Reading LeoFinance posts even, things I barely understand.. I wouldn't even know where to start commenting.
The things I love to read are not really things and communities that make one so visible.
It's a lot more work than imagined.
Thank you so much, I have taken note of them
Thanks. This will really help me.
Oh wow...
It's nice to have you in this space.. Welcome on board
Thank you