Greetings Felines and Hoomans of the Hive!
It's a beautiful sunny Saturday here in Washington state, and I have been enjoying the sunpuddles around the house!
Wait... WHAT? Did I just say "Saturday?" That means it's "CATURDAY," our own special cat day... now in its 16th year! Yes, Caturday has actually been "a thing" on the web for that long!
Helping the Dad-Hooman with his artwork...
Since the Hoomans are still "in quarantine", they have been working on a lot of their arts and crafts projects.
I really like to lay down in the middle of what they are doing; supervising to make sure the creativity is flowing properly.
Besides, what is a good piece of artwork if it doesn't come with a little extra cat hair?
On the whole, I have found the whole quarantine thing to be a very good thing for cats!
In Other News...
We are not far from the one-month mark of our new home here on Hive, and I'm happy to say that it all seems to be going remarkably well, so far!
Of course, there's still lots of work ahead... now comes the fun part where we get to attract new people to Hive... and then we have to figure out how to keep them interested enough that they want to actually stay here as active community members.
That seems to always be one of the greatest challenges for online communities: It's great that we can attract people, but somehow we have to figure out ways to make them want to stay.
Of course, a very good starting point is to have a strong and active and engaged community in place for people to want to be part of.
And that's where I plan to direct a lot of my efforts, over the next months.
Appealing to "Old Stemians"
Although the cat community on Steem didn't ever get a lot of traction, we did have quite a few people posting about their feline friends, at one time or another.
Unlike many, one of the things you will not find me doing is "talking smack" about Steem... and I am planning to continue making occasional posts there — probably through the end of 2020 — in hopes of making contact with a few of my old followers who were into "Cat Blogs."
Yes, absolutely my focus will be on building the Cat Community — and my own following — here on Hive, but I don't harbor any secret desires to actually expedite Steem's journey "down the tubes," if that — indeed — is what ends up happening.
In some of my upcoming posts, I'll be sharing some thoughts on the way Steem may actually continue to have "value" to us, here on Hive... I have always been a believer in using our resources as carefully as possible, and this is no exception.
In the meantime, though, I'm just going to enjoy my Caturday... and I hope you enjoy yours, as well!
Please consider joining one (or all!) of Hive's "Cat Communities," listed in the footer, below.
Thanks for reading!
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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communties!
If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?
These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Remember, you can also "cross-post" your cat posts to them!
HiveCats by @curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!
Cat Snaps by @manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!
Caturday by @saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!
Cat Photos by @andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS!
Cats by @captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community.
Last but certainly not least, don't forget the dPet Community created by @kona, which is the original pet related "channel," and which typically also has lots of cat photos! This is also the home of the Daily Pet Photography challenge!
There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!
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My post yesterday, because it was #caturday, included two obligatory cat photos. No, actually, they are part of the family - also with lockdown issues! Lol
Cats in quarantine... it's definitely a thing! Thankfully, once you're an indoor cat, having the Hoomans home all the time merely means getting more attention!
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Sounds good to see a use 4 steem here in Hive...go 4 it...., Happy Caturday ... ❤
I'm just a little tired of all the "negative air" flowing around after the move from Steem... what happened was definitely crappy, but we have a nice community here, and might as well make the most of our "resources."
Happy Caturday to you and your brood!
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I went over to Steem to look for @hippie-witha-gun
He loves all animals and even snakes and bugs...!!
The true sign of a good hearted man.
We need Him and Zeus over here on the #Hive also.
Here is the Proof.... As He would say....lol
Zeus loves me; Caturday 3/7/20.
Go over and show him some love and tell Him we need
The Rainbow Man on Hive also...!!
Alright damn it I'm here!
Thaaaazzzz Right...... I knew i would bug ya enough.... Lmao.
I know what ya mean about it being a pain in the ass But Hell Rainbow Man just copy and paste it here also.
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Happy to see you "over here" @hippie-witha-gun! It would be great if we can get the whole Steem cat lovin' crew together here, too!
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Howdy @curatorcat! Sounds like you already got a good cat lovin crew already here HA HA. I still got a lot of drama going on in my personal life so I'm still not going to be as active as I would like. Not living at home I won't be able to post pictures of all the rest of the kitties anymore. Just Caturday blogs of Zeus.
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I am thinking about a cat community for travelin' kits...? Might not get any traction tho, as most cats do not like to travel, the 3 that follow Me to the door every time I walk in that direction are the exception to that rule.
Today Sammi Jo would not take no for an answer and rode on my shoulder to spend a little time in the Mancave/Shop this morning. As Trucking has come to almost a standstill for Us.
Actually, you might get a little traction for that, as I'm sure there are more than a few people who live in their RVs/movable tiny houses/converted trucks and buses... and have their feline friends as part of the crew.
Not sure about the best way to reach them...
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