The News
It is good to see the $HIVE price edge up a little after dipping down to 10c. Is anyone buying some to power up? It is not a great time to sell, but some will need the money.

Next week is Tokenize:LDN in London where @alessandrawhite and @mcsamm will be speaking. You can still get a free ticket if you want to see what is happening in the digital world. Cryptocurrency and blockchain were the trendy topics for a while, but AI is getting the attention now. I expect there will be plenty of that at the show, but it does not replace what Hive can do as a platform to build social apps on.
Talking of AI, the @leofinance team announced various updates including a bot called @askrafiki. I have not tried it, but I think it is supposed to be something like the one on ex-Twtr.
@acgalarza did a cool interview with @crimsonclad. She is a great ambassador for Hive.
@snapie now allows for audio snaps using 3speak technology. This is only implemented in the web version for now as that allows for quick deployment, but it should be in the mobile app soon. They are open to suggestions for improvements.
The @threespeak team think we need to consider how we can manage $HIVE inflation. That may mean generating less $HBD to spend on supporting projects, so the projects may need to find alternative ways to fund themselves.
In general news @louis88 alerted us about a serious vulnerability in Chrome-based browsers. Check for updates and be careful what links you click on.
Friday Follow
- @harbiter is trying reinvigorate a guitar community. That is something I would like to see more active. People may post in the more general Music community, but that can get lost amongst the many posts. I think that more focused communities are more useful, but you can cross-post to more than one if you want.
- I have made lots of use of the @strava2hive app to post my activities. There have been some issues with the Strava API recently, but it mostly works. These are not easy to maintain when the services you rely on keep changing.
- @ravenmus1c is giving away prizes in the run-up to Christmas. You do need to hold her token to qualify. There are some on the market.
- I have given many mentions to @sidekickmatt, but then I really enjoy his comics. He has three different ones that get posted on Hive so you can enjoy them in your feed. He has been playing with AI to animate them with mixed results. I think he deserves to have more views and votes.
The End
I have nothing specific for the Dog House this week, but there is always something dodgy going on. If the price keeps going on then more people will try to exploit it. You do not have to downvote posts, but you can consider if what you support is genuine. People are abusing AI tools to create posts that just recycle information from elsewhere. They will also steal content from others. We have to decide what has value and support what we want to see more of.
The year is running out fast and people will be busy with various things, but I hope they can find time for Hive. Get your friends on here and it can be more fun.
Next week is the last HPUD of the year, so will you get a badge?
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I believe we should keep the chain as human as possible. Everyone has an AI model (often a bunch of them) to chat to. Copying Grok makes little sense to me. Also, I want to interact with real people here.
As always, thanks for the mention and your support!
You are always most welcome. I really appreciate you being here.
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Thanks for all the mentioning 😁 I read all the discussion in threespeak's post and learned a lot about how Hive works behind the scenes
I think a lot of people don't really understand how Hive works and there's stuff I don't know. We should always be learning.
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I think we have enough bots, if one has to chat with an Ai bot he just goes to Grok or chatgpt or deepseek anyways... So I 100% agree with @godfish
Audio snaps on the web first would be a bit disappointing for those that use it, but at least it gets rolled out faster before the app catches up which it will eventually, Hive is going forward
You have been manual curated and upvoted by @ecency
Did you know that @stresskiller is also a witness now ?
I've been kind of off the grid the past couple of days with all the holiday stuff that has been going on. It might not be until next week that I get fully caught up. Thanks for all the good info as usual!
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