Hey Ryze.
Firstly, I would like to thank you for the wonderful piece you have written for Hive beginners. I was thrown into abyss when I first got on Hive last month and since then have been struggling to find my way. I see you haven't been here for too long yourself and I must give you all the credit for decoding it in such a short time. I have recently taken to writing finally overcoming procrastination. However, I haven't been able to find some answers and hoping if you could help.
One, Is it allowed to post the same article in different communities? If I post an article in LeoFinance, and then post it in some other community.
Second, I have two hive accounts and I post same articles from both the accounts. It was initially created in error but then I decided to keep going with both. I wanted to check if that's allowed because I do make it a point to mention that this article is posted from my other account too.
Would appreciate you helping out.
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Hey @cyekmyster , thanks for the kind words and this wonderful comment. To answer your (great) questions:
I believe the correct etiquette is to post your article to one appropriate community, then click the "3 dots" underneath your published post and select the option to 'cross-post' it to any other communities you feel are appropriate. (There's an old article on cross-posting here: https://hive.blog/hive-175001/@steempeak/intro-to-crossposting if you want more on it.) - The main thing is to carefully read each communities rules and not to over do it. Some of them frown on cross-posting.
Many people have multiple accounts on Hive (these are generally called "alts" or "alt accounts"), but I've not seen many people post duplicate content from their alt. This may be because it 'spreads the rewards' across two articles, reducing the "big numbers" you could get from concentrating it onto one post. (People like big numbers, would you rather two post with 60 votes each, or one post with 110 upvotes?) Also, Hive is very 'anti-spam' culture, so that may be another reason I haven't seen duplicate content from alts. All that said, I honestly don't know the correct answer here, only that the feeling I get is that double-posting is not a great idea... but I have no solid data on this, you'd probably have to ask a long-time member of Hive, a witness or founder, or a whale. Hopefully I've at least given a bit of insight though, and at least you're upfront about what you're doing.
:) 🙏
Thank you for being kind enough to answer.
I did go through the article but it still doesn't answer it clearly. I really wish things could be clearer. What I understood is that you can cross post as long as its your work and after 7 days.
I also found this which I really can't make much sense of
"Only cross-post your own post
Never cross-post your own post"
As far as the other account goes, I might have to use them for different purposes.
It would need a lot more digging before I get somewhere on this platform.
Would be checking out your posts closely. You write beautifully.