Hello @pixelhuntersam! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive and introduced yourself - congratulations and welcome! And I definitely smiled a number of times, so your post is most certainly a successful introduction to our community!
Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - Hive Communities. Based on your very awesome post, I think you'll find these interesting to start off with -
Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched Newbies Guide should be helpful to you, as it is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works. For instance, there's a post in the collection called 3 things Newbies should do in their first week on Hive that you might find helpful.
Please be aware that Hive is a bit different from other social media platforms since you are monetizing your blog, so it is important not to include content that you don't own without sources (and it shouldn't exceed 50% of the post). For more information, check this post - Why and How People Abuse and Plagiarise by hivewatchers.
I'm sure @zakludick and @lex-zaiya will continue to help you as you begin your Hive journey, but if you have any questions, feel free to hop into the OCD Discord server and we'll do our best to answer them, and again welcome to Hive!
Thank you so much for the community suggestions @lovesniper, and for the useful links. I will definitely give them a read through. I am finding this platform and community far more awesome than any other place I have been. Looking forward to being an active part of the community!
You're very welcome, @pixelhuntersam and don't worry if you need to ask a zillion questions after reading through the links - some Hive stuff can be really confusing, even to "old timers" like myself. Feel free to tag me on my personal account (Love Sniper is run by a team) if you need any help. 😊
Thank you so much @traciyork! I have been bombarding poor @zakludick quick regularly with questions, haha. He has been super patient and very informative in answering them. But it is great to know I can give him a break once in a while and bombard someone else 🤣
Also, I would just like to add, I absolutely LOVE your profile picture ❣️ You are making me want to do some pixel art again! And your cover image speaks the truth! (in my case though it is also turning caffeine into digital art, haha)
I am here for all those questions!
All the students that ask the most questions are doing the best. Is there a connection? I think so!