It's a long road but we'll get there

A few of days ago I did a post about starting an initiative to support newbies. Yesterday I launched it and it's called Apis Hive, you can read about it here https://peakd.com/hive-186600/@apis.hive/apis-hive-growing-on-hive.

Put simply, Apis Hive is a support initiative that allows users to claim assets every day that will lead to Hive delegations. In 138 days, they could get 320 HP delegation. Yes, it takes a while, and yes the delegation isn't massive. The road is long, but there's a reason behind it, let me explain.

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Many new accounts join Hive every day, fake, alts, bots, sock, spam. Then there are some real people who were told they can earn by posting on Hive. Wouldn't it be great if some of them also have a long term vision on Hive and helped grow the platform? These are the people I want to find and support in my initiative. The cynicism in me tells me there aren't that many. I want my initiative to prove me wrong.

In order to support the people with this mindset, I'm going to look at how they manage their account first. The criteria identified aren't a big ask.

• rep 40 and above
• be active in posting, curating and engaging
• not participate in any form of abuse or create low quality content
• no self voting
• have at least 30 HP staked
• not powering down
• not liquidise any rewards
• not delegate out more than 30% of your staked HP

The next step, is to help them learn and appreciate Hive, and understand the long term benefits of growing their account at a steady pace. People tend not to appreciate things when it comes too easily and too quickly. It becomes an entitlement. That's why I've opted to take a slow approach with Apis Hive. Users can use this time to let the wider community discover their commitment, trustworthiness and dedication to Hive and build their network on that. Trust and integrity are important here.

And of course, I'd like to reward users for their effort and dedication. Delegation is one way, as is potential upvotes. It won't be a big bang upvote and it's not a guarantee, but it will help them to grow their account steadily. Potentially there could be additional support from the wider community, from people whose trust they've gained and the networks they've built throughout the process. How much they manage to get is entirely dependent on how they've portrayed themselves. And that's the key to longevity on Hive and the whole point of Apis Hive - for users to forge their own path on Hive, with a little help on the side.

In the long run, I'd love for Apis Hive members to be recognized as a trusted group of users by the wider Hive community. I'll even get them an Apis Hive badge for the recognition. I'd love for this group to help drive Hive forward, and to support the next wave of new users to do the same. Paying forward is a great thing to do.

So far, many whom I'm glad to say share the same beliefs about Hive, have offered their support and help for Apis Hive. I don't know how things will pan out yet and if I need to take up your offer, but thanks in advance, I may be knocking on your door soon. In the meanwhile, if you can send good users to Apis Hive that would be great.

Last but not the least, none of this would have been possible without my partner in crime 😄. A massive thanks goes to @asgarth for his help in developing https://apishive.blog/. For those who don't know, he is the dev behind Peakd, in my opinion, the best front end on Hive. I couldn't have asked for a better person to help me out. Without his input, I wouldn't have been able to pull this off. @asgarth is very modest about his involvement, and when I asked him how he wanted to describe his role for the website FAQ, this is what he wrote. Thank you @asgarth.