Don't be afraid of making a tit of yourself!

I have just finished my Saturday dinner and am now having a coffee to celebrate the 100th edition of the #weekend-engagement prompts.

This community that was founded by the GDog the wonderful man himself Galen @galenkp has gone from strength to strength and I am immensely proud to part of the moderation team along with the equally wonderful Andy @andrastia.

Whilst the format may have changed from the original commenting on a post to now writing a post replying to a range of weekend-engagement prompts, the engagement within the community is high.

What better way than to celebrate 100 weeks of weekend-engagement by having a set of prompts that are connected to engagement?

shhhh...I shall give you all a tip or two in the next few sentences. Do you see the quality of the posts from Galen? The infocus pictures (source link if required), the use of an appropriate quote, the text format, the post layout? This all takes time and effort. He sets the bar high in his communities. I know many people post here purely in the hope of winning rewards, well that is all fine, we all want rewards from Hive, don't we! However if you have read the weekly prompt, you will have seen the quality and proofreading of the post, so ensure that your post is the best you can make it. Put effort into your work, as Galen says, you are showcasing yourself, so be the best you can be and adhere to the guidelines before you hit the publish button!

No matter what you do, do your best at it. If your going to be a bum, be the best bum there is.
- Robert Mitchum -

In this post I shall endeavour to answer this prompt from [WE100] Weekend-Engagement Friday blog prompts

💯 Engagement on Hive

What does engagement on Hive mean to you and how do you do it? What methods or strategies have you used and what results have you had? Do you feel it has been helpful to build your account, have you enjoyed it or do you feel you'd rather not have to do it?

What does engagement on Hive mean to you and how do you do it?

I view Hive as a social media site with benefits. This means that I am social here and I engage. After these three questions I have left some quirky tips, but essentially engagement on Hive means finding communities to be a part of and finding creators to engage with, coupled with answering interactions on my own posts. It helps when I have something in common with them. Then it is a question of reading their posts, and commenting with meaningful comments. If there are replies then I will answer those as well, and keep the engagement up for as long as appropriate.

If I do not like what I have read, rather than make derogatory comments, I will close the page and move on.
You know the age old saying Silence is Golden, well at times we need to be quiet, that would be one such time!

What methods or strategies have you used? and what results have you had?

I am not sure if I have and engagement methods as such but I would say that these are some of my strategies:

• I do answer all comments and replies that I receive on my posts.
• I do leave meaningful comments on virtually every post that I read.
• I do participate in challenges and contests and engage with other contestants.
• When I get on Hive I will check my notifications before I think about posting.
• If I am not happy with a post I have written I will not post it until it is the quality I want.
• I do my best to be me, real and genuine.
• I join community servers in Discord and engage there too.
• If it is not fun then I stop doing it.

What results have you had?

I joined Hive last year September 3rd when I created a Splinterlands account.
However, I did not really understand Hive at all, I seemed to have no resource credits to do anything, consequently I gave up. These two awesome ladies @coquicoin and @ifarmgirl were having a ball here and pulled me back and explained things to me, gradually I got the bug, now I get Hive.

January 1st 2022 I powered up and had 11 HP now I have 955HP so pretty good going I think and my reputation is at 64, this was all achieved through engaging.
The other way I think my engagement works from a results perspective is by looking at the Hive Engagement League. For the past few weeks I have finished in the top three and have won it a couple of times.
This gives me a bonus of 7.5, 5 or 2.5 HP just for engaging and doing what I normally do!
Talk about a win win situation!

Do you feel it has been helpful to build your account, have you enjoyed it or do you feel you'd rather not have to do it?

Without engagement I would have left my account, I love it and love the connections that have been forged in these last four months. Finally I am now doing it the way I want to, and have got the Hive bug!

Picture by @tengolotodo - Don't be afraid of making a tit of yourself!

My WEEKEND ENGAGMENT Summary!

When I get onto Hive, I check my notifications first. Don't just post and run!
Every meaningful comment and/or meaningful reply that I receive I will make a reply to.
Express yourself clearly and always be respectful of cultural differences.
Keep It Simple Sweetheart - Just Like Life and have fun!
Engage and it will become fun and second nature to you! Be persistent and don't give up!
Never forget that you were new once and a new Hiver would love to read your comments!
Don't be afraid to make a tit of yourself(in a good way of course)

Ensure that you make your posts the best they can be. Proofread before you publish.
Go out of your way to help someone, one day you might need help.
Amaze yourself by getting out of your comfort zone and doing something different.
Get off your page and go and explore other hivers and engage on their posts.
Enter challenges and contests and engage with other contestants.
Make sure you read all community guidelines and rules. Make your posts interesting and original.
Engage in the Discord Servers of communities.
Never be afraid to ask questions or make a tit of yourself in a good way of course!
That is how I like to make engagement on Hive