The News

I was away last week, so did not do a #followfriday post. It seems I missed a spike in the $HBD price, but it soon returned to the peg. $HIVE also had a pump thanks to our friends in Korea that lasted a little longer. It has settled a little higher than before and seems to be following a general upward trend for now.

The other main news this week is the public launch of Threads from @leofinance. See their post. This is a form of microblogging that uses comments on a post to avoid them getting auto-votes as well as keeping them off your main feed. These are still early days. At first performance was struggling as people rushed to use it. Today it is better, but it lacks some features such as having a personal feed. I would recommend having a play to see how it works and to feed back suggestions to the team.

@Hivefest is just six weeks away. @roelandp just announced the venue for the second day as well as some of the speakers. The talks should be streamed, but if you are there you will be able to talk to these people in person.

There is a scheme to help fund your travel to Amsterdam. See the post from @hivebuzz and this one. You can contribute to the fund.

Friday Follows

These people get a share of the post rewards:

• @iamdarrenclaxton is a musician who has been too busy posting for @nfttunz which lets you create NFTs of your music. We were discussing having a #bluesday tag for a weekly themed music thing.
• @soyrosa has contributed her local knowledge on transport options for Hivefest. This is really useful.
• Electronic musician @tdctunes will also be at Hivefest with some of his gadgets.
• @cryptoshots.nft has a 3d shooter game that will launch on Hive later this month.

The Doghouse

Be careful who you allow to post on your blog. An established Hiver paid someone to produce some travel content that turned out to be plagiarised. He has explained what happened, but the damage has been done and his reputation will have taken a hit.

The End

I will be doing a #britlist post tomorrow, but I do not have many new people to add so far. I have found various accounts that claim to be in the UK, but their posts suggest they could be elsewhere. I try to do some checking they are genuine and it is up to them to provide some evidence. What I may do is list them on the post as 'possibles'.

Have a great weekend!