Funny how I just started writing this article and at the same time, OCD made their new announcement to diversify their votes into other communities. Nonetheless, that makes this post even more important than before since it will from now on not only be beneficial to post on OCD anymore but also in other, smaller communities. Huge Probs to @acidyo for this decision!
What's my purpose for making this list?
*** My main purpose is to show people there's already plenty of communities out there than just "OCD" or "GEMS", which I believe to some degree defeats the purpose of communities: **To gather people who share same interests in one way or another.**Communities whose only purpose is to just give out large curations and not really take into consideration any kind of specification of the post except for being quote on quote "Quality content". It doesn't matter if you write about Hive development, traveling, or art. It's all there clumped together and it makes a space that is hard to meet like-minded people or consume specific content. This is where communities are supposed to help.
The communities below are the once I would recommend people checking out.
My 5 favorite Hive communities in no particular order:
*** Click on the representative titles to get directed into the communities if any of them are interesting for you. *** ##### **1. [AskHive](https://peakd.com/c/hive-173737/created):** *This one is a bit different from the others there will be on my list. Instead of focusing on well-made posts, this one focuses on thought-provoking questions that promote engagement in the comment section. I really do think this is a fresh breath of air because it puts a much bigger focus on the comments rather than the author.*
Are we really using communities to the fullest?
There are already so many other communities out there and it is our collective responsibility to diversify into these communities to find people with our common interests. Don't just stick with posting on those big curation communities that are basically just a glorified old version of what we had before communities were a thing. But try to sometimes write a post in a community you think would benefit from your content, or even better, go and discover some other authors doing also that. It will all add up in the end and make a much more healthy platform for us all.
What's your favorite community?
*** So this is my list and after this whole motivational speech of how important it is to use the communities to its fullest, I would love to also hear what your favorite communities are here on Hive? Any on the list you feel like I missed? I know some of mine are a bit too hive-related but in all honesty one of my main "hobbies" are in fact Hive, so there's that.Leave your own community suggestions below!
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