You only reach your 5th Hiversary once in your lifetime, and to be honest, out of all the registered accounts on Hive, how many get to do that? I think a shit post to celebrate is not unreasonable.
I was going to leave it at this, then I thought it would be fun to have a look back at my anniversary post each year. Here goes...
1st post on 21st June 2017
Here's my introduction post, I didn't hold a bit of paper to prove my identity as I didn't know about it. Things were simpler and people more genuine back then. We came on board because blogging on the chain was new and innovative, at least for me. Sadly, none of the people who welcomed me 5 years ago seem to be active here anymore
https://peakd.com/introduceyourself/@livinguktaiwan/first-post-hope-i-got-it-right
335th post 21st June 2018
Wow!! I blogged nearly every day during the year actually one post every 1.09 days. I did a video for my first anniversary post but it's no longer available as it was posted on Dlive. That's another bit of history. If you know it you know it, if you don't, it doesn't matter. The upside is that most of the people who commented are still around, and I am still in contact with. @travelgirl, @joythewanderer, @itchyfeetdonica and @rimicane, it's been great knowing you girls for such a long time, and I'm glad I've met three of you in person.
https://peakd.com/dlive/@livinguktaiwan/3893c1e0-756e-11e8-827c-49f76fdbeab3
614th post 21st June 2019
In my second year I made 279 posts, one post every 1.3 days, still trotting along. You may have noticed I got a big juicy upvote from OCDB, yes bidbots were a thing back then and acceptable. Times change and we move on, what was acceptable in the old days is no longer acceptable in the new world. That's the only way we can grow and improve - by changing. @travelgirl, my oldest friend on the chain is still here, as is @ackhoo and @melinda0101011 are both active still.
https://peakd.com/milestone/@livinguktaiwan/are-steemit-celebrations-over-rated
865th post 22nd June 2020
My post output is dropping in my third year 251 posts, one post every 1.45 days. This post was posted 6 minutes past midnight hence 22nd June. By now, we were Hive, and in a better place. Having been here for three years, I was ready to contribute to the community and trying to figure out how to do that. By the third year, I made more friends @erikah, @ybanezkim26, @shanibeer, @gems.and.cookies I'm glad you guys are still around!!
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@livinguktaiwan/sunday-rambles-my-project
1039th post 21st June 2021
By my 4th year on Hive my focus had changed. It was less about blogging and rewards, and more about how to contribute to the community. My post output dropped to 174, that's a post every 2.09 days. During the year, I spent more time fighting abuse and I dedicated my 4th year anniversary post to a group of scammers. It took me about a week and help from various other people on Hive to uncover the pile of shit. It was fun and rewarding, so much that I spend a lot more time on anti abuse nowadays.
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@livinguktaiwan/my-fourth-hive-birthday-and-introducing-some-special-newbies
1175th post 21st June 2022
I got to my fifth year on Hive!!!! Big pat on the back for myself.
Productivity dropped further, 140 days in the year that's one post every 2.6 days but I'm ok with it. Hive is more than blogging and that's what a lot of newbies don't realise. I could do a whole post to rant about this but today is shit post day, I'll rant another day when I feel like it.
Till then, bring on Year 6!!!!!!
Happy Hive Birthday Pauline! Five years on the chain and still active every day, posting, curating, engaging with the community and fighting abuse. Wow. Keep up the inspiring work! Wishing you all the best for the years to come! Greetings from Prague :)
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Thanks so much Petr, I couldn't have completed my anniversary post last year without your help, team work!!
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Hive five!✋👊 Congrats Living(I'm more used to this name than Pauline :))!
It's been so long, and you've always been a big inspiration for me since my Day1 here, as I said in your 1st anniversary post.
Although I was inactive for a long time, it's nice to read your progress now including the parts I missed.
Thanks Donica! You're the only one out of the four I haven't met in my first anniversary post!!! Will you be going to HiveFest by any chance?
Not sure yet where I will be in September(should be clear in August). If I'm in Belgium then, I would love to go up north that weekend to meet you! (And @sjarvie5 too, I saw your same question somewhere but didn't get to reply that day due to the bad connection on the road.)
That would be so great to meet you. We'll hope you are in Belgium. :)
June seems to be the month so many people have their hive birthday!
Me too, soon :D
Congratulations, and wish you many more hive years 😎
Thanks @mipiano. You joined in 2020 only? I thought you'd been around for much longer, you're so involved in the communities!!
Yes, the last day of June , 2020 :D
Basically, I don't remember a day without hive since then 😄
😍 Congratulations!
Thanks Shani, I'm so glad we got to meet at last!!!
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Congratulations on your 5th anniversary on Hive 🎇
Thanks so much @dimascastillo90 !!!
Abso-bloody-lutely!
Lovelovelove the photo in your first post, the red phone boxes, iconic. I can finally give you a definitive answer to the question you posed in the title of that inaugural post...
Hell yeah! I guess you realised that by now though, after all you've had 1826 days to mull over it. Your evolution is clear to see, those changing priorities are what makes all the difference, I think. There's a whole other dimension to reading a post by a username you recognise and somebody you have actually met in real life, that was an absolute blast.
Really, really, did I say REALLY enjoyed getting a chance to chat to you and your wonderfully friendly hubbie in the 'so-called' real world, it is a memory I am so grateful to have made, thank you!
It's amazing how much impact meetup have on people, everything and everyone suddenly becomes so real instead of just alphabets on the computer screen.
I'm so glad to have attended another meetup just before my 5th anniversary, is sort of seems complete that I've done at least a UK and Taiwan one to tie in with my handle, and of course a main Fest one.
I know you said the chances of you going to Amsterdam is pretty slim, but hopefully we'll get to meet up again someplace else
These moments are ok to shitpost, but honestly, I don't consider this a shitpost. I've seen worse haha. Congrats on this milestone!
Here's to 5 more years!
haha!!! I was very tempted to stop at the two sentences and the image so I can spoil myself!!
It's hard isn't it haha. I even find it hard just adding 500/600 words with some pictures and then it often just feels "not done". But I think you did well haha!
YAY Congratulations @livinguktaiwan 🥳🥳🥳💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 5th year… wow.
To many many more.
Cheers!
Thanks Jackie. It's hard to believe you've only been on Hive for half a year, I reckon you're gonna be veteran on your first anniversary!!
You are welcome @livinguktaiwan 😁👋🏻
Good morning to you!
Aaww thanks for that… that’s nice to hear. I love it here and do my best to do my bit for the community. I understand… as I grow we all do, and it takes all of us to build Hive further 😉
Congratulations! Those were memorable five years. With people coming and going here on chain,it is nice to see people who stick by regardless of the market trends.
This wasn't really a shit post, there would be those worse than this. Lol. I didn't know we can pull out stats year on year. I also celebrated by 5th year on chain on June 6th- was about to make a shittier post but real life got to me so that was one less shit post on the blockchain that day. 😅
Congrats on your 5th year as well!!! 6th June is a good date to remember every year, as is half a decade is a nice celebration to have (damn, it sounds so old when I say half a decade!!)
I got the post stats from this site, you can get a list of all your post which is handy if you want to find a particular post which is very difficult to do on the front ends when you've been around for 5 years. You need to go to user drill down to enter your username first to see your data.
https://eroche.shinyapps.io/hiveanalytics/
Shitposting... everyone will eventually succumb to the habit.
Happy 5th hivesary~!
Ha ha! As if we don't have enough of that already!!
Happy Hiversary! 🥳
Thank Kim!
I wish more people would shit post as well as this! 😂
And...
Thanks Traci! What can I say... I do my best 😉
Congrstulations!
Happy 5th Hiversary, @livinguktaiwan !
Thanks! I see yours is coming up soon as well
Absolutely. Still, I'm doing a post a day to see if I can hit 365 which I don't think I've ever done - how would I know, by the way?
I know you do tons of curating behind the scenes.
Happy Birthday1
My favourite memory of you was when you were burning - was it his name on paper? - and saying 'fuck sun'. I knew I liked you from that moment.
That was fun, trying to amuse ourselves during lockdown , and thanks to your great suggestion to do a ceremonial burn!!
It takes a lot to post consistently every day and to maintain quality, and you've definitely managed the latter!
Congratulations! My 5th is in July. It's been quite a ride! Glad you're still around.
Oh, and I also wanted to thank you for the PUD prize and for all youndo on the blockchain 😊
Likewise Fiona, those who have been here for more than three years will know what Hive means.
I know you have a lot on your plate at home yet you're still very active in the community. You're a handful that makes this a better place, so thank you for that!!
I do, indeed. It's a very different place from the one where we began 5 years ago. I am not nearly as active as I'd like, but there it is. I do appreciate your kind words and support!
Happy Hiversary!!! You have done incredibly well with the time you have spent here in the Blockchain. I will be hitting my 5th this December and I can't hold even a teeny weeny birthday candle to everything you have done here. I am so proud and honored to have even gotten a mention from you in this post. Awesome!!
Looking forward to another 5 years and beyond with your friendship and mentorship here in Hive 🤗🤗🤗
We all contribute in our own way here @gems.and.cookies and just being around and engage actively is just as important to keep hive rocking, so give yourself credit for that!!
I would call that the best shit post i have read , congrats.
Ha ha! Thanks @grindle.
I was looking forward to meet you over the weekend!!! I hear love beckons ❤️😉
is that @slobberchops and his loose lips? 😂🤣😂 nowt serious, just new company, done all the relationship stuff.......never again
Hehe, Happy Hive-niversary!!!
And I just celebrated my 5th year too, didn't know before, I joined a day before you, 20th June 2017! We have all come a long way... Have a good one! 😊🎉✨
Wow! What a coincidence! It's been a long time hasn't it?
Congratulations on your Hiversary too 🎊🎉
A lot of people I followed seemed to be celebrating there five years hive birthday this month.
I'm glad to still have people like you around, happy birthday and I wish you a more blissful hive time around.
Really! I missed those posts!
If I'm correct, I think it had something to do with the predecessor chain made the first reward payout back then, a year after it went live. People got massive amounts accumulated from over the previous year, and that made headlines in the crypto world drawing in a lot big new users, myself included
Happy Birthday! :)
Thanks @betterthanhome, I see yours is coming up soon as well!
True, I haven´t checked that in a while. Cool thanks for reminding me :)
🎉🎊🎇Congratulations!🎉🎊🎇
Thanks @wannabescrapper!
How are you finding Hive so far?
It's good, so far. Better than Steemit was. I'm just sticking with a small group to follow and there's very little drama.
5th Hiversary? God, you're getting old 😳
Happy Anniversary though!
I know, half a decade🙃😂
Happy Anniversary.
Enjoy the Five.
Thanks Ace, and I appreciate the support all along!
You're welcome.
Happy Anniversary!
Thanks Joy, you're one of the few people I met a couple of times
You going to Hivefest?
I really hope but Amsterdam hotels seem quite expensive, I spent quite a lot on travels this year already, hope still have the budget.
Just saws the announcement post last night, you're right, hotels are pretty expensive 😬
Probably cheaper for you to catch the train to Amsterdam from Belgium instead!
Amsterdam is somehow much more expensive than other major Europe cities, even Paris seems cheaper...
No bloody way!!! Has it been that long?!?! CONGRATS!!! 🥂
I am so excited for you! You gonna smash it again ⭐
Yup, it's creeping up behind you as well!! Watch out!!
Congrats on your 5th anniversary in the blockchain. 🥳🎉
I think this is what makes Hive so interesting. But at the same time, what makes getting started a bit difficult sometimes. Since until you realize all the possibilities it offers, you can feel a bit overwhelmed.
May it be many more years for you here. Cheers!🥂🐝😊
Thanks @coquicoin.
You've done extremely well for a newbie, a lot more than what I contributed in my first year, so big pat on the back for you!
You are welcome, and thank you! 😊 I appreciate your comment.
Have a nice day 🪴
Happy hiversary @livinguktaiwan . It's quite sad that people leave the hive blog.
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Thanks Dave.
People leave for various reasons but it's most unfortunate when they leave coz they realise they can't make a quick buck on Hive.
Or maybe it's not unfortunate if they do leave 🤔
Yes they're missing the point I think, therefore no loss really!
!PIZZA
wow that is awesome!
Thanks guys!!! 😉
Congrats on your anniversary! No small feat given the ups and downs we have had over the years!
it's certainly been nothing short of drama and events, some more eventful than others. But we all pulled through in the end!
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We've both been here since 2017. Happy 5th year dear 🙏. I hope we have many more years 🙏😍 I wish you a successful and healthy life. ❤️