You will receive rewards in your post after 7 days from the day and hour you posted your blog, so there is a 7 day period where people can read your blog and decide whether they want to Up Vote your blog or not.
One thing to remember though is that you won't get all the rewards for yourself. As you can see from the image above, out of the $16 rewards for my post, the Author, which is me, will only receive $8 of rewards and the other $8 will be divided among the Up Voters or what we call Curators. So the rewards payout will be 50% to the Author and 50% to the Curators.
The rewards you will receive will be in the form of HP or Hive Power and HBD or Hive Backed Dollars. 50% of your Author rewards will be in HP and the other 50% will be in HBD.
Don't be confused by this, what you see in the 1st image above is different from the 2nd one is because the 1st image had already been rewarded while the 2nd still has 2 days left before I can get its rewards.
The break down you see there in the 2nd image is just an estimation on how much HP and HBD the blog post will receive. It will still be divided by 50% Author and 50% Curators.
Example: From the 2nd image above which have a $5 content reward
50% Author Reward = $2.5
50% Curators Reward = $2.5
Then the Authors Reward will be divided again 50% of which is in HP and the other 50% is in HBD
50% HP = $1.25 or 0.8055 HP
50% HBD = $1.25 or 1.25 HBD
So all in all the Author will receive 1.25 HBD and 0.8055 HP which amounts to $2.5 at the time you will receive your rewards.
3 Major Tokens in Hive
* Hive Power
Hiver Power determines how much the value of your Up Vote is. So the bigger HP you have the bigger your Up Vote is. So for those people who have an Up Vote value of $1 or more, they have Thousands or Millions of HP in their accounts.
Hive Power is also staked which means you can't withdraw it immediately. You have to withdraw/power down and it takes 13 weeks or 5 months to complete. This is a safe mechanism to make sure rich people who have staked their Hive can't withdraw immediately and crash the market.
Hiver Power is determines how many time you can write blogs, comments or do any form of transaction. So its better if you keep saving your HP to increase your upvote value and do more in Hive.
When you start in Hive you will be limited to 1 post in 3 days, well that's what I have experienced, as you have no HP at the start, but as you post more and get your rewards your HP will also increase. By the time you have saved up to 15 to 50 HP then you can do 1 blog post a day and maybe answer comments in your blog. This process takes a lot of time and to be honest frustrated me at first. I would suggest you ask the one that invited you to Hive to delegate some HP to you when you start your journey in Hive as to not experience the same frustrations I went through.
Delegation means that they will lend you some of their HP. You do not own the HP since they just lend it to you. They can take it back anytime but most of us would wait until you have enough HP on your own so you can do more in Hive.
* Hive Backed Dollars
Hive Backed Dollars as the name suggest is like a dollar form/value but in Hive. Meaning the value of HBD will be $1 or close to it and sometimes it goes more than $1.
Hive Backed Dollars are not staked like Hiver Power which means you can cash it out immediately as soon as you receive them.
* Hive
Hive is the main token in Hive. You can convert your HBD and HP to Hive so you can cash it out. I will not talk on how to cash out right now as it will just complicate things for newbies such as you guys. Just know that all your earnings in hive can be cashed out if you don't want to do Hive anymore.
Things to Remember before you start in Hive
* Avoid Plagiarism at all cost!
The biggest mistake you can do here in hive is Plagiarism. Plagiarism happens when you take other peoples work and make it look like as your own work, word, and thoughts.
An example of Plagiarism is using other people's photo/image without permission. The same goes for just copy and pasting contents from other websites without their permission.
That is not to say that you can't use photos/images from other websites but you must properly cite where you got it from. You can read
How To Avoid Plagiarism - A Simple Guide for Hive posted by
@adalger to know more about plagiarism and how to properly cite other peoples work. Special thanks to
@juanvegetarian for sharing that link to me. I learned a lot from reading it so you guys should try to read it too.
If you have been found out for Plagiarism then there is a very high chance that your account will be locked, meaning you can't do anything, even transferring your funds. There is a group here in Hive called the Hive Watchers and they will find out if you are Plagiarizing because that's their job, to find stupid people who want to ruin our beloved Hives' image.
* Avoid Post Spamming at all cost!
The second biggest mistake you can do here in Hive is spamming posts. Spamming posts occurs when you:
- Post similar looking posts to different communities on Hive
- Reusing Photos, Images and Content from your past posts and make it look like a new a post.
- Posting topics that doesn't belong to the Community you are posting to. Like don't post anything related to plants in the gaming community.
- Posting only pictures and only a few words except on DBuzz community as this is allowed in that community but all other communities will not tolerate this kind of behavior.
- Posting more than 3 times a day except on DBuzz community has you are allowed to post up to 4 times a day in DBuzz community.
There is an account called the spaminator which seeks out post spammers and you will be down voted until you don't earn any rewards from your posts so don't EVER do it.
* Write Original Content Only
When writing a blog, post or content be sure that it is original. Original means that:
- Use photos/images that were taken by you
- Write your own thoughts and ideas on the topic
- Write things that you have personally experienced
Again you can use other peoples work as long as you properly
cite them to avoid Plagiarism.
* Read other peoples blogs and learn from what they are doing.
I couldn't stress this enough. Just try to read other peoples blogs to see how they write their contents, to get an idea to how you should write your own content too. I would suggest before doing anything else on Hive you
"MUST" read
How To Get A Great Start on the Hive Blockchain posted by
@castleberry. You will really learn a lot and it will help you on our journey here on Hive. Special thanks to
@indayclara for sharing me the link to that blog. It was a food for thought for me and I have learned quite a lot from reading it. I really regretted not reading other peoples blogs before I started here.
* Find your niche
Before you dive in the world of Hive, you should try to find what your niche is. A niche is like a topic that you are comfortable with. Like if you go to the gym then that's your niche is fitness. If you like to paint or make arts then art is your niche. Stick to your passions and interests and the content creator sleeping inside of you will make up on its own.
Finding your niche is important because before you post anything on Hive you need to find a Community that will fit you niche. As stated above in the Post Spamming section, you need to post your blog in the proper community. If you ask the person who invited you here in Hive I'm sure they know a Community that would fit you and your posts.
Finding your niche and posting in the right community also increases the chance of your posts getting noticed and receive more Up Votes as people in that community understands your passion and interests.
Final Notes and Personal Thoughts
So now you know what Hive is. What's next? I will teach you guys how to create your own accounts in Hive for my next blog and maybe teaching you how to do your first post in Hive which is Very Important. So stay tuned 😎
And for those who are much more experienced than me in Hive that are reading this. I would love to hear you reactions on my blog. What other things do you think newbies should know before starting in Hive? What are the things that you think you should have done before you started blogging in Hive?
I am honestly just a newbie myself. I have been blogging for 2 months now and I see the great opportunity that Hive brings to the table even for an average person like me. So I want to invite my family members, relatives and friends to join in Hive that is why I made this blog and my next few blogs which will be more Hive basics and tutorials, specifically for people like them who doesn't know anything related to blogging and cryptocurrency. Maybe in this process I might help other people as well, especially to my fellow Filipino countrymen.
I will be updating this blog when I find new information or new ways to explain to newcomers what Hive is.
Hello guys I am Pink Hub and I love all that is pink.
Show me pink and I'll show you a 😍
Living in the province of Cebu in the Philippines.
I graduated in Bachelors of Science in Information Technology Major in Programming.
I'm a Businessman, a Computer Enthusiast, a Gamer and a Programmer.
I love to learn new things so reading is one of my passions.
I'm an open-minded person so you can just go ahead and throw all your thoughts at me in the comments. I welcome all comments good or bad with open arms and legs 😁
Face your problems, but if the problem is your face. Worry not I can edit 😇
Thank you for sharing this. I've been a Hiver for a month now and I'm still learning the process.
To all newbies, please read this blog it helps a lot! 😊💚
Thank you so much for appreciating my post 💪
If there is anything you would like to add to this blog please do and I will add it so that people can easily understand what Hive is. And good luck to all of us newbies here in Hive. Hopefully we can grow together and earn at the same time 😁
Wow, you seemed to know and learn a lot just for being 2 months in the platform. Good thing i stumbled in this post. I could share this to my friends who would love to join Hive. This is a very informative post! Great job!
Thank you so much for appreciating 💪
Bisaya pud diay ka brad, gibuhat jud ni nako para sa mga kaila nako diri sa cebu, hopefully managhan nata mga hivers diri sa cebu puhon.
A very good post! I will share it!
Thank you sir @guruvaj for always supporting our Filipino community 💪Power Up mga Noypi
Whoa, that was a merry go round of information right thur.
You sure made some content right there.
Thanks man 😁
Yeah it's quite a roller coaster I know 🤣. I really need to improve my story telling ability. I just hope as I post more content I would improve my skills as well. I know that I am quite lacking right now and I'm just happy that people like you guys appreciate my content. I feel kinda lucky and blessed 😇
You're writing is actually really good.
Plus I am sure you will have tons to write about.
A detailed post and easy to understand. You learned fast in the hive. Nice.
Thank you so much for the appreciation 😇
Honestly I really felt I still lacked some information to tell and my brain cells are almost used up. I tried my best to learn the ins and outs of Hive so I can tell it to other people. And hope that they can understand and see the opportunity that I see in Hive.
I hope we can see more Filipinos here in the future as I know well that most Filipinos are quite talented but lacked the opportunity and exposure to show their skills and Hive can give that to them. Just like my cousin who I think is really good in art, sculpting and wood crafts, he can show case his work here so that he can be known and his talent will be appreciated. I already told him about Hive and he will probably pop here soon. I just told him to wait for all my tutorials to be finished so he read them and be much more prepared to enter this platform than when I entered. I just want them to be successful, more successful than me coz they have the talent that I don't 😉
Sometimes we concluded right away by comparing ourselves to others who are talented or gifted. However, we forgot that the talent we have is the determination to be successful. We can learn and of course, we have the opportunity to be better. Dig deeper and have a bit of patience because results won't happen in just a blink of an eye.
Bitaw medyo unfair hunahnaon but never forget hard work betrays no one.
You're doing fine, sige lang pareha rata, mosikat rata pohon.hahaha
So true man, sometimes I do get jealous of talented people which is normal. If you don't feel that kind of emotion then you are most probably not human since it is part of human nature. But what you said about determination to be successful is probably one of my best traits. I know it's unfair but that is life right? So instead of moping around doing nothing and always blaming luck to be not on your side I'd rather work hard to improve myself. I may not achieve the same heights as the talented ones but if I can get even a little bit close to them then I'm already happy :)
Korek jud ka ana brad, ininsik mani ako style gud, bahalag ginagmay basta kanunay, muna hinay2x lang tag kamang to fame 😍
Even me because I used to underestimate myself but while doing it I'm doing my best to be better in the future. I have no talent in writing but I just really love it so I keep doing it because that makes me happy. Writing and writing while correcting myself until people hope to recognize me.
Tood kanang talented karon we don't know sad mga kaagi nila oi. We only saw the results, not the struggles.
great insights on the platform and I know from several discussions on your view on Hive, use and your expectations
Thank you so much bro @maverickinvictus, ordinary people really have don't have the confidence to post a content but in reality they already are. I really want to know them that even as ordinary as I am can earn even a little bit on this platform. I want Hive to thrive and I want people to join in this amazing platform 😉
This was an amazing post very well done and covers so much involved here great job :)
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Thank you so much for appreciating 😇I hope this will help others explain Hive to the people they also want to enjoy this amazing platform 😉
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Wow, I will share this to my invite and would be hivers. You explain well, ngil-ngid gyud, hurot Ako believe tag as kaayo imong mga post.