Love Letters on Hive, a Contest where Everyone Wins!
Valentine's day means something different depending on who you ask, obviously the answer tends to involve romance... HOWEVER, I'd like to offer a slightly different interpretation. What about a celebration of friendship? In the USA it is a custom to trade valentines with friends in school, little notes with a sweet treat tucked inside.
My friends often picked the media themed ones, but I liked 'em goofy. Mine would say things like "You're grape!" and "You're a berry special friend!" YES. I'm a total sap, but I have to say this was the pinnacle of the holiday for me. Over my coffee this morning, I got to thinking, we could do that on Hive! Luckily, some great friends liked that idea, and a cute contest was born.💕
SO, I would like to cordially invite you to join in on a fun engagement, which centers on one of the greatest gifts any of us can receive in life: friendship! Hive is an amazing place that brings people together, I think that's really snazzy! Every day I see so many great people lending a helping hand to others, and in general making Hive an inviting and awesome platform! We get to know people in a really unique way here, and look forward to seeing them on chain eagerly.
I bet someone just came to mind for you, didn't they? Maybe even several people flooded into your head just now, reminding you of lovely times you've shared. Hive is for everything, and that's part of what makes it great, but above all else I see Hive as being one thing: a community space!
So, let's spread some love!
I was stumped for a while, pondering how you base a 1st-3rd place on something as vast and variable as friendship. It became glaring quite suddenly— you don't. Each friendship here is beautiful, and it should be valued in its own way.
The prize pool is still expanding, and I hope to have something for as many people as possible! Isn't that the spirit of Hive? We do things together, and we all win! There is one prize restriction however, and that is for the delegations; only Hivians with under 500HP will qualify for delegations.
Current Prize Pool
- 1250 LUV This will be spilt up between 30+ people, enabling them to send friends (more) love every day! Thank you for love pile @crrdlx 😁💕
- 60 Pizza Uh, yum! 3 People will receive 20 Pizza, so they can send a slice to a friend daily!🍕
- 32 LOLZ Two Hivians who make us laugh will get 16 LOLZ, which allows you to tip a joke on chain! 🤣
- 2000 PIMP Those who stake this token have a certain flair, we will be looking for this when we award this token to two special people, it packs a slap! 🖐
- 10,000+ LVL At least 10 people will receive 1000 LVL, more on that later! Thank you @killerwot and @bobthebuilder2 💥
- 25 LOH Courtesy of @silversaver888, founder of Ladies of Hive! This is for a participant who showcases the meaning of girl power! 👊
- 25 Hive 5 participants will receive 5 Hive, we are looking for thoughtfulness here! 👯♂
- 300 HP in Delegations Exclusively for growing accounts, 3 redfish will receive a 100HP delegation for a month, courtesy of @thekittygirl and myself! 💪
This list is growing, please DM me or comment below if you would like to chip in! 😍
As I do not want to tag all of these fine people again, any additional prizes will be a suprise! Now isn't that nifty! Let's see if this massive list gets even bigger before the 15th! Okay okay okay, but we're going to need some rules, right? YES! And here they are:
❌ DO NOT tag someone who is not your friend.❌
Utilizing this contest as a way to harass a member of the community will disqualify you. Be cool, okay? 😎
✅ Write 300+ words, follow the theme! 💚
We want to know about your special connections here, take some time to express your gratitude and love for your friends on Hive! Tell us your story. One friend, two friends, twenty— have at it! This can take the form of a letter, blog, whatever. It's your appreciation, express it how you want to! One post per person. 🤗
😵Post in a relevant community or your own blog! 🤠
Don't spam, don't break community rules. If you're unsure if a community is appropriate, please review the rules and theme of the group. Consideration= Love 💝
📢 Use the tag #friends2023 and post your entry in the comments section!😁
Don't get left behind! Make sure we can find your post by linking it in a comment below! While you're at it, why not visit another post? 💗
😉Have your entry in by February 15th, 12pm/1200 UST💖
To make sure everyone has ALL of valentines day before the deadline, I have selected noon. No one ever does that, trend setter? 💅🤓😂
What's all this "we" business anyhow??
I'm glad you asked! @saffisara has graciously agreed to help me read through your posts! Saffi is a true gem, who embodies the spirit of friendship in her interactions everyday!
I am BEYOND thrilled to have her beautiful heart and keen eyes dedicated to this engagement! Thank you Saffi! 😘🤗
Saffi is a friendly face in many communities, often helping with the weekly contests in Ladies of Hive! She's a sweetheart with a sassy side, who loves to stack that silver! When she isn't absolutely killing it in one of those communities, you can often find her posts in The Alliance!
Some of Our Lovely Sponsors
Kitty! AKA @thekittygirl
Here is a Hivian, and dear friend, who I'd like to write a love letter to! I met Kitty when I was new to Hive, I seriously had no idea what was going on here. Just keeping it real! 🤣
Kitty isn't just a wise woman with a fantastic sense of humor, she is a truly good human being. She spends most of her days in The Terminal's Discord server, helping new people thrive on this platform. She offers advice to help people find their way, but this is also invaluable at fighting abuse.
Informed people make better choices, and Kitty is one of the people who makes sure resources are available to new folks, which encourages integrity! She is everywhere, and she is helping. I have the deepest admiration for the work she does. What a star!!💕
If you do too, drop into the Terminal and offer advice if you're knowledgeable, or reach out to a Newbee and give them a hand. I'd ask you to support her by visiting her blog, but she's often too busy to post. Instead, I will ask that you support her by making a Kitty gesture this week!
Witty! AKA @enginewitty
Sometimes you meet someone, and you wonder "How can a person be so many things?!"
This big-hearted fella is a father, a businessman, a witness... he's funny as heck, and can go from serious to absurdly goofy in a jiffy! I can't say that I understand even 50% of what he does each day, I'm no tech whiz, but I definitely see the love it generates!
Every Thursday, a cool cat named @shadowspub hosts an event called PYPT, which @enginewitty's PIMP token is a sponsor of. This fabulous engagement brings writers together from all over the world to share and grow! That's how I first found Witty... Kind of?
We actually met a few weeks later, and I was surprised by how nonchalant he was about dishing out love to people. "That's just what you do." was his attitude, you build bridges. I see him doing awesome things behind the scenes like that all the time now! Go visit a recent blog of his, or get involved in an Alliance event if you'd like to show him some love back! 🤗
Psyber-X 👀 AKA pew pew
I'm constantly rushing out of the door for one kid related thing or another, but I had the chance to drop into the Psyber-X Discord today. I know at least 2 people are ready to drop some LVL on the lovers around here, but I'll have to finish saying hi to everyone there to find out if anyone else is in. Hey, did you know Psyber-X has its own V-day thing going on too? 😱
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Awwnn... This is beautiful Grin. I am so participating in this to thank God for the special friends he bestowed me with.
Questions, please... Can we write about more than one friend and should the writing be done in the comment section or should a post be written In the community 'Loving Hive?'... I have more questions to ask but let's work on this first. I do not want to be as greedy as a baby or is it as a wolf?😁😁.
Thanks for writing about this. I !LUV you Grin.
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Loving Hive is a marketing community, and I selected it because I believe that the connections on Hive are undermarketed. I wish more people knew! I am not sure that the letters would fit the theme there, however. Maybe a Mod will chime in!
Yes, you can write about as many friends as you'd like! Make a post on your own blog, or in a community that you feel it fits in. Just make sure it follows the rules there ❤️ !LUV you back!! 🤗
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Alright then, we are getting somewhere. So, all we have to do is write a story about a friend we love in celebration of Val and drop the post link here. The tag to be used should be friends2023 and that's all, right?
You got it sis! ❤️🤗!PIZZA
Much love😍.
RULES:
Don't forget to return to this post and leave a link to your entry here in the comments!
Roger, ma'am 😁😁😁
I don't know that something do beautiful was waiting for me here. I am happy i didn't fail to read you. @grindan, i want to say this contest is awesome. It covers do many things and direct me to so many important personalities on hive. I have found 2 more friends and 2 more communities.
!LUV
!ALIVE
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Thank you for this beautiful comment @ijelady 🤗💚 I hope to see an entry from you 😁
I gifted $PIZZA slices here:
grindan tipped arc7icwolf (x1)
grindan tipped killerwot (x1)
grindan tipped uveee (x1)
grindan tipped enginewitty (x2)
@grindan(1/10) tipped @deraaa (x1)
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This is a most excellent idea for a contest! Kudos to your creativity and for pulling this together! Thank you so much for the kind words! 😊
💕YOU'RE THE BEST!
This is such a great idea, love it! I think the only difficult thing would be choosing one person haha
As I got to the end and read that you're talking to another sponsor it got me thinking, I could talk to someone and see if they want to sponsor too by adding some more to the already overflowing prize list.
!PIZZA !LOLZ
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Thanks again for the link up! 😁🤗
As far as the post, feel free to talk about as many people as you'd like! (I need to update that to specify, cause I threw everyone off haha)
!LUV !PIZZA !LOLZ
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@grindan, this post has been manually curated with LUV
This is wonderful. I just sent some LUV your way to do with as you please here.
!LUV
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That is so generous of you!! I just saw that you made !LUV, thank you for making the perfect V-day/ friendship token, and for sharing it here 😁💕!
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I sooo love this contest and I am happy to be included sis 🤗❤️🤗
I can't wait to read all hive friends posts 😁 good luck everyone.
AHHHH! This will be so much fun!! 💕🤗
Yesssssss! @tengolotodo come check this out!
Sounds fun.
Be even more fun... if Ya wrote an entry 😜😁🤗
😁🤗
Is there a limit how many people we can write a letter to/for?
No limit... Just spread love to your friends ❤️
Glad Saffi saw your question, I was out and about! 😁🤗 !PIMP !LUV !PIZZA
You must be killin' it out here!
@grindan just slapped you with 1.000 PIMP, @enginewitty.
You earned 1.000 PIMP for the strong hand.
They're getting a workout and slapped 1/1 possible people today.
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You being out and awsome 😍
!PIMP !LUV 🤗
Aw man @grindan, you are out of PIMP to slap people.
Go Stake some more and increase your PIMP power.
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First, the "hearts" iniziative by @thealliance, and now this! This year looks like Valentine's day will be FULL of love and kidness! :)
!LUV
!PIMP
!PIZZA
Aw man @arc7icwolf, you are out of PIMP to slap people.
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It sure is 😉 and fun to
I think so many of us need it right now, I hope Hive is flooded with love this week! hehe 💚 !PIZZA !LUV
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@grindan,
You're working pretty hard for that "Vice President" slot lolol... This is such a wonderful idea and contest. Friendship, love, and community... All things that certainly personify our blockchain. Your list of rewards, as well as those you have mentioned... awesomesauce!! Let me try and think of a way, to help elevate the awesome!
!LUV
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Hey, someone put a sticker on my back 🤔🤣💕🤗
Thank you for everything you do Wes, I'm going to be mad if you don't get like 50 love letters 🤣 !LUV !PIZZA
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@grindan...
Lol... I am sure there are some that wouldn't mind throwing TP over my trees lol. But regardless... appreciate your kind words dear.
YES... WES deserves a BIG love letter with lots of hugs 🤗❤️🤗
He is such a wonderful person and has a huge heart, also very humble.
Always helps others and make time to comment. And he is the True face of thankfulness 🙏 his #thoughtfuldailypost is one of my favorite tags and I guess with this comment we can say...
THANK YOU @wesphilbin 🙏❤️🙏
For being YOU and for being a inspiration 🌸
@saffisara...
Thank you dear soul. I want to participate in all of these contests... but just not able to...
I'll be watching from my bridge...
Much love your way ✨
!LUV
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In a way you do Wes 😉
Everytime you come in and write a comment and spread your love.
THAT matters and even if you can't enter the contests with a post, you still a big part of it 🤗
But I hear you... This was my first post in a long time that was about a contest... I missed it.
Stay Awsome Wes and happy weekend.
Much love 💌💋
!LOLZ
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Thank you for the tips :) !PIZZA
Nice contest! Let's fill Hive with love from friends this time~
!PIZZA
Thank you!! And, 💕🙌 YES 😍 !PIZZA
This is going to be nice for me to join and I am in for it. Thanks for the contest.
You're very welcome, I'm excited to read your entry! 😁💚
Wait! Is that sopposed to be my entry?
I am still planning to write oh!
No, entries are posts :). You link them in the comments here. You are all good! I was simply saying I am excited to read your post 🤗😁
Happy writing 💚
Thanks.
What an amazing contest concept to spread Hive Love and Friendship😍
I've just sent you a DM (on Discord) 😘
💕THANK YOU!! 🤗
I just sent you the 10000 LVL <3
Thank you so much! 😁🤗 💗
My entry
https://peakd.com/hive-108045/@amiegeoffrey/an-appreciation-letter
Here ya go lil one! Gonna take a minute to read it though, so grab a cup of coffee or something.
😍😁 Coffee and love letters? A perfect combo 💚 Here I come! !LUV !PIZZA !LOLZ
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This is so beautiful, thank you.
And here is my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-124452/@funshee/a-love-letter-to-my-dream-therapist-and-some-wonderful-friends
Wow this is amazing i have barely been on Hive for a few months and i see how people help each other here, the genuine love, respect and support is top notch. i can't wait to send my love letters out to people who have helped me on this journey, so Yesssss I'm hopping on this one.
Thank you @grindan for putting this together as well as everyone on the team🙂
This is an amazing comment!! I can't wait to read your letter! 😍😁🤗
Hehehehehehe i can't wait to write it too🙃
Here is mine.
https://peakd.com/hive-108045/@lydiapauline/thank-you-amazing-people-in-hive
hehehe here is mine, you lovely lady!!!!
thanks for doing this - and of course, I do NOT want to be a part of the winners! I'm just joining in the fun!!!
❤️Sublime Secrets of Love for my Lovies❤️
Oh I so want to do this but I have a case of bad timing. I have way to much going on in the next few days. I also have an article that I'm nearing completion right now that I want to finish. Only if I seen this a few days ago. Love the idea, who knows I may still to do this even if it's after the deadline.
Heya! 😁
I wanted to explain a couple of the prizes, because they probably don't mean anything to you quite yet. At least, I didn't know what any of this stuff was at first haha
Most are tokens, which are a 2nd layer coin on Hive. You can use them to tip people, or play games usually. The others are probably more interesting to you, primarily the delegations.
Delegations are one of the best ways to grow your account on Hive. A delegation is when someone lends you a portion of their Hive Power, so you can achieve more here.
I don't say any of that to pressure you to join in at all, I just wanted to mention what it all means, because this post would have confused the pants off of me a few months ago! haha
Anyhow, if you do change your mind, you are almost guaranteed to win something! Only has to be 300 words. And if not, I totally get it! I have the same thing, I try to finish one thing before I start another 😁 Thanks for coming over to say hi! 🤗
Hey Grin... (so tempted to use Grind. oops! I guess I just did).
I leave my very short entry here with as much emotion as i could muster...
hehehe
https://ecency.com/friends2023/@deraaa/impact-friendship?referral=deraaa
That's funny, so far everyone calls me Grin or Grind-in as a nickname in chats 🤣
I love how even though everyone I know comes from different backgrounds and places, they all tend to land on one or both hahhaha 🤗💗going to read your post now, ahhhhh I'm excited!! !LUV !PIZZA !LOLZ
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Here is my link...
https://ecency.com/hive-164166/@balikis95/love-letters-words-they-speak
Happy Valentine's Day.
Happy Valentine's day my love!! 😘
🥰🥰
Happy Valentine's Day people😘
My entry
https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@ibbtammy/my-dearest-friends
Happy Valentine's day!
Oh my goodness...I think you just got the second longest post I've ever written hahaha !LUV !ALIVE !LADY
https://ecency.com/hive-189306/@samsmith1971/crazy-hive-love-stories
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Here is the link to my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-124452/@amberkashif/i-love-you-yes-you