NEWBIES INITIATIVE TASK 7 : MY FEEDBACK, RECAP OF HIVE GOALS AND APPRECIATION

Hello everyone in the hive blockchain. I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the weather wherever you are. Welcome to my blog.

Frank Baum: “Everything has to come to an end, sometimes”

It is really true that everything has to come to an end, sometimes. There’s always an end to everything whether good or bad.

I was so surprised when star strings announced on the smile discord that last Saturday was our last meeting. The truth is, I never believed I’d make it this far to the end of the initiative. I started the program well, but along the line, I almost tapped out due to school stress and all. Thanks to my consistency and determination, I made it to the end of the program. Hurray!

I remember the first time I got to know about the newbies initiative. I read a post from @nkemakonam89 where she submitted one of her entries to the newbies initiative task. I became really inquisitive. She talked so well about the initiative that I couldn’t hold myself back from making inquiries. I asked around and luckily I got to know about Starstrings who told me I could no longer join the initiative and that I had to wait for the next set.

When the application for the newbie’s initiative program came out, I applied with the hope that I’ll get selected. Luckily I got selected with some other members to be part of the initiative. Not only was I selected, but I was also placed under the care of a very good person, an understanding and ready-to-help team leader.

Throughout the past 7 weeks of the newbies initiative program, my team leader was always ready to help me, and she never for once complained.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEWBIES INITIATIVE AND HOW HAS IT HELPED YOUR HIVE JOURNEY

As I always say, joining the newbies initiative is one of the best things I ever did since I joined the hive blockchain. When I joined hive recently, I was confused about a lot of things. I made lots of mistakes. Silly mistakes. I remember the first mistake I made; I posted an article without sourcing any images. Now that I remember all the mistakes I’ve made, I smile because I’ve come a long way and gotten better.

The newbies initiative is the best program for newbies on the blockchain. I’ve been on the blockchain for about 5 months now and I’m yet to see a program like the newbies initiative. I’m sure all the members of the newbies initiative can testify to the great work.

Not only are we well equipped with knowledge of the blockchain, but we also learned to grow our account along the line. Joining the initiative will prevent newbies from making mistakes, mistakes that can even lead to dangerous ends.

The newbies initiative program covered all aspects of the blockchain. Covering everything there’s to cover; tags, tokens, dApps, blockchain games, and all. It is just the best.

Before I joined the program, I was this new guy that only cared about writing articles. All I just wanted to do was to write and of course, make money while doing it. But the initiative opened my eyes to a whole lot of things. The program taught me how engagement is very important on the blockchain. One of the fastest ways to gain visibility on the blockchain is through engagement.

The importance of engagement on the blockchain cannot be overemphasized. The initiative also opened our eyes to a whole lot of methods to thrive on the blockchain.

HOW DID YOU BENEFIT FROM THE TASKS?

Every task we did, from task 1 to task 7 was educational. Every task taught us something very important and all of them focused on one area to another.

Task one

The first task of the newbies initiative focused on five goals. Importance of setting goals. @starstrings01 made us understand the importance of setting SMART goals. The first task was really nice and a lot of members did the task well. You can check out my entry here

Task two

Task two was another wonderful one where we learned a whole lot of things. In task two we talked about hive guidelines (the do’s and don’t of hive). Thanks to @samostically who delivered an amazing lecture. We got to know about tags, plagiarism, and why it is frowned upon in the blockchain. You can check out my entry here

Task three

In task three of the program, we discussed hive keys and security. This is one of the important things newbies need to know to avoid falling for phishing links and other scams. We learned the importance of each key and the best ways to keep them safe. We also learned how to check recovery accounts and also our trustee. You can find my entry here

Task four

I feel task four was the most difficult out of all the tasks. And I think a lot of members found this task quite difficult. But with my consistency and determination, I was able to do it without any stress. I must say a big thanks to @hopestylist and @vickoly who helped me out with this task. Even though they are not my team leader, they didn’t hesitate to help me.

We learned about the hive dApps and also how to upload a video through 3speak. I also thank @projectmamabg who gave us a little task on how to upload images through liketu. Now, I can boldly say I can upload a video by myself on 3speak and also upload images through liketu. You can find my entry here

You can also find my link to projectmamabg task here

Task 5
Thanks to @ksam who taught us about tokens and hive engine usage. In this task, we practicalize how to convert swap. hive to hive and vice versa. You can find my entry here

Task 6
In Tasks 6, we discussed blockchain games. @ksam lectured us on blockchain games, focusing on rising star. You can find my entry here

WHAT ASPECT OF THE INITIATIVE DO YOU BELIEVE WE COULD ENHANCE AND HOW?

As I said earlier, the initiative program is one of the best things I’ve done since I joined hive. The initiative is just so equipped in everything. Good team leaders and brilliant people who lectured us on every task. I appreciate you all, including those that worked behind cameras, for all you did in this program.

However, I’d like to add just one thing;

The next set of the newbies initiative (if there’d be one), should go deep into exploring 3speak and liketu. I know now, some of the members don’t even know how to upload videos through 3speak nor do they know how to upload images through liketu. Thanks to projectmamabg who gave us that little task of uploading images through liketu. But because she didn’t make it compulsory, some members didn’t feel the need to attend to it. The task of uploading video through 3speak and uploading images through liketu should be made compulsory.

RECALL THE NEWBIES INITIATIVE TASK ONE WHEN YOU WERE REQUIRED TO LIST YOUR OBJECTIVES AND THE EXTENT YOU’VE COME

Hmmm. This part is just so deep. We were asked to set smart goals, and I did that well. I was really happy when I reviewed my goals and saw all that I’ve achieved. Although I wasn’t able to achieve everything due to some reasons. But I’m happy because I know I tried my best.

REVIEW HIVE POWER GOAL

I started the newbies initiative program with a hive power of 317.172, and I set a goal to reach 600 HP. I got to know the importance of growing hive power on the blockchain, so I worked really hard to achieve my hive power goal. I powered up and also set some of my post payouts to 100% HP. Today I have a total of 753.477 HP. And on the first of December, I’ll achieve my goal of 1k hive power when I power up some of my liquid hives.

REVIEW COMMENT GOAL

I’m not even gonna lie, I’m not happy with my growth in this part. Although I tried my best and I know it wasn’t my fault that I didn’t achieve it. At the time I set my comment goal, my school (federal universities/ASUU) was on strike so I believed I’d easily achieve it. After 2 weeks, my school resumed, and I was choked up with schoolwork that I didn’t have enough time to engage well. Although I’m happy because I tried my best and I’m sure people, especially my team leader, can attest to that.

I started the initiative with a total of 882 comments and I set a goal of 2500 comments. Today I have a total of 1985 comments.

REVIEW FOLLOWERS GOAL

I started the program with a total of 38 comments and made a goal to get my followers to a total of 90. Today I have 95 followers. I got an extra 5.

REVIEW REPUTATION GOAL

I started the program with a rep score of 62 and I made a goal of 65 rep score. Presently my rep score is 64.8 (so close, huh)

REVIEW CONSISTENCY GOAL

I believe in consistency, hard work and determination. I made a goal to publish every day till the end of the initiative, and a day didn’t go by without me publishing quality content. Kudos to me.

Appreciation

Hold on, I think I have to clean the tears in my eyes…… okay good😜.

I say a verrryyyyyyy big thank you to the @newbies-hive those. Everyone that worked and contributed to the success of the program, thank you all. And to my boss @starstrings01, you’re the best, brother. I know I’ve said this a couple of times, but I’m gonna say it again; you’re an inspiration to a lot of people (including me). When I joined hive newly, your post was one of the first posts I read, and since then I’ve been looking up to everything you do. Thanks so much, my man.

Thanks to @ksam and @samostically, you guys are really brilliant. Thanks for your time, and for taking the time to lecture us.

Thanks to @projectmamabg who designed the images we used, and also took us on one of the lectures. Thanks for the little task you gave us on liketu and for the gifts you sent.

Thanks to the team leaders: @nkemakonam89 , @hopestylist , and @vickoly , you guys are the best. As starstrings said, you guys are the pillar behind this program. You really worked hard. Thanks for your time, dedication and everything. Thanks for taking the time to help us. And approached the 3 of you with questions and you were always ready to help. I wish you guys the best.

And to our curators, @theycallmedan , and @aliento

Thanks to @burlarj @bos and my neoxian friends who helped me throughout the task.

And finally, I say thank you to myself for my consistency , hard work, and determination. Even when it was really tough I didn’t give up. Okay, I’m going to clap now and pay myself on the back.

Thanks for reading.