Content guidelines

Ecency is a place to share original ideas, stories, photos, videos and art on the Hive blockchain. High-quality, well-tagged posts attract more readers and avoid downvotes or moderation.

What is considered spam or abuse?

• Plagiarism: Copying text or media without crediting the source.
• Repeated or identical comments across many posts.
• Tag misuse: Using unrelated or misleading tags to gain visibility.
• Threats or harassment against other users.
• Unlabeled NSFW: Posting sensitive content without the nsfw tag.
• Scams and fraudulent offers.

Downvotes or moderation actions may follow these behaviors. Repeat offenders can damage their reputation score and be muted by communities.

Publish with quality

• Be original: Add your own commentary, photos, or insights.
• Cite sources: Link to references when quoting or using others’ work.
• Use relevant tags: Pick a few tags that match your topic, like travel, photography or introduction. Ecency lets you add up to 10, each up to 24 characters. Keep them lowercase. One hyphen per tag is allowed. See Tags, title and limits.
• Format for readability: Use headings, lists and images to break up text.
• Set fair beneficiaries if sharing rewards with collaborators.
• Respect community rules: Many communities have their own posting standards, so read them before submitting.

Safe tagging practices

• Choose tags that accurately describe the content so readers and curators can find it.
• Avoid trending tags unrelated to your post; mislabeling can lead to downvotes.
• Add nsfw for adult or graphic content to warn viewers.

Commenting etiquette

• Add value with feedback or questions; avoid one-word replies.
• Do not paste the same link or promotion across many posts.
• If you spot abuse, downvote politely or report it (see report content) rather than starting a flame war.

Protect your reputation

• Your reputation score rises with constructive engagement and falls with abuse or downvotes.
• Consistent quality posting, thoughtful comments and helpful curation are the best ways to grow reputation.

Edit history

You can edit a post after you publish it, but earlier versions are not erased. The blockchain keeps every version. Anyone can open Edit history from a post’s menu to see past versions and the differences between them. Think before you publish and don’t rely on edits to remove something you shared by mistake.

For more on key security, see keys and authorities and the account recovery playbook.