Curator Cat: Today is my 5th Year Hive Anniversary!

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Greetings, Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia and surrounding communities!

Today is a "big day" the the world of the Curator Cat blog: it is my 5th anniversary of starting this cat blog on Hive!

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Now you see me, now you don't...(photo by @cosmictriage)

It Was Just an Experiment!

We didn't really have any particular expectations when we started.

However, we'd seen how cats were eternally popular around the web, and even though we had no illusions about "becoming famous," we thought it would be fun to have blog on the blockchain that was just dedicated to cats.

And so, this wee blog came into existence!

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I love my sunshine!

More than Just Cat Photos!

From the start, we decided that we wanted the blog to be about more than just a bunch of cat photos... so we also added occasional posts of "cat philosophy" and "cat commentary.

Because we all know that cats are pretty wise, even if they tend to keep their wisdom to themselves, much of the time!

But we do try to add a traditional "Caturday" post, every Saturday!

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Always something interesting, outside!

Five Years Later...

And here we are... 535 posts and more than 5,000 comments later, and approaching 3,000 Hive Power! It may not be world record pace, but it's not too bad, off an original start of US $50 worth of Hive, with all the rest being "sweat equity."

We've certainly seen our share of changes, along the way. Sadly, it doesn't seem like there is quite as much interaction and engagement as there once was... although that does seem to ebb and flow with the price of the Hive token.

Not so good today, in that respect... sadly. Not much of an "anniversary gift" but such is life.

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Sun on my belly feels so good!

Another Five Years?

Well, I'd certainly like to think so!

We are definitely a "cat household," so there are always new cat photos being taken. So as long as there continues to be a Hive, I guess we'll keep having a Curator Cat blog!

We've had our share of "guest cats" along the way... BeBe, Orange, and Kramer — who are no longer with us — and more recently Smudge, who's living out her old age with us.

And who knows, there might be kittens in the future!

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Smudge, my fluffy housemate!

Our Own Cat Community!

Along the way, we created the Hive Cats Community here, and even though it definitely is a bit of a niche community, we have slowly grown our numbers to 260+... and if you're a cat lover, we'd certainly love to have you join us!

"Cat Content Matters!"

At least we think so! After all, this is a very technical and financial community to a large degree... so we figured something to offset that as a counterpoint, would be in order.

Besides, lots of developers keep cats!

And that's about it, for this update... I appreciate your visiting, and hope to see you again!

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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communties!

If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?

These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Remember, you can also "cross-post" your cat posts to them!

HiveCats by @curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!

Cat Snaps by @manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!

Caturday Community by @saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!

Cat Photos by @andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS! It has a lot of subscribers but is not very active.

Cats by @captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community; it's there, but not very active.

Last, but certainly not least, a special shoutout to the Hive Pets Community which has become quite active and typically has quite a bit of cat content!

There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!

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Oh I didn't know about this. Haven't been posting anything abt cats lately. Haha. Maybe I should. 🤔

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The more pet lovers posting, the better! If you keep cats, join us with some pictures for "Saturday is Caturday!"

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Happy cat anniversary 🎉🎂🐈‍⬛, I wish you every success and happiness ❤️🥳

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Thank you so much @marlynmont, and thanks for bringing your own cat related content to Hive!

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@curatorcat congratulations on your fifth anniversary!
More cats, good and different!😺

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Thank you @irvet, hoping to make it another five years of (hopefully!) interesting cat content!

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