SURF THE WAVES WEEK 1 TOPIC: FIRST IMPRESSION OF HIVE

We’re excited to launch the first Waves prompt designed especially for students and Alumni on Hive. This is your chance to share your experience and connect with others who started their journey just like you. Waves are a fun and easy way to participate in short form prompts that spark meaningful conversations across the Hive Student connect community through ecency frontend. If you don't know what waves are, check out this post [here](https://ecency.com/journeyofahivean/@katerinaramm/journey-to-be-a-hivean) For our first wave topic, we’ve chosen a topic we believe everyone can relate to: | WAVE TOPIC | |--| || |--| “My First Impression of Hive” Joining a new platform can feel like stepping into a whole new world. Some people come in feeling excited, some nervous, others simply curious or even a little overwhelmed. Share with us your first impression of hive, what you noticed, how you felt, and what drew you to stay. What was your first thought or feeling when you joined Hive Was it Excitement, nervousness, curiosity, or inspiration? You could write a few words then use a GIF to show your expression. | HOW TO PARTICIPATE | |--| || |--| - Subscribe to Hive Student Connect Community - Share your response to this prompt through [ecency waves](https://ecency.com/waves). You can use the web version or if you prefer the app, its available in google play store. Just search for ecency waves, and you will see it. A screenshot of how it looks like will be shared at the end of this post. - write as many waves as you want on the topic, but let them be a reply under the original wave. Use numbers to make it easier for readers to follow. - Write a minimum of 10 words and a maximum of 50 words in each wave. Include GIFs if you wish. - Invite three of your friends to join - Engage with other wave entries - After posting your wave, reply to this post saying: I made an entry. Attach link to your wave post. - No plagiarism or use of AI - Use tag `#hivestudents` | REWARDS | |--| || |--| There will be three winners who will be selected in random through wheelofnames.com. Three winners will receive 200 ecency points and 1 hive each. Valid entries stand a chance to be curated by hivestudents team and ecency team. This initiative is sponsored by @ecency and @hivestudents.  This is the ecency waves app. Tagging our new and previous members, and if you don't want to be tagged in the future, please indicate in the comment section. Thank you. @les90, @emrysjobber, @daverick, @amamaze, @betheloji12, @soma18, @proza, @benitaemmanuel25, @marsdave, @dwixer, @juwon-btc, @henrietta27, @emreal, @ritaetim, @onyinye-chi, @nsigo1, @tigrace, @davingson, @neysco, @beckyroyal, @oluwa-tosin, @aniakpan, @gloreal, @valchiz, @amazing23, @princessglow, @trizzy2, @nkemakonam89, @rukkie, @thirdson, @belion01, @oratorlaw, @utibeabasi, @royaluy, @beamup, @pixelrise01, @intishar, @emerald23, @toluwanih, @fashtioluwa, @imohmitchel, @danieluche, @trexane, @joyous112, @joyben, @quduus1, @sammimed, @jewish1352, @chefqueen, @favouright, @rayobi, @lecia89, @mathewdaddywah, @iyimoga, @ozd #### This Waves prompt will run from today, 27th September 2025 to Wednesday, 1st October 2025. Thank you for being part of this community. We value and appreciate every participant. ---  [Hive Student Connect Discord](https://discord.gg/dTyJeYBmhV) [Follow Hive Students Connect on X](https://x.com/hivestudentss) [Follow Hive Student Connect Curation trail](https://hive.vote/dash.php?trail=hivestudents&i=1)