I couldn't help but create a new image to accompany my #steemitletter

And of course the entire piece: "The Letter"

This week @sndbox at #TagTeamchallenge has asked us:

What makes a good hashtag? With this challenge, we're asking you to invent a brand new tag and incentivize others to use it! Hashtags (or categories) are a very important part of any Steem post. Tags help publishers assign specific themes to content and allow readers to discover that content more dynamically.

Now, I've had a good think on this all week. I considered my #steemitvillage idea, that I have briefly discussed awhlie back, where in I compared Steemit to a small village full of locals in comparison to the big cold hard city of Facebook. I felt that when on here I often felt like I was chatting over the hedge or giving a 'hiya' to a passer by from my front porch.

Steemit is more enganging, at least comparative to other platforms I use but, it seemed too broad and I gave it another think. What brought me to #steemitletter was my time on discord.

I belong to many Disocord channels and don't always have time to engage in all of them.

I've noticed on a few of them, that we are all missing one another by our time zones or just the business of this time of the year.

I began leaving little posts on there that had the feel of a post it note on the fridge. A quick, 'hi, how are you this week? I'm off now'. And it made me realize that a hashtag that has the feel of a note or a quick letter might be fun.

For those days you don't want or have time to post a large piece, a #steemitletter could go like this:

My Darlings,

How are you all this fine day?

I'm rather busy in the studio and my to-do list is piling up, but wanted to drop a quick line.

I hope you are enjoying your Summer.

We had a fine night last night, the weather cooled and we made a bonfire. The sea blew in cool breezes and enlivned the spark and crack of our driftwood fire.

We had cocktails, talked of our busy week, and dreamt of future plans.

The lull in conversation allowed the crickets and night sounds to make that wonderful late Summer symphony.
The garden is getting overgrown and the weeds are winning out, but they'll soon meet the best weed puller: Winter. I don't want to yet think of Winter.

Well, I shall close now and help you have a fine day, drop me a quick line and let me know how you are doing.

A sort of note left for a passing friend or a postcard feel to it. Short sweet but possibly collectively made. I was thinking, if we were to answer a specific #steemitletter, we could cut and paste their letter into our post and then respond to it. That way it'd be fun to see how many of us are commenting on one letter and then adding to that letter as well.

I wonder how long the thing could become after a few additions.

It could almost become a sort of 'art piece' created by us all in words. And of course we could insert pics and drawings, as I like to do in real letters anyway.

I suppose we could even tag one another as if that is us dropping a letter into their mailbox? What do you think?

• Should we tag someone with the #steemitletter to say we are dropping the letter into their post box?
• Or leave our #steemitletter post open to all, just for the fun of seeing how many others tag onto our letters and make it grow?

Now, I haven't a clue if anyone shall do this, but then again, do any of us? We shall see.

Well, I hope to 'hear from you soon' in #steemitletter form.