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RE: Reflection: Partiko 2018 - Why I am on Steem
I am also torn between what I should think about this platform. The idea I think is really great and it has been thought of on many things - but not everything.
I also do not understand why some posts get so many upvotes, even though there is no content at all.
Others really try hard but do not get any reaction at all.
It's just a matter of picking up the curations and just clicking on everything that promises them money. I was also advised daily to distribute my voting power blindly to posts that promise a lot of curation but I can not do that. And I do not want it either.
Fortunately, there are not only contentless contributions. Even if you have to look for something sometimes.
If I read all the advices over here it is mainly about how to make an income. To do so you need to be visible. To be visible you need to post frequently. To some this is daily, to others this means 20 times a day no matter what (as I was still using Steepshot I noticed how that worked with pictures of all kind of ... it is hard to not upvote once or leave a comment).
Somehow it does not feel right to upvote without reading a post first, but as I noticed these can also be a reward for an earlier post and to be honest I do appreciate it very much and it does stimulate me to continue. I think I also did lost some auto updates because I was not able to post daily for a week.
I think the only way to stimulate good content is to search for it yourself and upvote by hand and leave a comment. Personally I think also new Steemians can be great writers. We all started at some point for some reason. Might be the reason is changed now. I know for myself it did not change much. I already found out most people do not care about good content or the "human" touch @crypto.piotr is talking about. I would like to have some great followers. To me it is not about having as much followers as possible, since if they all ignore me they are just there for? So I will not stop reading posts of Steemians with less as 400 followers, I simply read and comment what might be interesting. I noticed leaving a comment is a rare thing over here. If you do so and there is no reply there will also never be any contact or connection.
I had the same advice once to give my daily voice to.. I tried it, but after a week or so I cancelled it. Somehow it does not feel good. I like to know where my voice is going to plus for what reason. Might be I live in a world full of illusions if it comes to this, it is true it is hardly impossible to be on your own here, but what if joining some community is not in there for you?
I wish you a great 2019.
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Dear @limoolia
I completly agree with @wakeupkitty with her words: "the only way to stimulate good content is to search for it yourself and upvote by hand and leave a comment"
Look, the fact is that most people will hardly bother to read your post if they do not even know you. Engaging with them will increase chance that they will recognize your posts in their newsfeed and give them a chance.
If on top of that you will manage to build healthy relationship with community and bring some emotions, then it's even better.
Let's think of content as a something you want to sell. And your payment is not money. It's other's people time and effort.
Selling product is hard. Start selling stories, personallities, emotions. Anything that will make people remember you and support you as a content creator.
Is that really your impression? OMG. That's a bit sad that you believe in that.
Smart.
Reading posts of people with large follower base = most of the time waste of the time. Those people with small follower base are the best audience.
ps. @wakeupkitty would you consider using enter to separate block of text sometimes? it would make it much easier to read
Yours
Piotr
I am still working on my time scedule if it comes to here and the rest of social media and private life.
I will try to use the "enter" more often. Thought I already did. Thanks for reminding me.
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hi @limoolia
Most of the time it's because quality content do not guarantee visibility and engagement with people. Quite often those who create so-so content do actually promote it and they engage with people, which pays back
At the same time there is number of content creators, who just publish something and they just ... wait for traffic to come.
Yours
Piotr