RE: Illusions, delusions and self-learning
I would be the first to admit that at times I feel jealous while reading your or some other bigger users posts. Sure I notice difference in payouts. But that is not what I pay most attention to. My comment section seems to be nearly dead. No comments and "nice work. follow for a follow" are some of the most frustrating things I have encountered here. Recently I had enough of this and decided to start from a clean page. So I started using whaleshares. I don't think that I have suddenly found any major secrets of success. I am still doing my own thing. Posting mostly updates about my current piece. and making occasional shitpost. commenting posts created by others. entering some contests. But for some reason my start seems to be quite promising. Well I guess that even learning that not all walls in the room are as thick is a good thing. At least my head will appreciate this discovery.😝
Whaleshares (haven't used it) for new users is likely a better place to earn at this point which means it gives people a chance to start somewhat fresh and, more incentive to engage. It will run into rough patches too of course but those who build well will always have a fair amount of engagement. The work it has taken me to get as much as I have here is a lot. I have posted about 16-18x 300 page novels in top level posts but, I have also added another 3rd of that in comment sections. There is a cost to this method but also a reward.
In time there is space for a lot of overlap across medias which is why I think that Steem has such a promising future as it can cater for a very large section of independent mediums and still be connected at the core. Most people are still viewing this as a blogging platform, it isn't.
" I have posted about 16-18x 300 page novels in top level posts but, I have also added another 3rd of that in comment sections."
I am well aware that you and others have earned every bit of success you have. It was not given to you on a silver platter. and I wish you a lot more success in the future.
What I find bizarre is that I know that I am getting better in my art. But I am getting less genuine comments than I did in the past. I think I failed to realize that a lot of people are not as stubborn as I am and that they will only stay here a short time.
But the stubborn ones are here and they are also the ones that will be here a year, 2 and 5 from now.