Hey, everyone.
Your favorite ListNerds meme compilation creator here. Also the only one so that doesn't really mean a lot.
Today, I want to talk about how I consider respect to be a keyword in succeeding in ListNerds. I am not saying it is the only keyword, but one of them.
Respect
Respect basically means taking into consideration people's feelings, work, ethics, opinions, and so on. It means that you need to become aware of other people and respect where they're coming from without treating them as anything except humans who have their own opinions and be aware of their stance and what their actions mean.
How does that apply to Listnerds?
Obviously, if Listnerds wasn't profitable, you wouldn't be on it. Cool features be damned, you just want to eat, right? However, this applies to all of us, and not just one person. This is not to say to put yourself last, but just put others into consideration as well.
Everyone Is Trying, Just Like You
Your goal is to get a minimum of 20 net upvotes. Well, so is everyone else's. So, the amount you're putting in, while can be unique in some cases, it is usually matched by many. Most people on Listnerds are trying to find the correct way to send their mails.
The reason I am saying that is: that deserves your respect as well. You get your 20 net upvotes because people respect your work enough to both check it out and vote on it. It still amazes until today that so many people are actually willing to do that with my posts. It should be respected that people are doing that.
People Are Not Your Tools
They're not there for you to get 5-25-30-50 mails and throw to the side. They either paid as much as you did or put as much work as you do to get their mails out there. Yes, some people are abusing that, and we will get to that later, but if you want/expect to check out your work, you should be doing the same for others.
Like, the least you could do is give them a shot. If their content is still bad day after day, then you have the right to ignore them at some point. If their type of content isn't for you, then you should show them respect by at least acknowledging their hard work should you see it.
I could never respect someone who just opens a link to close it 2 seconds later. Of course, that's more situation-based. For example, and this is something I have been guilty of doing, if someone barely put work into writing the mail, you may have the right to ignore it.
The respect here goes both ways, you should also respect the fact that some people aren't okay with you just dropping a mail with "Click here and you won't regret it" or something along those lines. It's also showing respect to yourself and your own work to put in effort into promoting it.
Some people write emails that honestly get them an upvote from me before I even check their work. Embedding pictures, coming up with different fonts and beautiful ways to present their work that the presentation itself is worthy of an upvote.
In a later post, I will talk about why downvotes should be respected as well. But, for now, I will talk about why I decided to buy more CTP.
The Reason I Bought CTP
Honestly, I would have bought for way more if I wasn't in need of the money for needs in real life.
The reason I did this is simple. I was shown respect and love when I started here. I was welcomed with open arms and I saw an increase of interactions as well as income by joining Listnerds. The least I could do is show people respect in return. I wasn't able to do that beyond comments early on, but now that's just not enough.
I could say in the past that I couldn't do it, but as I find myself in a better financial place, it can't be seen as anything except me refusing to show respect to people who respected me and my work. There's no way around that, in my opinion.
I could mention at least 20 people here who have earned my respect but I wasn't able to show it beyond comments. Ever since I purchased the CTP, I have gone back and managed to upvote their work at last.
In Conclusion
By showing respect to others you gain a lot. I have seen beautiful stories written by people years ago, great quality content that is months and years old. Great business, coins, investment opportunities, I understand more about many of the games on the blockchain than I have ever done before. There are people starting their own NFT and clothing projects.
There's of course monetary value in showing that respect as well. Working on your mails, creating better content, commenting, and showing more support are all great things that will raise your status. But, most importantly
Appreciate the support sir and thanks so much for being a huge contributor to ListNerds!
It's funny you mention that...I have always maintained that people should always give the same respect and attention that they expect in return. If we all did that, the results would be that much better.
Exactly. Something I didn't like about Hive is how some people treat others like teenage fans in a way by ignoring comments and going from post to post. It's a social platform, you should work on socializing and respecting people on the other side of the screen.
Describing it another way, respect to me is to understand first the surrounding context of the text you read before making a comment, especially if the comment tends to be judgmental and demeaning. If one fails to do that, my tendency is to avoid that person for he has a high view of himself. In Web 2.0, we commonly see such behavior. At least, here on Hive, based on my experience, such a case is very rare.
Yeah, this is more like an observation of that. We show each other respect if we want to get it. It is earned after all.
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But in all seriousness, as in life so it is on hive... respect means so much. I literally respect a hiveian based on two metrics: firstly the quality of their content and secondly their conduct/behaviour (you score highly on both counts my friend). E.g. like you mentioned, if I open a listnerds mail I'll always click through to an actual hive post, or even sometimes another website they're describing/promoting, and usually comment. And if there is decent effort and skill in either (or both) the email or content they'll get my upvote on both hive and listnerds.
The opposite applies for shoddy emails I'm afraid, they get the dreaded downvote. And the truth is that shouldn't be a problem. It should incentivize them to put in some time and effort, if it doesn't they're kinda missing the point.
I also love the way you can ressurect posts from the distant past, for me I only do that if they're something I'm very proud of, that took hours/days to produce and I'm kinda sad that no one will ever read them again without a listnerd email reminder. E.g. I promoted my hive bookstore which lists short stories I've published on hive comprising 78,453 words (a paper back novel averages 80k words). Many people responded to that email and commented on the bookstore post, and when I looked at peakd's analytics I saw that around 12 people had clicked short stories from that list, some over 4 years old. This made me 😁 so much. It's not about the limitation of the 7 day post rewards structure, I understand why that's needed to stop abuse. But the same 7 day window means that often posts are essentially dead after that window is up.
Listnerds changes that and I've always said that the 7 day window is why many serious writers either leave or never join hive. I personally know one writer who's published in the traditional world, like by a large publishing house, and when I showed him hive and suggested he might join he laughed at me. His exact words: "why would I limit any of my work to 7 day pay/promotional window". The general consensus of higher up types on hive seems to be 'fck those types of people, we don't need them' but believe me the writer in talking about would being national news paper coverage if they joined and wrote on hive.
Anyway, epic comment over 😂 much respect Amir!
Exactly, it should make them think, and be better.
That's what I love! I have this post 10 things every newbie should know when you join Listnerds and it's 9 days old but I've seen the views go from 100+ to 200+ in the past days. Some things are perfectly fine sharing again IMO as they are great articles or valuable to keep sharing like tutorials etc.
I actually kinda covered these in the follow-up post I made like an hour ago. But, yeah, I agree.
It is self-respect as well. If I see you not showing respect to your work and have it looking like a jumbled mess or idea, why should I respect you? Same if you treat me like a teenage fan and do not show respect by responding to a comment and so on. I like what you said about the way someone conducts themselves.
We have something very beautiful at our hands and we should preserve it.
On the contrary, you are special for being the only one!
And for that you gained my respect. Well you already got me when I started to read your posts, it only grew for better and higher respect :)
It should be a goal that everyone should aim: creating content and do it everyday and improve it as you grow not only rewards you in so many ways but most importantly you will earn respect from the audience. And for that, of course, you have to give respect too!
Thank you, as always, for the awesome post!
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And yeah, exactly. I have gained life skills and writing tricks after being here. I mean I started using page dividers for the first time during/because of my month in Listnerds.
Thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate that.
I can't agree with the conclusion more: you can't expect respect you don't offer it too.
On the content of the email, I'm a little more nuanced. For example, I love the images @thisismylife and others have been adding to their emails. Much like a cover for the post. Short, concise and beautiful. in most cases.
What I don't particularly feel it's very effective is long emails, especially when they link to a blog post. We all have limited time after all, and no need to read War and Peace twice. If the email goes directly to a landing page or a program, then a longer description maybe could work, but not always. But I'd recommend a post in-between.
For emails which link to blog posts I generally resume to a few lines of text at most in the email, unless I want to add additional information specifically for Listnerds users.
About clicking the link and further steps.
I may not be a classical case, but I always look for Hive posts. If it is clear an email is not a Hive post, I generally do not open it, unless the title intrigues me in some way.
If after I open the email I discover the email if not about a Hive post, I generally don't click the link, again, unless I become interested. Sometimes I click the link only to be able to downvote if the product seems an obvious scam.
But in over 90% of the cases, I only click on links going to Hive posts.
I've been trying to do some shorter ones myself in the past week. As I noticed that the longer ones weren't necessarily having more votes. And to my surprise that didn't show in a decline of upvotes. I do believe that some people like the longer ones as well, but it's all still a learning curve so a bit of a trial phase honestly.
Thanks for the feedback :)
Overall, I agree with you when you say that I intend to enjoy the Hive content more than other links. But that doesn't mean there aren't exceptions.. Have a nice Sunday evening!
Yeah, working on your presentation isn't about length but rather the quality of sentences you're saying. I found many posts that had like 10 words or so that were effective.
I also understand your take on Hive posts, those are usually what I gravitate toward. In the end, we each have our own criteria for how we handle Listnerd and we're all entitled to do so. I like yours.
Awesome post, @amirtheawesome1. Respect and consideration is a two-way street.
Exactly, I hate the idea that some people think that they're so amazing and their content is flawless that it should be appreciated regardless of the actions of the one writing them.
Beautiful thoughts @amirtheawesome1& that color is one of my favorites these days. Respect and love have no alternatives. At least everybody is spending some of their precious time here on Listnerds and that should be respected. At the end of the day, the community matters.
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Exactly, I still find it amazing that people take the time to check my content. The best I can is (try to) make their minutes worth it.
I can't really add much more to that besides, you're right!
And I have great respect for you, you are always kind and helpful and very supportive.
So you have my support as well, always!
But, in a badass way.
Cheers, Bromie!
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What a Positive way to put it all. You hit the nail on the head.
Speaking of respect, you sure have earned my :)
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I live and die by that action “respect” @amirtheawesome1 and you have done a great job, posting your thoughts and applying it to what should be a user’s approach; using ListNerds. It’s a great reminder. Keep it Nerdy 🤓🤘🏽
It's very important to respect people coming to one's post or taking time into showing appreciation, or even disapproval at times.
Respect is very important. Anyone who takes their time and creates an original post deserves everyone's respect. Thanks for sharing.
Same as everyone taking time to check that content.