Not a lot of people do that, sadly. I am very against posts in multiple languages, given that peakd and every modern web browser can translate with a single click...
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Not a lot of people do that, sadly. I am very against posts in multiple languages, given that peakd and every modern web browser can translate with a single click...
For some reason it's usually those posts that manage to reel in relatively frequent and decent rewards, they're either on autovote lists or just constantly curated. Can't say I mind it if the first language does actually reach a good word count or if it's a good photography post for example. There's one person I've noticed that somehow manages to get $50 on posts with just 500 and below words. Hive is weird sometimes.
Also noticing this stuff made me start decreasing my own word count. For the longest time I was stuck in this mentality carried over from Steem that 'good content' was long content. But yeah that's really not the case haha
I will never again compromise on my quality, I will never "Take the piss" with my content. When I looked back on my old content (using the tool that I made, lol) - The only person I'm not being honest to and disappointing if I choose to do that again (low effort, quick posts) is myself.
But, perhaps my definition of low effort changes as time goes on, and I get a higher standard for myself.
I am very delusional, if I haven't mentioned that before, but also incredibly self critical.
Yeah I started seeing my own posts as me trying to stretch out the length as much as I could, as if I had to reach at least 1k words or couldn't hit that publish button. That nobody would even consider reading if not. Since then I dropped that mentality, I'm a bit more concise and straight to the point with things.
Film reviews and travel posts still tend to run a bit longer because there's generally just more to say, but I stopped it with the photography posts where it really is more about the images.
I'm also just a bit more aware of my time and how much I'm putting in here when I could be pursuing a few of my 500 other hobbies. Figuring out that balance has never been something I'm good at, it would be all in one thing at a time, and throughout the past decade Hive has somehow been the most central thing. Not so much these days. I am happy to take a break if I feel it, and no longer feel that FOMO or any guilt.
I have given up on segregating content about my 500 hobbies, now - I just post whatever the hell I want, whenever I want. If I'm not happy with it, I won't post it.
Having come through a long period of unemployment, and being able to explore so many different things has been really healthy to me, and I expect absolutely zero engagement on the posts that I have coming next week which is a rewrite of my university thesis from 10+ years ago - and a total of something like 8000 words split into a series of four distinct posts.
I am here to have a ledger of my thoughts, and to dump my creative output.
I will also be publishing that one over on medium, but it is true, proper, academic long form content.
I look forward to it being wholly ignored on hive
Oh yeah, I don't even post about the majority of hobbies I have. I used to do it a little bit more, but I'm fine with just leaving Hive for a few days and focusing on them instead of feeling the need to write about them all.
I understand this fully. It's pretty much what I meant. For the longest time I think I spent too much time just on here and writing, curating, doing all the stuff I used to do. I ended up not doing those other interests I wanted to do, which I think did set me back a bit. My own fault, really! ;^) But now I have that awareness over balance.
Recently started a business, launched a website, starting finding ways to advertise myself and generally be a bit more outgoing and creative. Jumping into a number of different things that catch your interest almost feels like waking up after a long sleep, doesn't it?
This is unfortunate, but pretty much to be expected these days. I feel sorry for people that really do pour their time and hearts into something on here only for it to not really resonate with certain people and just end up ignored. But it is mostly an outcome of Hive just being so small and niche still.
I've had my work in two exhibitions this month, I'll be running a writing workshop for the local writers group, I've been writing my own fiction, I've been doing data / hive witness things, I am now on the committee for the local community gallery, My photograph has been in the newspaper two weeks in a row (for community engagement!) - I have a wedding to photograph in November, I've been going to the gym, I have been a househusband for my wife, and I start a new job November 10.
I have a lot on :P
I can do more though, I swear!
Oh,and I've been reading so many books...