A lot of what people tend to write is relatively generic and similar can be found on a myriad sites.
And that is such a tragedy of wasted potential. If it's new, yeah! Get it out there; but the dinosaur way of blogging, attempting to place magic keywords that have already worked for countless others at the top of a search result so the consumer can spend one minute grabbing their answer, then hitting the back button and leaving the site, forever. They call that a 'view' and for some reason it's "valuable." Meanwhile the rest of the search results are the same article spun a different way. So, lame.
And it's why I'd take the time to write a post like this highlighting the importance of applying personality to the product. People are connecting with this product right now because it's you. Even when writing something that's not really a trade secret, but is, I still remembered to apply my usual chaos. That's how I do it and there's 8000 other ways, since apparently, we're all one in a million, or something, I dunno.
"just some human offering shortsighted opinions about the nothingness they discovered while vaguely paying attention to things they saw somewhere in their vicinity."
That line was kind of a joke. I just think it's funny how I worded it.
And yes, a change will change the maximizer's behavior, but a maximizer gonna maximize.
Everything is driven by views, regardless of the reality of it. I like that we don't have to fall into that model here, though many people call for it.
Yes - so make make the most valuable way to maximize, the most beneficial for community/growth/purpose/health....
This platform can do better when the consumer is presented with an endless supply of 'impulse buys'. Just like Youtube. Once you get them here, you keep them here. Even when they do stumble into the platform because a search led them here, they have no clue they can earn a bit for leaving comments or supporting work. Most of the content on Youtube isn't viewed because of a search. Shares on social media drove traffic that way, then those people stuck around to see more.
Suggested to them by a bot trying to maximize advertising revenue. And they still stay there....
Most people in a cult have no idea they're in a cult. Robots make excellent cult leaders.
On a sidenote, there's a bit of a debate happening in the "here's" link...
will go have a look :)
If you want to take a shot at writing an article about the things I've been trying to say for years, have it at buddy!
Near the end of my previous life, it was my job to go around pitching ideas meant to turn a mess into a success. Eventually I ran out of problems to solve. Pitching nearly the same idea here for the past few years is turning into a nightmare. In a decentralized world, pitching an idea doesn't mean it's the only model to follow, it's simply one of many; but more often than not pitching an idea in a decentralized world is met with the centralized state of mind where people can't see beyond what's in front of them.