A couple of things came up at work today, which put me behind schedule. Nothing too dramatic, but with a delivery early tomorrow morning that I wasn't fully prepared for, I am now trying to close the gap and have worked the last few hours, instead of doing what I want to do, which is not work. It is closing in on 10pm though, ,so I am going to call it a night and write to clear my head, instead.
So many things floating about at the moment, it is hard to concentrate and that will translate into poor sleep, if I don't get it out. It isn't about writing it all down of course, just giving it some air and letting the breeze of thought take it away. I have often enough written about the cathartic nature of writing, so I won't travel that road tonight.
I had a conversation recently about content, which is always one that I find interesting. It was centered around some downvotes and whether they were needed, which I don't necessarily have an opinion on in this case. However, I do think that those who are consistently well rewarded should consistently add value to the community in some way, and "filler content" by these people shouldn't necessarily be rewarded, especially if there is more filler than content flowing through.
It is taking the votes for granted.
I am someone who believes in lead by example, but it always depends on the example being followed, right? If a person sees someone who is rewarded constantly for relatively trash content, they are likely going to follow that lead, than someone consistently rewarded for good content. The fact is, that most people can't produce higher quality content, which is why the AIs are so popular, because it lowers the bar.
I had a discussion at work today about people using AIs like ChatGPT to produce their professional content, yet call themselves industry experts. Those chatbots don't produce expert opinions, they generate a middle of the road output, but it is very quick and easy. For someone who is not an expert or invested, it is "good enough" perhaps, but for someone who knows what they are talking about and are looking to spend millions for a business tool integration, it doesn't cut it.
Just more filler content to be sent to the trash.
But because it is easy to produce something quickly using it that at first glance seems okay, people cut the corner out of convenience and play the numbers game, rather than becoming an industry expert and targeting with real value. What they don't seem to account for however, is the cost to their reputation, where they are burning unknown bridges and most likely, the ones that will actually take them seriously enough and pay them well. It is the same on Hive a lot of the time too, isn't it?
Producing content is easy.
Producing good content that consistently engages a valuable audience,
is not easy at all.
Over the years, I have had a lot of hits and misses with my own content, which is to be expected, as not every piece is going to be a winner. Yet, overall, I have tried to improve my game and hit more winners than unforced errors. It isn't that everyone will agree with what I say or how I say it, and it definitely isn't about pandering to the audience, but writing about what people care about has value. The challenge is, what the hell do people care about?
Commonly on Hive, that is Hive, but I don't think a person should rely on that. It annoys me when there are accounts that pretty much only write about Hive, and every headline mentions Hive, with Hive this and Hive that. When it is a stream of content, what it indicates is that the person isn't really an industry expert at all, nor a content creator, they are just farming the platform, pandering. It works for some.
I used to write about Hive a lot and I still actually do a fair bit, but very few of my posts are just about Hive itself, because that bores me. It doesn't get all of the thoughts out of my head - there is more to my life than Hive.
Though not much.
I see Hive as a framework for a community, where there are the economic elements that most people talk about, but there are also the community elements, the personal side of the community. An economy without a community is useless, isn't it? When a person only focuses on the economics without regard for the community, they are missing the point of an economy itself, and they are missing the point of being a part of the community.
The economics are important.
Because the economics supports personal, interpersonal and community activities. And, if an economist doesn't really understand how a community functions, they might make money, but they don't necessarily add value. Corporations that have the continual goal to increase shareholder, may make money, but they can do so at the expense of the community itself, right?
I love economics.
I am not an economist, but I have a keen interest in how economics affects our behaviors and the communities in which we live. It is not only fascinating to observe, but it is practical in the sense that it can be used to improve a community, for better or worse.
Hive is such a beautiful place for observing economic affects on behavior due to the transparent nature of it. Also, because in order for the majority to earn, the activities are public. After over six years on the platform, I have seen a lot of accounts come and go, with many staying also. It is interesting to observe how those that stayed have changed over time based on the economics. For example, where people who used to write good poetry, haven't written a poem for years, or others just stick Hive into the title of every post.
This is the affect of incentive.
It is natural.
Especially as we should all recognize that like it or not, we need money to survive in this world and most of us don't have enough to be comfortable. I know it is a challenge for me at times in the real world, but I also am someone who is excited by the opportunity to be part of a better economic system, one that affects behaviors positively, instead of bringing out the worst in us.
The worst shouldn't be rewarded.
While "be the change" is a nice sentiment, one of the things we can do to facilitate the change process, is to support those who are driving the change in the direction we think it should go. As people act on incentive, reward bad behavior and there will be an increase in bad behavior. Instead, there should be a disincentive for the behaviors we don't want to see more of and an incentive for what we do want to see more of.
This isn't clear cut for content on Hive piece by piece, but it is appropriate for content trends. Some trends lead to a better outcome for the community, some for a worse - and it is up to the community decide which is which and what is deserving of incentive and disincentive.
Personally, I don't want Hive to be a place of filler content, because the internet is already filled with filler, because it is driven by the ad revenue model and clickbait. Hive is not. This means that the derivative and generic content that copycats what is already available or an AI puts out, is not going to position Hive in the market place for attracting value, because there would be nothing new here. For people coming into Hive, if they have to wade through a pile of homogenous content that is available on all the other platforms (possibly in a better quality form), why would they stay?
Coming across one decent piece isn't enough to hold them on their attention on the platform, but having accounts that they learn to trust that produce what they can't get anywhere else, can keep them here. And, with the right kind of journey, they will start to become part of the community, roaming wider to find more content value for themselves.
It is a very slow process.
The popular platforms out there have been started with massive amounts of investor funds, that have allowed them to do all kinds of things in order to attract an audience, a user base and, to reward content creators. Hive doesn't have that kind of kitty and the Hive inflation pool isn't nearly enough to do similar. It happens organically here, with people who join in and start to create, consume, invest, powerup and engage. It happens at the community level, not at the economic level, even though a lot of the community activities center around the economic mechanisms.
In time, when there is a more concerted push into Web3, more people will arrive at Hive, but there will be a lot of rivals too. However, it isn't about beating the rivals, it is about becoming a place where value is part of the community, not numbers of clicks - otherwise, we end up like the centralized platforms, beholden to advertisers.
And, while there is more direct value on content on Patreon for example, we also have the value of decentralization, where people actually own their accounts and if they set up their business on Hive, they can earn outside of the inflation pool, without fear of being cancelled. It is a massive advantage, yet it isn't apparent why to many people yet - But I think in time it will be more so.
Ah shit.
I wasn't going to write this much and I had no plans on writing about Hive at all, but that is where it has kind of ended up. For me though, this isn't about Hive directly, it is about how we create the world in which we live, through the support we give. The concentration of attention has created this massive disparity in wealth and life outcomes. Had we changed how we support in the past, we would be somewhere different today.
Law of Supply and Demand.
But, is it too late to change? Perhaps it is - maybe there is no better possible in this world, so we may as well throw our hands up in the air and indulge ourselves, rather than improve ourselves.
We can use AI to create our content, but the output is a consolidation, are regression to the mean. The more we use it, the more it consolidates and the more average it becomes until, it is right there, stuck in the middle with you.
Well by then, much better than you.
But still in the middle.
Lies are always convenient.
It is the truth that is uncomfortable.
I can't do better.
I can do better.
Which statement is more convenient for you?
Taraz
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When I started writing my brawl reports, sometimes @azircon would support me but nowadays, for the most part, I'm not even sure he is reading my reports. Very few people ever bother to leave comments, so while of course the upvotes are nice, there isn't much discussion to be had after the report is written.
I find myself second guessing the article's format, wondering if it is engaging enough. Wondering what happened to being able to catch Azircon's attention and support? I feel like he is a decent barometer for the community at large, so if I can't get my own guildmate's attention to read the brawl report - maybe I am not doing it right.
Maybe I need to change the focus or the delivery style. I want it to be weekly content that my guildmates are excited to read even if they already know how the brawl ultimately finished, but I think even when he is tagged for a Top5 brawl record he may be too busy to read for some of the battle highlights and reflections I provide in the piece.
My brawl reports and season report are a few articles that feel comfortable getting out on a set schedule, while some of my other analysis and insight pieces take more time to plan out and find a new topic. I wonder if my brawl reports are viewed by him as filler articles and only my analysis is worth rewarding. I try to make each brawl report unique, providing background for the opponents and expectations of performance for the current and future brawl cycle. I share Gladius Openings which seem to be popular and I try to have fun as I'm recalling the battles.
Now I'm growing exited about my first foray into doing some writing about travel in Spain as well as my hometown city of Brooklyn & Manhattan NYC. I think it will be a good challenge to grow into some new Hive communities!
I have to say you are correct.
The brawl report is similar format bound to get stale after awhile. You are on the radar for SL curation so vote isn't a problem.
My general idea is when people are new they need the support and help to get noticed. However, after a few months it is upto the author to gather engagement. Taraz here is a master of engagement. There is a lot to learn from him.
You are copywriter yourself Duce. There is nothing I can suggest to you how to mix things up to gather people at your posts.
Generally speaking the chain as a whole is struggling with content and engagement.
I appreciate your feedback and honesty. I definitely noticed when you supported some of my more details analysis pieces, so thank you for paying attention.
I'm quite glad that you were able to introduce Taraz to our guild so that I took notice of his writing. It is quite a treat interacting with his thoughtful writing prompts each day and definitely challenges me to be more disciplined and careful with my time management and effort for writing consistency!
Reports are reports - most people don't care. It is similar to end of season stat posts, why would I read it if there isn't more in there than EOS stats?
I would say that hearing about your travel experiences is far more interesting!! :D
I think there is some interesting info to see from end-of-season reports, especially if/when bots are used. But you are right that this type of content isn't nearly as exciting as Videos of the world's best DJs spinning at 5am on a Sunday morning!
I think maybe spending time in the crowd might be far more fun than watching videos!
I am a big proponent of flattening of author rewards by manual method. You know Taraz that I do that on a regular basis under a lot of criticism. It is to the point that I had to stop putting you, Galen and Ash out of my personal autovote. Because as a large stakeholder and a vocal activist for flattening of author rewards my personal curation must be impeccable with no margin of error. It is the same reason I can’t put boomy and Ian on auto. I can rarely vote them even if I love to read them.
Who and what is over rewarded is a difficult topic and have always been. Especially someone like you who is continuous writer.
So I had to put additional work and I have promised myself that I can only vote you manually when I actually read you and have time to write a comment. This often sucks because due to my schedule I can read rarely and comments even more rarely. But it is what it is.
I get not putting autovotes on, but it is also a double edged sword. I think it comes down to rewarding what we want to see more of in a concentration that matters, with people who care about the community. It is a cluster of "multipliers" that go into the reward mechanisms here, though it is hard to gauge what is best for the community.
What I think is not good though, is rewarding what we know we don't want more, especially when it is low-effort content, because that is easy to produce more of too. As said the other day and in this post, I am rewarded, but I don't see many people copying me. However, I do see people taking elements out of my path and improving their own approach. I think that is valuable and worth rewarding, but I am biased! :D
Obviously, I like getting voted too, but I value this more. The comments are valuable, the perspective is valuable, and it is all appreciated. I usually spend longer engaging than writing, and I spend a lot of time writing :)
One thing I have learned recently is that sometimes people don't care if you have warts on your work. I used chat gp as a crutch because I have some cognitive challenges and used it to help me generate and organize ideas and thoughts. Problem was I used too much of what it generated. I thought in most cases I had put my own thoughts and feelings into the pieces to make it my own. But i guess not enough that it didn't still seem like machine generated content in some places.
I don't want that and people don't want that, they want me, warts and all. They want the scarred and marred me. The one who will have grammatical errors and sometimes mixes up his words or gets words misplaced in the sentences.
Many of us love @tarazkp's writing, but will never write like him. That is okay I know that know. I am okay with that and so are most others. Those who aren;t okay can just mvoe on and read somethint else I guess, but I do hope they wouldm look beyond the small errors and look at the effort and what is required to put into the content I generate.
This comment was written without the assistance of any word processor or tool to correct my typos or poor grammar, so please excuse them
When it comes to AI checkers (there are many), they generally do a pretty good job of finding what is likely AI generated. In my opinion, there should be no shadow of a doubt the work I have created is mine. I want to create my own voice, build an experience - not just get my ideas out there.
One of my friends had difficulty writing well, but damn he engaged well! His name was @wolfhart - but unfortunately he passed away a few years ago after a very long health battle. He was a vet too.
For me, it is more natural to see the errors, more engaging, more human. I don't care about polished, I care about heart.
I myself used to write better than I do now and likely with fewer grammatical errors or typos, but after a stroke a couple years ago, I have had to find a new me in so many ways and accept that I am not close to the same as I was and will never be close to that person again.
It is a hard road, but a rewarding one.
Wow, you write so well I think. The best writer I have seen on this blockchain so far. I did know you had a stroke, but figured you used some type of assitive device or just recovered really well. I had two of them in three months and what they believe where several small ones in between the two. Between those, my PTSD and some past concussions, the docs think my brain may have just said enough is enough and did a rewire for a while. It may fi itself, it may not.
That said, I think you are amazing and are such a great example for people like me looking to find a path forward to do well on here. Thank you for engaging with me and not lossing faith just because I made some mistakes in the past.
You will not be disappointed.
Also, I am sorry for the loss of your friend @wolfhart they sound like a real warrior and good human. I am sure they have found peace and if there is a heaven or a Valhalla for us former warriors, they are there.
I had some recovery for about six months, but nothing noticeable after. It changed me a lot and has impacted heavily on my personality and temperament, and I understand why the suicide rate for stroke patients is so high.
Each case is different though, due to the complexity of the brain, so it isn't possible to really "compare", but there are different severities and what part of the brain is affected will have larger or lesser impacts.
Sorry to hear about your strokes too - they suck and are scary on so many levels.
He was a good dude -always positive, despite his challenges.
what you wrote strikes me a lot, also because they are thoughts that I had and it comforts me to find feedback from people like you who have some experience here on Hive.
I don't like filler content and, I believe that it is always necessary to add value.
Just yesterday I wrote a post that generated open comments; it made me very happy!
Much happier to be able to reply to all those comments and exchange opinions with other users than to receive votes; the participation and appreciation of other Hivers for my work is already a great reward in itself.
I agree with you that it is important to set an example, but we need to set the right example and do it with deeds and not with words; We are totally in agreement on this too!
recently I tried to understand a bit how ChatGPT works, I made her write the texts for videos to post on Youtube... which I've never played; I fiddled with it a bit and then abandoned it again.
Now I know how ChatGPT works but I also know that I don't like it and, by the way, it bores me a lot.
I know that some see it as the future, but at the moment it is a future that interests me little.
Great post as always, loved it!
There would be a lot to write, but I don't want to make a mileage comment more than it already is eh eh!
A hug my friend!
I have been very pressed of late getting comments out to other people, which saddens me, because I know how valuable they are for motivation. I will try harder in the future.
ChatGPT is likely useful in some ways as a search engine, but it is a poor content creator, as all it can create is filler. There is no substance to it, no personalized voice. But, it is an interesting tool to perhaps use to get some tips on how to improve writing format or sentence structure.
Well, you really get a lot of comments and, I imagine, it takes too much time to reply, which in some way naturally becomes urgent.
Well yes, let's say that ChatGPT can have its uses, but I think it is more easily spendable currently on web2, for example it manages to create the structure of entire videos on Youtube and, if you are looking for something on the net you can ask and it practically finds everything.
But it is very impersonal, for example having him write articles to someone may seem brilliant but one immediately realizes that they have been written by an artificial intelligence ... or in any case they remain written without a soul so even if one does not understand how they were written, they leave a really good impression little.
Hmmm. It appears as if I've been an inspiration, somehow, once again.
And I've been meaning to put together an article about the importance of fresh forms of thinking in this day and age as the artificial mind comes into being.
For example I realize AI generated content is a convenience. One is borrowing thoughts. Taking from the minds of others. Then putting their face on top. Thinking has never been easier when all one has to do is put on their thinking mask.
(You might be one of only a handful of people who'd understand the full meaning behind that paragraph.)
AI also borrows thoughts. Converts all thoughts into something only posing as a mind and its mask does a fantastic job of convincing people it has abilities people don't, yet it can't have those abilities without people.
What is AI in its current forms without fresh forms of human thinking? Yesterday's news.
Generating fresh new ideas with the human mind has never been more important, or valuable. Even AI needs it in order to stay relevant and not become obsolete.
Partly. This post was likely to get written in some form based on that content too though. It was inspirational, in all the wrong ways.
"Clear your mind" will soon be replaced with "think something".
There isn't much I can do, but the trajectory for thought diversity is not looking good.
Minds are pulled along as well, lured into thinking about a thought that has been delivered to them. Becoming a product of the media they consume and generating predictable reactions. That's been happening for a long time and became far more pronounced the past couple decades; full blast during covid which created several branches of published thought byproducts.
I can't do much either. A lot of people under that spell specifically would have difficulty seeing how what I just said applies to them. And if I dumb it down any further it's written off as plain idiocy. Intellectual laziness has always been popular, especially by those passing off borrowed thoughts and opinions as their own. Very protective of their thought collections.
We live in a world of headline outrage, without little thought to if their rage is valid.
A friend of mine did an interesting search with ChatGPT the other day.
Is it okay to be proud to be black.
Is it okay to be proud to be white.
Interesting nuances in the results, that most will miss.
I think it's necessary to have the AI mind, which is generated by humans, stored on a decentralized immutable public database that cannot be manipulated by outside interferences. That's how you keep AI in check and even protect it from itself, along with preventing control freaks from being at the helm of the narrative. Rewriting history alters the future but if everything is collected and stored forever, society can go with the flow while mind control is limited to the individual. (And yeah those rhymes were intentional.)
And it's a shame over the years here many of the "free speech advocates" were actually just bunk peddlers and didn't see the true value of their words unless they were rewarded for them.
Yep. It is going to be a practical piece of a web of trust, using the AI to verify and compile confidence scores on content, by pulling in all the possible info it can.
For most, it was never their words - all second, third and fourth hand content, sourced from unknown sources. They never seem to question "their" sources though.
Borrowed thoughts and opinions. Education and guidance is good, but not every student becomes a teacher.
Personally, I like to take in as much as I can, but I know better than to attach myself to anything. Being stuck in a loop and unable to process the gravity of the situation often conjures the inevitable downward spiral. Don't need to touch a black hole to know it's real.
Creating content with quality is not easy. I wonder how people could easily write their articles in a short period of time while me, takes more than an hour before I could publish them.
I usually write about my life experience.
I wish these posts only took an hour :)
This is so long, if I will be the one writing this for sure it took more or less two hours hehehe.
It made me make articles longer especially if there were a lots of pictures to add. It takes more time.
By the time I reached this line, it was true. The peanuts in the oven now look more like coffee beans. Time to load next batch.
Sadly, I am among those who used to find the time to write seriously...nowadays I barely find the energy to gather my mind and just say Hello Folks!
But I also remember the mind can be trained so I have not given up in the attempts to be still present and still show some serious stuff...not that consistently, though. I think I can manage to do this on the weekend or a couple more times a week.
It's sitting on too many chairs for some. One of them being quite uncomfortable. Like that iron throne people would do stupid things for. Such is life.
Finding some refuge here, some good reads, some straight thinking people. Definitely the crowd I would choose above the rest that I know of.
:D
French roast peanuts!
Is it time or motivation? I know I don't have much time, but I am still very motivated to write. Perhaps it is because of the relief I get from it - it is like a soak in a warm bath :)
It is a far more interesting consumable than the other platforms. It is not voyeuristic, it is personal.
It is meaningful.
It's mostly the scarcity of the former. A lot of things to build in the physical environment, so less time to build virtual content. Making long posts have turned into a guilty pleasure I feel I can't afford but that's because there are some other time-consuming habits like looking for news and analysis online. One needs to find a balance, I know. Working on it.
Producing quality content that came from your own ideas about something... and doing so consistently, is definitely not easy.
It doesn't matter how long or how often you do it, it's not easy.
One of the reasons I turned my back on a perfectly promising and well-paying job as a technical writer was precisely that it was mostly about producing functional output, and doing so quickly.
I've been a blogger in this strange online environment for going on 25 years, and I am still at it simply because I enjoy the process of converting a thread of an idea; a commentary; an observation; an opinion into written words. The "challenge" of it remains that process similar to turning a sketch on a restaurant paper napkin into a working project.
I can always do better.
And I will always try.
Yep. I think some people just want the end result, not the journey. For them AI is attractive, because they don't need to do anything to get an acceptable result, even though as far as value goes, it is largely valueless. If a chat program can create it from a prompt, anyone can prompt it and get the same result. It is like posting Google search results as original content.
Good content & Good Community are not always in agreement.
There are many autovotes of content due to Community.
It is an interesting contemplation, even possibly a formula, to equate;
goodcontent *consistentposting *communityengagement *yourinfluence
Then there are variables, such as, community encouragement, that motivates regular posting, resulting in better quality posts.
It also a quiet joy when you see a "Hive post" pop up in a Google search.
All encapsulated with an economic sphere.
🤓
Very few are able to build in each of these categories. The time spent engaging for example might be great, but the content is so so. The content might be great, but they have done nothing to build influence.
Well, it is about time you scheduled your time to be on @bobaphet Splinterlands 101 show.
I use it daily but for coding snippets. It makes things up sometimes, but is a great substitute for google. I would struggle without it.
There are quite a few bods in my place now routinely using it to write chunks of their documents like Test Plans and to rewrite reports they are producing. It's a slippery slope for them to put themselves out of a job
And, when what it produces is incorrect, who do they blame? ;D
They never think that far! Twots the lot of them!
Do you post the snippets as your own code though? :D
I use them in my code although much of the time not identically, as it's the ideas I get from them that make me produce my final code. ChatGPT is invaluable for a coder, but you can't benefit from it unless you can code to start with.
Yes, it can be a great tool, but at some point, the level a coder has to know will increase higher than most coders in order to compete. Maybe it is a natural "survival of the fittest" competition, where we don't survive as a species.
It's not easy and everyone views things differently. I might say that some content is good and it stands out to me, but it won't for someone else. I would say that everyone is free to do what they want and I would say that I can do better.
Sure - but over time, it is pretty easy to see the "temperature" of an account, especially through the ups and downs of the token price.
Getting upvotes or Engagement out of over current circles of supporters is a hardest obstacle I am facing on hive during my content creation journey, please guide me how I can break this circle or cycle?
Produce what people want to read first of all.
Why would I read or engage with your content?
Sr. Its not about my content, I am not even asking you to give upvotes to me on my blog posts it's totally up to you
I am highlighting a issue or problem which I think we should resolved because it's really needed for the growth and development of Hive
And problem is a very simple to understand we mostly used automatic upvoting bots like Curation trails to give upvotes we need to give upvotes manually and also need to diversify over upvotes
I always like to read your posts and try to become a part of the conversation also received upvotes from you on my content, but it's looking like everything is fixed and predetermined for example you are giving upvotes on my comments with 6% voting power not 7% or not even 5%
I also don't received any upvotes from you on my any blog post not even once all data is there on Blockchain, I am not banging for upvotes or not even targeting anyone, I just think every content creator or curator are stuck in his own circle or predetermined set of Action, we really need to get out of this situation we need to think out of the box
Some curation initiatives are predominantly manual, like @ocd. 99% of the votes I have ever cast on this platform are manual too.
I have a setting in peakd that allows me to set a default for comments. I adjust it depending on the price of Hive. 6 is the default I give and I am generous with giving it. I also lower it at times and raise it, depending on the comment.
I have looked at your blog a couple times over the years, but it is not something that I am that into and, I am not sure who is into that kind of content. And, the actifit stuff puts me off.
As I said it's not only about me and you, I am trying my best to improve my writing skills and quality of my content, I am using @actifit along with many other hive users, I don't understand why you don't like Actifit stuff I posted, anyway its not an issue every single person have its own choice, taste and standard to consume content or support others
I don't think that producing content is easy, at least for a quality one. I spent more than one hour for just preparation of a post, perhaps it is because I am a formalistic person.
Which is why people produce generic stuff by rewriting generic stuff and using AIs to plagiarize generic stuff and write it for them.
I'd be ashamed.
Define quality.
You know it when you experience it.
That is definitely a quality of "quality".
I wonder how subjective it is. A Lada compared to a Porsche?
Amen
This needs to be coupled with exclusivity though in my opinion.
Yes, I agree. I dislike the "post to every platform" mentality some have. But, the people who are actually thinking about their audience, don't do that.
Producing quality content is not an easy task. It's very important to have enough information about the community, interests and also consider the target characters! I think AI is good as an auxiliary tool, but it's us who must be able to create quality content! Tools are just tools to help us and nothing more. Learning and transferring what is learned is the most important thing. A community where we learn and share what we have learned is much better. I try to get better and better every day and I do this only by learning and trying.
AI is a tool, but people are using it to become their personality.
Hint: it has none.
Who decides what it is trash though. I feel like my posts are pretty good content. Others may not. I don't really get too bent out of shape about down votes though. It's all part of the game I guess...
I think quality isn't only in the content, it is also in the rest of the factors that are important to a community too. Have a nice car is great - but without the infrastructure like roads and gas stations to enable it, it is useless.
Yeah, I guess that is a good point, but not all of the communities can support the content the way it should be. Plus just like the roads many communities are fractured and broken.
For sure. The communities I think will have value in the future on Hive, are not necessarily on Hive yet. Splinterlands is a good example though, where they don't rely on the Hive reward pool for the majority of their value.
Splinterlands as a game. The Splinterlands community has kind of fallen to the wayside. Just look at the SPT token. I was just having the conversation the other day that there are way too many tribes like that on Hive.
For me, the music posts on Tuesday are my “lesser quality” posts and are rewarded far less than the other posts which is fine with me! I enjoy them though because they are a little easier and a lot of a different kind of fun to figure out what music to share. Producing the other posts isn’t a very considerable challenge because most of it is just things that occur to me in life but the good part for me is definitely the cathartic nature of the writing. I have a post or two in draft that I wrote while in a bad mood and haven’t posted them yet, not sure if I will but it felt good to write them down. I hesitate to commit them to the blockchain though because of the nature of the permanence lol.
I am not a fan of the constant hive posters. It’s cool to see hive content but not 100% of your content focused on hive. I kind of feel the same on the finance stuff. People spend all of their time and energy on Leo posts and I think it’s good to switch things up every now and then. Some don’t like that which is fine but I’m suspicious of some of these writers using AI and then tweaking the posts a little bit to polish it up. No bueno!
Some think it is about effort that makes it lesser, or not. But, I think it is more than that. Some don't put much thought into what they are doing at all, yet call themselves creators. Without intention, what is being created?
And, just imagine if we could catch our emotions like this before we speak in anger and potentially do irreparable damage to a relationship. There are plenty of things I wish I could take back Writing has helped me "slip" less.
I think there is a lot of this. Also, spinning content from other sources and throwing a hive perspective on it. It is sad really.
Quality is subjective though. It seems that HIVE tends to equate quality with the length of posts. Heck, I'm not even sure some supposed curators even read a post fully or if they just look at the word count and scroll through it briefly.
Back to downvotes. I'm not a fan of it and I don't think many new users who're onboarded will even know what it is. It will be offputting to see a downvote if you've just joined a new platform. I do believe that votes should withheld instead if people don't agree with the quality of the content. Why use a negative tool to zero out the votes when the lack of "likes" aka "interaction via votes" does the same thing. It will make for a more positive experience and those potential users would then (presumably) put in more effort if they want those likes.
Some do. However, there is also something to be said about adding weight to a position. For my content, I want it to feel like a written podcast perhaps - where people are listening to the conversations in my head, parsed through my observations with others.
Probably. But there are plenty of people who have been here ages that should know better, but don't.
Because there is financial incentive. Ignoring shoplifters doesn't discourage shoplifting.
Currently whatever ChatGPT generates is already provided internet content. So it is copy mode. But the thing is that we are way behind the times where CHATGPT or any AI generats it's own. When that happens, people would be questioning themselves, is it worth even being expert or getting education. I kind of feel like people need to fight lot harder in future for the relevancy in the market.
Yes. Effectively plagiarism when posted as original content.
Your comment on the relationship between an economy and a community is true. An economy cannot exist in isolation from a community. As a result, I agree with your opinion of the importance of a strong and healthy Hive community to Hive's success.
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I also see many times that sometimes trash content also get high rewards and those who deserves this get little, maybe we can call it luck.
It's just two months ago, when i joined hive, i decided to read article about hive to get information and i search the topic, believe me there's many article on a single topic just like many people again and again write about it,