I really get the sense that the HIVE audience really enjoys reading and writing about HIVE. If I write some treatise on the wonders of HIVE, I am more likely to be highly rewarded.
Do you think this is because those with higher stake are more focused on hive than anything else? I have to admit, I rarely read, or vote, on hive-related stuff...As a smaller account it doesn't seem relavent to me...I read some of course, but rarely get swept away with it. As a curator I'd rather read more about people lives and what they do, what they think, where they have been, want to go etc.
Also, on your last point...I think people need to care what they themselves think of their work and if they feel good about it or not as a primary objective. Secondary of course is the other people, and what reward it may get.
I write for me...I think a scroll over the last few thousand posts of mine will demonstrate that clearly - It's quite diverse. It's enjoyable, and when it is not I will not write here anymore. So, I turned thatinto the reward. However, of course, I get disappointed when a post gets no engagement. That hurts far more than the lack of monetary reward. I've worked very hard here, to build a brand, write well, with interest and diversity...And I think I have done a reasonable job...There'll always be people who disagree, not like my posts, downvote for whatever reason they feel is justified, just because I am linked with certain others mostly, and who will simply not like something I do at all...It's the way of the world.
Anyway, I don't want to take over your post. It was a good one, valid points and questions with a really nice ending. Namely...
Anyways, I enjoy engagement, and the odds are I might have more than two words and an emoji for you, for whatever that is worth.
Seems like we share that ethos.
I get why this is the case, but it cannot forever be the case. To me that's like joining Facebook or Twitter to read only the Facebook and Twitter public blog. I'll even take it a step further. It's like writing an INTERNAL EYES ONLY development blog, and expecting that will carry you forward into the future.
I've read quite a bit of your posts, and have no reason to believe otherwise. A great many of us, particularly in Western countries, have plenty of alternative activities we could be doing besides posting their thoughts on what amounts to an experimental message board. I used to dial into a BBS with a 9600 Baud modem, and have had lively debates in forums. That effort is long gone. If you're not enjoying the process, what's the point? This content may not disappear, but it is designed to fade away.
Lol, yep I get it...Let's hope it fades away. Possibly a need for it currently, but what annoys me the most is when people post about a post about a post about hive...Like days or weeks later...You know, posts about announcements of things. So annoying (to me). nothing else to write about than saying the same thing, over again?
I'm writing a post, right now, about determining OA (overall length) for seating depth when I make my ammunition...Let's see that repeated around the blockchain. Lol.
I agree with you that there's many other things we could be doing and that for us, anyone to stay there needs to be value. I've changed my determination of value and made it engagement. I get a genuine smile on my face when I read comments, one only moments ago with a photographer who commented on something I'd posted in a comment to him. It's enjoyable. I think we need way more people being people in their posts, then people talking about hive, or that the the BTC price went up 0.02%.
Oh well, we're not going to change people though, I mean look at some of the big downvotes people are incurring and the way it spills over to people loosely associated with those a person is trying to target; I've received that sort of DV myself...People are always going to do what pleases them. All we can do, is be the best version of ourselves, and that's what I try to do. Lead by example, and have some fun.
I liked your post. Easy to read, relevant and balanced. Thanks for replying...Now back to my OAL post. (Hard to make it understandable and non-technical.