I admire people who can create content every... single... day... And for a long time... I was doing that for maybe a year or so, and it is extremely hard to do it... Especially if you want to provide value in your posts, a different message every time, and not just shitposting... And even if you tick all those boxes, you still have to sit down, take a deep breath, and convert your thoughts, and your knowledge into the text, picture, video, or audio...
The last few days we had a shitty weather and I couldn't go out for my regular daily walks... That killed my whole routine and being a kind-of meteoropath, when it's constantly raining, and the air pressure is low, I have migraines issues, which leads to some other things like nervousness, stress, insomnia, etc... In those moments, it's not easy to sit down, (try to) concentrate, write, and spread some positivity out! I suppose that I'm not the only one with these moments, that's why I admire people who can overcome these things and still "do their job"!
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Okay, I digress a lot... But, this is a kind of late-night rambling/blogging... 😃 I wanted to talk about the importance of supporting other authors on the HIVE... Yes, in a nutshell, it is another talk about the Hive Power (I told you that I will do it again and again... You were warned... 😃)...
If I check my latest posts (you can do it too) I have noticed an obvious pattern... When I create a post from some of my journeys or walks in nature, I got more valuable upvotes... And not rarely, I got upvotes from some whale accounts that are "called" by curators in a specific project... Which is great! Yes, I'm doing a lot of photographs and shared with people and those travel blogs are interesting to read/enjoy, but...
When I create posts where I try to send a strong message about this chain, sharing my experience and trying to help others to avoid mistakes that I did, I very rarely got some whale upvotes... I'm not complaining, just looking objectively at the results...
So, what's the conclusion from that? My message from these "late-night blogging" posts is not important at all and they have no value. Maybe... But, in that case, those posts wouldn't get over 50, or 100 comments... So, they have some value, but the "value is hard to judge" for curators and whales... Or HIVE doesn't have a curator project that supports that kind of content? But, there is a catch...
As I said, I do get comments on those posts and I'm immensely grateful to every one of you who are doing that, and I do get upvotes on posts, which means that people do appreciate them... And, in my opinion, those "regular-guy-upvotes" are 100 times more valuable than the "whale upvote"... Those votes count triple! 😃
Now, back to the conclusion... for the second time... 😃 We have these curation projects on HIVE that are following certain communities, supporting them, picking quality posts, and all that is great... But, what if your content doesn't "fit in the frame"? What if your blog topic isn't in front of the whales' curators? It's not worth doing it? It's not important? I don't think so...
In the example that I showed you, it is obvious that people like to read "different blogs"... How can we fix it? Very easy... Don't delegate ALL your HIVE POWER to whale accounts! Delegate some, but not ALL! I know that you maybe earn a better APR, but you are giving out YOUR POWER on the network... You are giving power to another person to DECIDE for you what is good and what's not! You are NOT in control! It reminds me of one sentence that Elon Musk said in one interview...
If you are rooting for censorship today, you will be censored tomorrow...
So, if you are creating specific content and you are unsatisfied with the results (upvotes, comments), and on the other side, you delegate your Hive Power to a whale account, you are YOUR OWN PROBLEM... You would like to be appreciated by others and you are not taking the time to appreciate them! Isn't that hypocrisy?
Whales don't care about you and your content... Curators do appreciate good content and sometimes you got lucky to be supported by an "official curator" for some big whale... But those who appreciate your content 100% are your "neighbors"! Your friends that you found on this chain, people who are in a similar position like you, struggling to get out their message... They do care and you should care about them too!
Support your neighbors on HIVE as that's the POINT of this blockchain!
Don't worry about the whales, they will take care of themselves... Care about the small guy as he/she is struggling as you...
Thank you for your time,
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That phenomenon with photos reminds me on goed ole facebook.
Make some serious post, or something about music..nothing.. very few reactions..
Put some photo, regardless of context..you, familly,cats, dogs, dinners, travell whatever..here they are.Tons of reactions.
Now, I heard arguments, it is algorithm pushing photos.. bla bla..But I mean c'mon.
Why do you think Tabloids or later TV Reality shows or let's say Music Videos, or today Tik Tock videos,Instagram..Media in general.. became so popular.?
Many People are simply much more interesting in visual information then anything else.
Much more interesting in what kind of shoes you have..How do you look..then how do you think, or what you have to say.
If you look good you can say anything..If not..well..you know what I mean..haha..
About curation..I'm one of those who is not going to delegate HP to anyone (not untill I do not reach certain level at least) as I intend to show my support by regularly upvoting, my Hive neighboors and others I come across...and as I grow, my support will grow too.
Just as they say..Support local..same is true for this space.
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Agree 100%... The thing that annoys me the most is when people whine about getting low upvotes and on the other side, they are doing automatic curation or delegating all their HivePower to someone... C'mon! It's not circle-jerking if you support your friend who is creating good content! But, giving your power to someone else is killing your friendship and your appreciation of others' work...
Also, I do agree with you about photos and visual "effects" on people... The same shit is going on TV for ages... I'm just afraid that "our space" (HIVE) doesn't become the same... To avoid that happening, it's important to talk about it and educate others... Teach people that their ACTIONS have consequences that are not always positive...
Thanks for your great comment, my friend!
Daily blogging is draining, congrats to every single person that keeps the tempo.
Tried - didn't last for long, neither I feel like I should be posting daily.
Getting big upvotes makes you giggle a bit (at least in my case) it's simply nice feeling and encouraging. On the other hand comments are more fun and entertaining, it's nice to exchange opinions with others, somehow post without interaction gives different vibe, like no one has nothing to say? :D
Yes, daily blogging can be overwhelming... I know that it is possible, but it's hard to keep pace, especially if you want to engage with others, reply to the comments, etc... Very often, I get comments on old posts, which is additional work to reply to, respond to, etc...
And you are right about posts without comments... When I do curation for @Ourpick, very often I see that picture... Those posts are usually some regurgitated news, without added value... So, I suppose that there is nothing to add to it...
Thanks for adding value to the post! :) Have an awesome weekend!
Yeah I think delegating your power away isn’t a good idea for the most part. It doesn’t help you in the long run because you aren’t used to curating and being selective of the content you are voting on. Granted for me, I sometimes will just go down my list and hit the posts with a 10% to use some voting power lol.
I also think that it’s difficult to curate some of those different posts. They are VERY subjective, and do get a lot of comments but the topics are complicated and often not well tagged or in specific communities and stuff. Nature things are just overall easier I think lol
Well, it's not wrong to delegate to some good projects, but we should definitely keep most of our Hive Power... As you said, it is our "long-term vision" and crucial for building a healthy network!
Yeah that's so true. Sometimes I feel those people who delegate their full HP out to those accounts that give them tokens in return are just lazy to curate. Some people just post and post but don't take the effort to connect with the community which is kinda sad.
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Yeah, but most of those people don't grow exactly because of that... If you are lazy to check others and support them, you will get the "same medicine" from your potential audience... I heard a lot of times people who come to some author, support the post, comment, and after not receiving the reply, never come again...
Yeah that's so true!
Interesting! I was wondering multiple times, how people manage one post a day... and it feels like that would (if you putt effort, comment, interact etc.) take at least halve of the day, which me personally I do not have, or couldn't keep up with either.
The big upvotes are nice too meanwhile supporting your neighbours is definitely what makes the difference, is there any other platform where people would answer every comment they get? No! Surprised me at first and made me appreciate the social part and support even more:)
Agree with you what you said... I do sometimes a few days in a row of posting content, but it's hard to catch up with all the comments... So, I take breaks... 😂
THere is no person who doesn't like whale upvotes 😂, but those small upvotes are the "long-term investment"...
Thanks for the comment! Appreciate your time!
Indeed!! and it is nice to know that there is a person behind each of them...:)
I appreciate your time too!:)
That is one of the reasons my VP sits on 100% when I take a break.
Whalebots actually increase disparity and their standards of voting are not very open.
Well, I'm not against curation projects as most of them are doing a good job... The issue is that curators who work for them can't "catch" all good content and that's why we should do our part of the work and manually upvote people...
I have to admit that I do follow some curation trails, but only if my VP goes over 97-98% and that's very rarely the case as I don't take breaks 😂
Thanks for your opinion! Enjoy the weekend!
I fully agree.
The votes that count the most are those we receive from our neighbors, from our pals in Hive. They are the relationships we build from engagement.
I have never been able to write every day except on the rare occasions that I have been able to do the HiveBloPoMo, but I try to show up every day to comment and vote for others' content. Some days I have more time, and some days I don't, but I think manual curation is the way to go. That's not to say I don't support curation projects, I even do some for one of the bigs one. But there is a lot of content that is left out. Sometimes because it doesn't fit the criteria of the projects, or because we are human and some of it goes unnoticed, that's why it's so important as you say to be able to have control over our Hive Power if we want to make some difference.
That's exactly what I wanted to say with the post... I know that many curators are doing a great job for some whale accounts, or curation projects, but there are always those "different posts" that don't fit in the "category" and we can't forget about them...
Support good curation projects, but also, do manual curation with our own Hive Power... There has to be a balance, and we have to take responsibility for our actions... It pays of with having more friends on the chain (and out), and there is no currency or crypto that can measure that!
Thanks for the comment and it's always a pleasure to notice that other people think in the same way as I do!
Yeah, the weather has also been a bit of an issue this side. Even though I am not vlogging, a morning walk definitely contributes to my creativity and motivation.
That's a big truth! When I get up and see sunny weather, I'm already feeling good... And daily walks help a lot in getting rid of stress, anxiety, etc...
I totally understand you, not all power should be handed over to these curators and also people should not just aspire to be voted for by the whales and now, in hive it is important to connect with as many people as possible, there is a whole ecosystem here , where you can find people who think like you. sometimes just a comment can create a beautiful friendship!
I would just add on this... It's not "sometimes" but almost "every time"!!! Comments are the most powerful tool of HIVE!
How do you feel about the 24-hour rule for curation? I'm so pissed when I discover good posts that are 2-3 days old. Some of them maybe I already had opened to read but didn't get to them.
It's definitely much better than a 5-minute window, and having the order matter for the rewards, but we are still oriented on the very short term.
Well, I share your opinion... I have already forgotten why we have this 24-hour curation curve implemented at all. Why not 2-3 days?
I know it was something about "milking the rewards pool" on the last day, but we still have 6 DAYS until the payment... so, I really don't know why 24 hours...
And I have the same problem as you... I mean, I do upvote posts after 24 hours, but I know that many people got blocked by the "unwritten rule" of NOT upvoting posts over 24h at ANY cost!
Maybe it's time for new public discussion about the "experiment" with this 24h rule, and maybe the downvotes thing again... we need a more "positive" attitude on HIVE...
Blocktrades explained it that 24 hours is enough for curators to discover new content. And the drop in half in curation rewards after 24h is because you already have an idea how the vote is going, you haven't taken the chance to vote for a new post before it had any votes. After 3 days it's practically useless to vote on a post for rewards, since they are 1/8.
His reasons aren't wrong, but still sometimes you already "curated" posts but forgot to vote on them until you had time to read them.
That's a bit subjective and definitely not always the case, especially on weekends... It should be chilled surfing on HIVE and not pressure to catch everything in the last 24 hours...
I tend to agree. On the other hand, I understand his position that early curators who find and bring posts to the spotlight should have a bonus. But you have much more experience with this, and if you say 24h is not enough, then we may be not the only ones who find it insufficient.
Yeah, these "neighbors" are the ones benefiting from each other. Haha. If only I had a lot of them but sadly they already left Hive. Oh well.
I used to do daily blog posts or articles on a different writing platform. Unfortunately it already stopped paying writers. Still it was a good experience even if it was challenging.
Well, I'm not that "old member" as you are, but I also remember many of my friends from the beginning left the platform, but some new ones came... Something similar happens in real life too, so nothing new... It would be too boring if we would have (only) the same friends for our whole life... 😃
Yes indeed. We can have new online friends too when the old ones have left the platform.
😄 As usual, you said what I said. I think that what most of us don't realize is that individually we also have the power to curate- it's just old problems, I guess. Personally, I curate comments as well as they're sometimes as interesting as the content itself. I also tried making a daily post but I think the quality suffers a little bit and even now, I am considering just to comment and engage instead rushing to make a post 😊. Since I am back home for a few months, I should be more active on hive and not all over the place hehe. I hope your day gets better!
Well, if I didn't say everything in the post, you added the rest in your comment... 😂
Unfortunately, this is a huge truth... That's why I'm on a mission to remind people about that in my posts... I found it crucial for people to understand that they DO HAVE POWER! I know that compared to whales, 5-10c looks insignificant, but it's not like that...
And regarding upvoting comments, I do understand that it is harder to upvote them when people have lower HP, but that's another good way to engage with people and make stronger bonds...
Reading your "digital nomad" journeys, I was questioning what do you call home. 😃
Have an awesome week! All the best!
It's true though, like 5-10c might look insignificant but just think that with that amount consistently, it's going to matter quite a bit. Also, you're right, I should correct it as "my parents' home" haha 😂 home is where I make it to be and where I feel safe. I have lower tolerance to constant exposure to people, so I've been tired with some bullshit and I just wanna have my private space, eat for free and not stressing out about going out the country a week before my visa expires for a while hehe. And other things that I need to sort back home. Anyhow! have a great week, always love reading your late night blogging though it might take me once in a while to write something but I do read it 😊
It's nice that you have your small "sanctuary" at your parents' home... 😍
And thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad that you like these rambling posts... At least, someone enjoys them... 😃
It is a different kind of hard work to be blogging everyday!!
I hail those who do so!!!
I know that I enjoy creating blogposts, but if I would do it every day for a long time, it would become a hard work... :)
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