I've been trying to chill a bit from hive stuff lately, not cause prices may be low or anything, but I think for the first time I'm getting this kind of mental fatigue that I haven't really experienced before.
I can't however completely get away from hive as there's a lot of things that require my daily input, especially in terms of voting. My focus lately has been curating posh shares which takes quite a lot of time out of my day.
Some people I've been talking to suggested that I'd automated it or vibe code an AI to do it for me but I kind of fail to see how that could do it better or even good enough. I do mean to delegate the task further at some point but there's a lot of voting power we're talking about so it's not always easy to find people you can absolutely trust and at the same time to do the work for some hive rewards. (maybe that part may be price related)
There's a lot that goes into the curation of it, off the top of my head, here's a few things:
how often has this account been sharing today/lately
how often has this account/other sharers been sharing in that subreddit
is it an image or link share
is it one image or multiples
is it shared to a frontend that checks views (peakd/ecency)
has the share received any engagement on reddit
is the sharer's reddit account engaging or just sharing and ignoring redditors who may become hivers
how big is the subreddit in terms of subscribers/weekly visitors compared to the upvotes the share received
how much voting power has been spent on this particular sharer the last week compared to their sharing results, etc
there's probably other things as well but maybe this could give you kind of an idea of why coding an AI to do it for you may not be something I deem realistic at this point in time, although I'd be happy to be proven wrong - but then we'd have to oversee the curation anyway which could, if made public that a person isn't curation, bring in more attempts at abuse than already the attempts of abuse we've been dealing with so far.
Other than that things that have taken my time have been zing stuff, things are moving slow there still. People think/assume that just because we got DHF funding to help with payments that things are going to magically go faster foward, when in reality that support just helped make sure our gamedev can stay with the project to see it through and that other devs and artists can get paid who were behind on payment. Part of that payment is also going solely to the HAF NFT dev that we're collecting now and we've already burned through quite a bit of the "overhead" we asked for to create more artwork (beta stuff) along with designs for crafting and gathering professions.
Anyway, I'm not going to get too deep into all that in this post, I'm quite delayed on posting an official one on @holozing with things like zingtober results, holo dust december claims, a few new creature reveals along with something else I'm not gonna share here yet.
So while things are moving slowly forward it's also becoming a bit overwhelming in a sense where, we got so many different things going on and all of them are at some part close to completion along with the time it's taking that it feels like I'm spreading myself so thin that I keep forgetting things we've worked on on the game from the past because it's just been so long that we tackled that thing that we now are continuing on. If that makes sense. Like I have to take a new look at work done a few months ago because the sheer amount of things we're doing is so big that I have to re-learn what we've done and how far some things are before I can decide on the next move.
I'm hoping that our alpha testing, both private and public will be a success to the point where we have more community input and assistance with smaller things from the community so that it's not just me "behind the wheel" so to speak. It'd be great if eventually we could also afford someone else to do the day-to-day organizing and looking into that things get done and I can step into a more "big picture" role of the project as it becomes more "decentralized".
For now we gotta keep on the grind however, even with some breaks here and there to remain sane.
Other than that I've been spending time playing POE2 or watching Curb your Enthusiasm lately. Haven't been recording or streaming however as that's felt like too much of an effort for my current mental state, lol.
Thanks for reading!
It's always good to have a bit of rest here and there, you certainly deserve one given how productive you are. Good luck on the testing and soon the launch too! I am sure many has been waiting for it.
This honestly sounds like a very real kind of burnout, Maybe a middle ground could be a short trial period with limited scope, like for maybe a week trial period or something. That way you can see how it feels, how trustworthy the process is, and whether it actually reduces mental load. I get that even while doing something you love you can still get mentally exhausted.
Downtime, sometimes one needs it to get creative again. Certainly in times of lots of noise. Great how you keep working on your projects though. Great post and thanks for sharing
Take it in stride brother, we need you at 100%. I need to do a holozing post soon. Moderation is the key 🔑.
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I understand the mental exhaustion, taking a break for a while can really help you get your focus and energy back for all those tasks.
There's no harm in taking a break, my friend, to maintain your mental health. Taking a break will help you refocus. Keep up the good work💪. Take care of your mental health, it's crucial.
Downtime is always essential especially when working with screens and thinking about so many projects.
Just a few days to touch grass😂
Rest is an important thing to the body. The period of your rest can be a period of calm and reboot to come out afresh and strong.
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Sounds like you are having a burn out man so you should definitely take a break from some activities and focus on what's absolutely necessary for a few months. I personally was on a vacation for the past 2 days because of this.
Maybe someone else from ocd top curators can help out. I'm strongly against auto voting through a system like AI or other means though. I have seen people taking advantage of this extensively on a different platform. A human's insight is necessary in this particular area because a code can't judge a person's work.
Just the zing work is a full time job, in a real life workplace that would be project manager, add the curation... It's more time consuming curate properly than write posts
Some good comedy might help mind relax, oh and more gaming
You have really made us know how you feel and how the state of your mind is right now.
I suggest you get some rest, ree quip yourself and come back. To continue.
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