I was at Yoo.rs a Dutch platform that pays for views till eternity, you can earn extra by up voting and I mainly joined the writers group and writing contests.
There were no prizes but many who hosted one, writers who published, posted it on their sites or Facebook as well.
The plus of that is you can also be found on Facebook. The payout is good/fast and the plan is to add a translator and all languages. The past month there were many changes and the site was hard to reach. All bugs are still not out of it but I started posting there again.
Writers/Authors are not appreciated here. Steem has nothing to do with good content and to be honest I think it is a waste of your time (days of writing) to get no comment or downvotes by people who hardly read and write.
Here it all has to go fast for the earnings and it is on to the next platform.
Partly I see it as a game too but not if I am the only one writing and it is mainly what I do not like to write. Actually everything I write is a rewrite. It pops up in my mind and I write it down but these are not the stories I like to write or want to leave behind. I am slowing changing it.
Many left, I think more will or perhaps they just join one tribe that feels better?
You are right, we all should write what feels good for us, what we are good at. Sooner or later that will pay back (and if this is not the place we have to look further).
Happy day 💕
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