RE: How Do You Feel When You Spend All That Time On A Post And It Earns A Cent?
Won't disagree on initial posts turning to dust. Will not dispute that minnows will need to make more efforts to jump a level up.
But with more minnows coming in, the disparity in the earnings will continue to grow. If steemit were a site that was purely focussed on quality content, then the dollar value of a post should not be shown. If folks are jumping into steemit, it is not purely because of content quality.
I have come to meet a lot of good artists (more than the other blogging platforms I have been). So in a way, I will continue to create and curate in here despite my earnings. But to me viewership means a LOT!
Even if 10 people read my article and never vote I won't mind, so long as they take time to reply in comments (positive or negative), I might not be feeling this disheartened. On many days, I felt my articles don't lack quality, but I sorely miss feedback.
Luckily I found few peer-review channels in Discord. But don't you think that the growing community also needs to grow an arm and curate/ comment more?
I agree we need more people reading and doing more curation. Too many are voting on auto pilot. Most of the interaction I get on my posts are minnows saying follow me. lol.
Hahahahahaha....at that point I pity the dolphins and the whales because how many people can you possibly follow or help at a time? I guess you just have to try either way
As the platform grows so will the number of Dolphins and Whales. A nice and steady wave of minnows joining is ideal. Although, a tidal wave could cause short term problems but all will even out in the long run. But through it all if we reward 'original content' and deliver 'original content' the future for Steemit is secure.
Well thought out. The challenge is on the immediate. How the minnows feel as soon as they join. A very bad feeling of discontent can only increase churn rate.
So true! And that's where curation comes in - and not just by whales.
I completely agree with this. It's this disparity that can harm the space in the mid to long term. Redistribution of power is what HF19 was intended to do, and in some ways it did. Smaller players saw a bit boost in their earnings. But, it also diminished the incentive to engage with upvoting others.
As for earning dust, it really is about a long term investment, and if we slowly gain people who engage with us through comments and vice versa it's absolutely worth it. I agree with you there, absolutely.