RE: How Do You Feel When You Spend All That Time On A Post And It Earns A Cent?
In the early days, I had many, many post that didn't even earn "Dust". (meaning it didn't register a penny)
I felt disappointed and frustrated at times. I must have also felt hope because I kept networking, posting and trying.
To be fair, I am not an Author nor a want to be Author. As a result, I have never been that focused on expecting rewards. I kind of approach it from my post makes what it makes. The value of steem for me is in the long-term value and each post is a way to mine or express or share.
Over time my faith in the ability of the community to self-correct when things times are tough has grown.
I want all those new minnows to join, it might be hard at the beginning but as their stake grows and more buy in the value of this site will go up in my opinion.
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.
@whatsup is a whale and one of the core community members I respect so much guys so his advice here is gold. Take it home. Meditate on it and keep pushing and looking for ways to advance the platform as you would a coveted invesment. At the end, like he said, it will pay off.
I think that I just reached being a dolphin. However, I make it a point to actually use and interact with the site. I want my investment of time and money to pay off, not only for me, but all of us early adopters. (That means YOU)
Look at your account's estimated balance what if Steem reaches $5 next week. (could happen easily) May or may not happen. This is why I am in it. I don't care about a few dollars today if I might have stake in many dollars tomorrow.
Thank you for the kind words @richguy, I am glad you are here.
I remain grateful to you. You may not know how much I regard you here. You helped me in my post that crossed $200 for the first time about two weeks ago. That helped me alot.keep doing good, you never know who is watching. That is life for you.
I think a lot of people get scared away because they don't see initial rewards at first. This is a great way to approach things @whatsup, following for future
Focus on 'original content' and the rewards will come. We're in a small pool of Steemians right now. We are Steemit pioneers no different than the pioneers who settled the west. Through shear determination they carved out a new world for themselves. Patience.
This is one thing I like to consider, that steemit is still in the very early stages.. However, this can be a good and a bad thing I think. What is your best explanation of 'original content' @brian-rhodes?
Good one!
In my opinion, 'original content' is that which is born from one's personal emotions or thoughts translated into words, images or work in order to satisfy one's desire to share using a public medium for the purpose of giving insight into one's psyche and to increase one's influence and
acceptance.
That's the more philosophical view. A less cerebral definition my be 'An expression of anything that is uniquely yours that you wish to share'.
Interesting, I will definitely be considering this thanks @brian-rhodes