RE: Let's Talk About Quality Content. (Just Because I Can, And Because Everyone Else Does It!)
I hear you, and I feel your "pain."
For some 20-odd years, I have been part of a vast array of social content sites — some that compensated contributors, some that didn't — and the bottom line is that I am inevitably disappointed.
Social content and social media isn't — are rarely was — about quality. That said, it's also not necessarily a popularity contest.
In order to keep my frustration at bay, I instead ask the question of whether or not something adds a measure of value, in-context. Most Actific posts, and now DrugWars battle posts don't add shit, so I don't tend to curate/upvote them. A cute original picture of someone's cat? Maybe it does add some value, within the context of what we're doing here.
Sure, I have friends here... but I still don't go around and mindlessly upvote every piece of content they put out there.
I originally came here because I enjoy a genre I call "social blogging." I'm still here for that, and it's still what I write... and it's still what I tend to follow and curate.
And yes, I often spend two hours on a post. In 2+ years, I think I managed to post four posts in one day twice. Mostly it's once daily, sometimes twice.
Comments like these are better quality than most posts in my opinion. I often turn something conversational like this into a post and I'm sure to some that's shitposting. With more of a following or auto votes coming in I think many begin to over-think their content. Just the same chronic shit posters on occasion create a well polished turd nugget.
As a mobile user I'm not focused on the perfect english or aesthetics of a post. I appreciate the time put in, but if there's nothing behind the bells and whistles what's the point ? And if there is something that constitutes "quality" in the content or concept it's not a must to look flashy.
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This. I guess you'd rather earn rewards on the articles you spent 2+ hours on, instead of a simple meme if you were to share that? - I know I would.
It's not that I hate memes or anything... It's just that a meme takes 10 seconds to share. Sure, it could take longer in case you came up with something original, but a written article would most likely take more time than any meme you could ever think of. I would like to see more rewards for that, than "less quality", but according to users here, memes are quality.
So, even though I probably shouldn't say this but, quality is in the eye of the beholder. Always have, always will. Some will reward my shitposts more than articles I spent + hours on and others will ignore my articles no matter the quality and no matter the subject.
Steem is strange and it's messed up, but it's also why I love it.
About cats... I don't know... I'm allergic. lol :D
I think one of the keys for me — when it comes to other people's posts/comments — is whether the post actually taught me something, or interested me in some way... or, at the very least, did the post tell me something about the author and what makes them tick.
And sure, Steem is messed up and weird... and I totally understand that not everyone will see it through the same lens of perception as I do, and that's cool, too...
I agree with you on that. That's why I ignore certain types of posts. You don't even have to call it low or high quality. It's just content. I like certain content more than I like others. That's basically all there is to it. As people often put labels on certain content, I sort of need to explain that the content I vote for is what I consider to be "high quality", but that's not entirely true. It's just content I like.