RE: The Shit That's Bugging Me: Episode Three
It's been a pleasant sight when I'm noticing some authors who've been posting consistently, now getting rewarded and voted left and right by different curation collectives after the Hard Fork(s). Authors with good stuff.
You know, I have this crazy theory about it, on how to get votes. Come closer, please.Just a little closer.
Make quality content.
"Woahh, dude, that's like... that's like genious level type of shit that bends the space time continuum harder than Einstein coming from Goku's ass!!!"
Ok, hold on, don't get triggered, don't get your sensitive skin rashed by my soundwaves (or textwaves); you know, maybe, just maybe if you'll work on your content, people will vote it, especially when they now get more by voting than previously. Is it a possibility? Making so good stuff that the reader cannot help but just vote it. You know, I think I'm onto something groundbreaking here. I'm not sure whether anyone else has thought about it, but here I'm sharing this with you. First one is always free, if you're interested, you can get more for a coin. The latter was obviously a joke, and if you thought I was serious, please stop following Jerry Banfield, thank you, he's bad influence.
It was easy to see something was wrong when certain folks who actually do a good job struggle on steemit, but the post is trending in one of the tribes. So now, hopefully, things will balance out the good stuff can rise again.
Myself, I certainly don't expect to see the same reward outcome with each post now. It should fluctuate, and it is. That's how organic works. Those who depend on a circle and receieve rewards regardless of content always seem to remain at the same level, so with actual curation happening, they lose that circle advantage as well. Once in comfort zone, they rarely improve, people get bored, the blog stagnates.
Quality matters. And if not for everyone else, do it for yourself, so there's something to be proud of. It's also far easier to explain to the crowd something like, "Hey! I've been here for sixth months, working my ass off, and nobody is noticing! What the hell you guys!" Then people look and say, "Oh. Shit. Sorry. Thanks for getting my attention." If it's all shit posts though, then yeah, that's why nobody is noticing! Or maybe they did notice, and quickly looked away.