OK, so that was a terrible "Clickbait" headline, but it WAS an exciting moment earlier today when I noticed for the first time that my post from yesterday had actually made it to 6th place in the "Trending" feed.
Yes, OK... so it was 6th under the #cats tag, but I'm a cat... so it felt like an accomplishment worth celebrating!
Especially given that I am not PAYING to be there, with bid bots and other tools.
Which brings me to another point, related to most of us trying to build a presence here on Steemit: We may TALK a lot about "not paying attention to the Trending feed," but I wanted to use the above event as an example that "avoiding" the Trending feed makes less sense if you're looking at it by specific tags.
If you look at Trending "by tag," it CAN be a really good way to find some high quality and well-deserving content. Many of the less used tags will lead you to content that's there for an authentic reason... not because the author paid $100s for it to be there.
Just something to keep in mind, as you search for good content!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday!
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Congratulations @curatorcat and I think you make an excellent point!!
Thank you! From poking around a bit, I just noticed that most of the "bitbot issues" seem to be related to the major tags like steemit, bitcoin, crypto, blogging and such.
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You're welcome @curatorcat! Yeah, some people drop soo much sbd on them..out of my league. I use them a little but not too much.
More cute pictures of you would do wonders.
Agreed! I think I need to get into Ye Olde Computer files of old kitten pictures!
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I know the feeling.. I was excited when I just made into the top 50 trending..
Yeah, and for me it's not even about the rewards as much as it is the recognition. Gave me the feeling that I was "doing something right!*
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Precisely my feelings.. I would love to see at least one of my post a week make it to trending.. If not more..
Congrats! 😸
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Another great advise. Thank you so much!