I like it. I think it’s fun. I’m not sure if I should post my comments like you do, with one in kanji, another all in hiragana, and a third in English, for beginners to follow along, though.
It doesn’t seem like too many people are able to respond in Japanese, but maybe this will awaken a desire to study in a few people.
Thats what I was thinking. Looks like some nuked the rewards already for a few posts, and someone said it was scammy. My intention is not for the rewards but for practise and fun. I think you know that, but funny others dont see it.
That’s something that has always bothered me about Steemit/Hive, how straightforward and judgmental people can be about what they are convinced is the right/correct way to use this platform.
It does seem like something that would be more appropriately placed in Discord because it is more of a chat room, but this is supposed to be a social media platform, so why can’t it be done here.
Maybe to placate the people who are so adamant about posts being rewarded their ‘true worth’ and the others who feel like other posts shouldn’t be rewarded more than their own, you could just continue the forum and publish it with the no rewards settings.
For me, I can throw up some nature shots, add some commentary and Wala, a decent payout and a "respected" post. Put up a chat forum post, and actually spend more time with it than the nature stuff and receive some blowback. Funny. Nonetheless, maybe what I will do is post every other day and see what happens. If you have any suggestions for the chat, and also if you notice any errors in my replies, feel free to point it out if you want. I would appreciate that.
It’s weird, isn’t it?
I wonder if making it an official community would make it more acceptable. Or a challenge. How do all of those writing prompt posts work?
Maybe posting a short paragraph template that people could complete would allow for more expansion.
私の好きな季節は( )です。なぜというと、( )が( )からです。
With an explanation of key expressions.
I’ll think about it some more.
I thought about making it into a "community", but I was thinking more of one central place for everyone to comment and even feed off each other's comments, etc.
If it were a community, could you make a weekly post, pin it to the top of the community page, and then have people comment and chat the way you described above?
That might give it a little more structure.
Yes, it could be pinned, however people may post into the community instead of feeding off the main post (which isn't necessarily a problem but), going against my original plan which was to have one central post to keep all the comments in one place and thus encouraging a back and forth between interested people creating a synergy of sorts.
Another idea, which is a little different from a chat, is to post five kanji every post so that people can follow along and study them. That way it could turn into a study habit for you too.
People who follow along could post pictures of their kanji notebook, or something like that.
You could have beginner kanji, intermediate kanji, and advanced kanji. Or maybe just go through one at a time starting from first grade kanji and moving up.
Interesting idea. Do you consider yourself advanced or intermediate, just curious? Myself, I used to study heavily some years back, especially when I lived in Japan. Lots of calligraphy (is that what you call it?). I found that really helpful in memorization. Used flash cards too. Recently my interest has been sparked again, after a looooooong break.
I’m definitely not advanced. I’ve never formally studied the language. I’ve only picked it up piece by piece, one new life experience at a time. I never really know if I’m making mistakes or not, or if I’m communicating like a native speaker or a second-language speaker.
About five or six years ago, I spent a year studying kanji and grammar for the JLPT 2 and passed, but I don’t think I could pass it now. Since then, I haven’t studied at all.
My home, though, is basically an all Japanese language environment, so I’m very conversational, but I’m also very limited by lack of vocabulary and knowledge of expressions, etc.
You are in a place now where what you learn now is just icing on the cake really. I know some that live in Japan for decades and just never get into the Japanese language thing at all.