Yay, congratulations on your 1000 followers! Somehow, I missed basically all of your posts lately. I think I'm too busy with... stuff... I'm not even sure. I miss a lot.
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Yay, congratulations on your 1000 followers! Somehow, I missed basically all of your posts lately. I think I'm too busy with... stuff... I'm not even sure. I miss a lot.
Stuff certainly does keep people busy. I know the feeling. Votes have been down, views have been down, but I keep plugging away and things are starting to normalize, kind of. I miss a lot too, but I follow a lot of people and try to bounce around. The recent hardfork messed with a lot of people, far more than it helped, which is unfortunate.
Yeah, I guess it's also to do a lot with the new members, making everyone less noticed. You know, I keep my rewards up a bit now with randowhale. I feel kind of bad for using it, but I don't know what else to do! It's not like I'm depending on my Steemit income, but in the next few months, I actually could really use it.
I guess I should mingle more again, but I'm not in a socializing mood most of the time :D
I have mixed feelings about the vote buying. Personally, I don't use it, because I feel others need it more. In the long run though, is it worth it? Spending money to make money is nothing new. Is the max potential vote still 5%? If that's the case, the max vote is only worth $5 minus what you spent. Then subtract the 25% curation reward pool at the end. The numbers don't really add up, in my opinion.
Yeah, it is a bit of a gamble, but I figured if my posts look to earn a bit more, maybe people will be more eager to take me seriously. I dunno.
You know what it is, everyone seems so focused on new members and supporting new members, that all the minnows who've been around for a while get lost in the mix somewhere. Someone told me a while ago he was surprised I'm not a dolphin yet, but I never got a big break from whales for anything. Newbies seem to sometimes get hundreds, simply for being new.
Not that I want to look like a whiny little baby, crying 'It's not fair!'. But it does feel like that sometime. I've been doing my best to help people out where I can, but stuff like that always goes unnoticed. Simply being new is way more effective it seems. It's just frustrating at times, so I'm testing out ways of helping myself get noticed. If commenting and blogging doesn't work, maybe post payouts will.
I understand that logic completely. I've experimented myself. I actually explained some of the psychology in this post. Even with my trademark flashy images, catchy titles and reputation... if I don't have money beside the post, people seem less likely to look. Followers will look, eventually, but catching new eyes on my work has become difficult.
It is strange that so many established members got cut off, or feel cut off and expressing that isn't whining. It's a simple fact. I don't understand the logic behind supporting new members, and leaving old ones in the dust. Sure, new members will be encouraged to stay, but older, proven members will leave, taking their SP with them, so that won't help retention or the value. Shortsighted thought process.
Aah, that's a good post. I do keep upvoting my own posts. I have experimented with keeping it at 0, but that did not yield good results at all. I don't feel like I'm entitled to a piece of the pie, but I do feel bad that newbies get favored over me, simply become they're new.
I'm not the best blogger out there, nor am I the best photographer. I enjoy my own written gaming stories and have gotten good reviews, but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea. However, as far as I'm aware, the quality of my posts overall hasn't dropped, yet the number of upvotes has dropped dramatically. I have over 1000 followers, so it feels really crappy when I see newbies getting five times as many upvotes or payouts for something that's no higher quality than my posts.
Yes, I do think we should be kind to newbies. I've actually shared quite a few newbie posts a while back to get them some extra eyes. I just feel that we can welcome them in other ways, besides leaving the established members in the dust.
I agree. So many of us had to work our way up, it was incredibly difficult, but satisfying as you progress, much like a video game. It seems like some of the new members have the game on easy setting, while for many us it only got harder. I'm not one to give up, or give in though. I'll take the challenge, but I know how frustrating it can be. You're not the only one feeling the way you do. It's actually quite common and that is a tragedy in the making.
We can change a few things though. Lately I've been encouraging more and more people to vote at 25%, and often. That will negate many of the ill side effects we're experiencing here and help many pick up where they left off. My 25% vote is still worth more than what my 100% used to be, and that's the same for everyone. More votes at that rate would add up and we'd see the increases in payouts so many were looking forward to.