It seems strange to me that people think that the more you post the more successful you are. Actually, who knows, maybe that's a thing. I just don't understand how. Personally I feel much more enthusiastic about reading (and I'm much more inclined to upvote with my very limited upvoting abilities) when I see someone post once or twice a week. But hey, maybe that's just me?
Perhaps posting a bit less will give others a chance to miss me haha...
When I see an account that doesn't post much, they turn out to be small-time quitters or big-time early adopters that are either making their money another way - or have such a large following they can manage to post less.
After months of trying to post almost daily and still find the time for video, I'm glad to be letting go of the posting obsession and focus on my strengths :)
I just try to be picky with what I put out there and make sure that I'm posting high quality content. I could post my freewrites every day but some of them are just... meh. I want people to expect something worth reading when they visit my blog, but maybe I'm putting too much thought into it. Sometimes I see people posting 8 times a day and it's all like, one paragraph long thoughts.
I think of all the posts I made last week, only three really turned out to my liking... So as the popular meme goes:
For me, it's a tough balancing act... I want to be at the top of my game, but the cost has been too high...
As for quality, sometimes that's a bit debatable with my posts, I just try to pepper humour and insanity in the mix when I'm too tired to produce anything else :)
Sorry to be a total weirdo but I just took a peek at your wallet (is that rude?) and, wow, that's what you've done in a year here!? I need to be following your formula. Whatever you've done, it's working.
Let's call it honest and direct XD
Sadly, I have no whale sponsors and I'm not part of any shady vote circle. In the last 6 weeks I've been blessed to have frequent "orca" support (which will likely taper off), but the "secret" is one that leaves everyone discouraged -- I simply bought my way in when prices were around 1 USD... I'd say 80% of my steem was purchased.
One of the reasons I'm currently powering down is so I can trade with my funds, because (as we've already discussed) posting can be wearisome and the results unpredictable.
If I had traded my steem back and forth for a dollar-based crypto since January, I think I could have tripled or quadrupled them by now... definitely more enticing than the 12- 16 hours I used to spend creating posts and commenting, etc...
I'm not complaining about the system so much as just leaning toward what I think will work best for me more quickly and effectively. I'm generally positive about steem long term and hope, if I can manage to successfully catch some good trades, to uplift others through delegations, etc.
Waiting around for whales just hasn't been cutting it :D
Well, that still looks pretty impressive to me!