Commenting is such an easy way to build profile and get onto people's radar and why people don't to it more, with validity and substance is curious to me. I recall over three years ago when I was a tiny little account...A comment to me was like striking gold and it gave me such a boost. I'd reply and start to build relationships, many of which I still have now.
Remembering this now is why I comment a lot still, usually 400-500 times a week with something like a total of 140,000 characters each week...So reasonable comments.
Rarely do I find someone who doesn't like me commenting on them and in fact I find so many interesting people who absolutely love to get some comments on their posts and feel a little boost when they receive them.
With this in mind I started the Friday #weekend-engagement topic which has seen over 5000 comments put on the blockchain in 15 topic-weeks. It allows people to comment and cross-comment and to build relationships in a fun environment. It's been great to see relationships formed through it and so many new people come along each week. Anyway, enough about that.
This is a good initiative and I hope many people get behind it!
You are so right about commenting, actually I am very fond f two people who leave most sincere and genuine comments on Hive. You being one of them and 2nd person is @creativemary.
I am going to explore more about #weekend-engagement , it does look very interesting and I'll try to contribute to it.
Hey! Thank you for mentioning me, I appreciate it, your comment made me smile😊 I'm glad that genuine connection with people is valued here! Have a lovely day!
Oh thanks mate...I am pretty passionate about it and spend a lot of time engaging - I know its value. I made 708 comments totalling over 161,000 characters last week so...Yeah, I engage. I want to build my account and help others do so also. Hive depends on it.
I've done 15 weeks of #weekend-engagement and have had a great result with so many actually forming good relationships which is what it's all about.
Week 15 topic:
https://peakd.com/hive-168869/@galenkp/weekend-engagement-week-15-funny-or-interesting
Week 15 rewards post:
https://peakd.com/hive-168869/@galenkp/weekend-engagement-week-15-reward-announcement-post
I also started the Engage the weekend Community - A community dedicated to the weekend! It's designed to promote some activity, comment activity, over the weekend when it's often a little quieter. I hope to build it up and to get some bigger accounts curating in there. My little vote isn't very rewarding for the posters.
Sorry, for the links, just figured it would make it easier for you to find the posts. The last 14 weeks are on my post feed of course.
Thanks for your reply, I appreciate it, and also the kind words. I am passionate about hive moving forward and to do so we need more people and more great content...Commenting is a reward in itself and will help motivate people to stay...I get really disappointed if I don't get good commenting on my posts and for a small account a comment or two can be a huge motivator.
Thanks again. I appreciate you coming by. :)
I can see that you are excited about this, new projects are great for Hive, you are right for newbies it is disappointing to see that nobody comments on your content, the same with automatic votes because at some point you feel that you don't have a real audience, but as I said in my own comment, we have to comment and create engage on other people's content too, if we only complain we will be part of the problem, literally I was everything that was part of the problem and yes at some point I noticed it, when you started to get more involved on Hive you start to look at things from a different perspective, I think that people who really want to be part of Hive are doing their bit in some way, although the ideal would be that we stop working separately and join forces in order to really achieve significant changes for this blockchain, bring the true human side to Hive and be a community. I visited your post and I saw that you have a very good initiative and in fact you have had good results, I liked it, I am going to join your community.
I just do what I've found works for me. I started my account with nothing and have built it to what I have today, the following and HP. Engaging with people, building relationships and nurturing has helped me do that, together with a lot of posts. These days if I can give a little back, help a few people, it makes me happy. There were over 400 comments on the #weekend-engagement post from last Friday - That's a lot of people getting involved, having fun and engaging with others.
I'm not sure what's right for hive, I'm not that smart; I just have fun, enjoy myself and avoid the drama as much as possible.
I'm excited about hive in general. I enjoy it, and so do what I do. If people want to join that's great, if not then that's ok too.
Thanks for joining the community, don't forget to post in it, to engage with the other members and to join the #weekend-egagement topic posted each Friday. It runs all weekend. Of course, that's just an invitation, not a requirement. It's a choice.
Hahahahaha, I know it's a choice !!! but actually I really like your community, occasionally I will be there, I would really like to create engage in other people's posts. And #week-engagement seems to me like reading a book but with anecdotes from the perspective of other people and I like to read !
Part of the benefit of the #weekend-engagement topic is that people are often relaxed, just being themselves and having fun. It's a good place to interject into a comment thread and get involved. People are there for fun and you will be welcomed. Also opening comment threads on other people's initial comment is good. They will respond and you're away...A relationship may form. That's the benefit, not the hive rewards I give away.
The weekend community is a place to drop weekend-related posts...Anything that's weekend-related. I use it a bit, a few others. It's meant to be fun.
Thanks for your comment.
Yeah In fact it was what I saw, the fun part, in a while I'll start reading the comments of your last topic, hahahaha, I think it will be something very fun to read
I am a little late on finding this post and reading it, but wanted to comment on what you said..
I really couldn't agree more. Both of them genuinely care about the chain and those who (meaningfully) engage within in it. They are AWESOME role models and I am a better Hiver for knowing them.
Sorry guys, Just thought I would put my 2 cents in there. lol 😁
Thank you very much for these kind words!
#beapartofsolution what solutions do we need now boss? ran into djbald from forky and followed the trail here. djbagman reporting in o7. also the names you make with appreciator are hilarious and also concerning. what are you doing with them all?
From what I have learned from you is engaging makes one get known. Apologies I haven't been too active on the weekend engagement but still I have trying my best to be active on Hive/discord and Twitter apart from my busy life work that makes me get home by 10-11pm.
As you feel, I always appreciate people commenting all my posts. It gives me the feeling that I have actual readers.
I try targeting my comments on small small accounts that pretty do not gain much rewards on their post to keep them inspired to blog again reason is because most new account here would not last up to 2 months if there are no rewards on their posts but having my comment there ending with a request of wanting to read more of their contents which they would publish later would actually give them a reason to remain active.
People do what they can, when they can and the real world should take more priority than the virtual world anyway, in my opinion.
Supporting newer accounts is important, helping them to find their niche and to support them through commenting; So many come along with thoughts of making big bucks in the first few weeks and that's just not possible, or a sustainable condition even if their initial post was to gain a decent vote.
I haven't missed you on the #weekend-engagement topic to be honest as there's always so many others willing to participate; I can't even recall the last time I saw you there. It's voluntary though and a person can't be everywhere at once. If you choose to stop by and comment on some of the newer accounts who also comment there that will be great, if you don't have a lot of time I understand you'll need to invest it in the places you enjoy or feel you will find better value.
All the best.
Just read well.. you haven' t missed me. Chai it hurts, any way the prodigal son would surely find his way back up home 😅