In Hey Steemains - Let's start a #discussion! I proposed that we try to grow the #discussion tag by creating posts that spark engaging conversation, and encouraging users to participate in the discussions. So far, it has been a huge success!
- There are currently over 120 active #discussion posts!
- At least 30 of the posts are making more than $5!
- Tons of comments are making more than $1 in payout!
There have been many great discussion posts, but this one from @whatsup was my favorite! Users were asked to share memories about their first car. It was great driving down memory lane, and learning more about my fellow Steemians :)
Here are a few of the great #discussion posts that are currently open. I highly encourage you all to check out the posts and participate in the discussions! Don't forget to upvote comments that you read which are adding value to the discussion.
- STEEMIT: STEEM: Game Development: Opening doors... discussion
- Community Series #11: What Day Are You Living For?
- Discussion: What Was Your Worst Job? I Clipped Fish Fins.
- Should the "public officials" behind "sanctuary cities" be arrested for 8 USC 1324 violations? - Discussion
- Elon Musk Proposes Semi-Ballistic Global Transport
- Discussion: Imagining a Life Without Imagination
- #Discussion: Is Bitcoin In A Bubble? Or Not?
- Why Public Education Does not Work (Discussion)
- Let's Discuss Does Flexibility At Work Matters
- A weird question I have after a debate with a Flat Earther.
- AskSteemit #3: How did you stumble upon Steemit and what was your initial thought?
- Local lady buying up items from thrift shops and selling them.. oh no!
- Racial Reconciliation - Main Stream Media - Being Politically Correct - #discussion
- River of Snakes: thought experiment
- Is it better to keep your steem and steem dollar in your wallet ? or withdraw it and convet it into bitcoin ?
- What is your Life Mission?
- Which Do You Value More: Freedom or the Well-being Freedom Brings?
- Prohibit the possession of weapons after what happened in Las Vegas? (Discussion)
- The Fear Effect...
- A Discussion About Guns
- Why people would rather be on Facebook than on Steemit - This is my observation
As I said in the original post: This is a grassroots effort. We will start small, and will hopefully draw in more people. I am impressed with how fast the movement is growing. Let's keep it going!
For those creating #discussion posts, here is a snip-it that you can add to the bottom of your posts. Feel free to tweak it however you want.
## This is a #discussion post!
A #discussion post is intended to spark an engaging conversation with the community. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussion below with thoughtful comments! Remember to upvote the comments that are adding value to the discussion. You can read more about the #discussion tag here: <a href="/discussion/@timcliff/hey-steemains-let-s-start-a-discussion">Hey Steemains - Let's start a #discussion!</a>
If you copy and paste the snip-it above, it will look like this:
This is a #discussion post!
A #discussion post is intended to spark an engaging conversation with the community. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussion below with thoughtful comments! Remember to upvote the comments that are adding value to the discussion. You can read more about the #discussion tag here: Hey Steemains - Let's start a #discussion!
Thanks to everybody who has been participating! This is going great =)
Everything which get started begin small...but soon will be very big man! I love this #discussion tag and will be doing a post on it soon!
Cheers
Hello @timcliff, just slightly off topic here. When I first viewed this page a few minutes ago, it had 145 views. Prior to starting this entry I reloaded the page 5 times, and the view went to 150. Oh and please note I always open in a new window. When I finish this post I will reload the page 10 time raising its views to 160 for illustration purposes. it seem that during the last minor upgrade some calculation went awry. Re-loaded pages neve used to add to the view count, at least not when i would look at mine they never did, now they do. I do not know if this is a significant, (I doubt it), but it is still an error that may need to be looked into. I tried leaving a message on the steemdev chat site also.
Thanks for the report. I forwarded it to the dev team.
Thank you very much for bringing it up
Hi @timcliff, The most engaging posts at Steemit are those whose author incentivize their readers mostly through upvotes. I can quote couple of examples here. What's your take on it? #discussion
I try to reward quality comments to my posts with upvotes. I think it is a great way to incentivize participation :)
That's true. What could be some other ways to incentivize readers to get more engagement.
About a month ago timcliff shared his post's revenues with contributing readers.
This comment has received a 27.27 % upvote from @upgoater thanks to: @stimialiti.
Great idea. Is there any requirements in the questions and length of the content? Etc? Thanks
No. I posted some guidelines in the original post, but there aren't really any requirements.
Thank you! Would definitely follow up. Best
Good idea! Have to think of a good subject :)
You don't have to in order to participate. There are tons of great discussion posts already created that you can join :)
Cheers :)! Lets make the comment-sections one big party xD
It is a wonderful idea. I hope it gets to the height you intend for it but many I've noticed don't engage in discussions here. They prefer it on discord or steemchat. Well, it's a worth it. To join a discussion, here I go.
I loved this idea even before you featured my post! Thanks for continuing to push the idea. Thanks for the mention also. I will be checking out the other posts mentioned.
If I am confuse to something like new coins or other ICO i think this is the right place for me to ask some question.
It seems like a good topic to create a #discussion about.
Yes sir... absolutely true!
Yup, this thing is going in the right direction, I guess the discussion tag would come in top ten very soon.
Just posted my second post on discussion an hour ago!
Keep discussing!
i like this idea with the discussion posts, i found some of them where i could participate already :)
Well @timcliff, I am all for #discussion posts. Actually, I suspect most of mine are like that. And those are indeed what I usually do. Posts to make peeps think, create awareness about stuff and of course; generate interaction inviting folks to true heated debates & healthy discussions.
But yeah! I am already convinced that I'm failing miserably pursuing those goals thru my somehow weird and extravagant posts very often. In fact, these experiences of 'not even attract spam in my posts' is not something new for me Haha. I've been failing getting feedback towards my babbling content since ancestral times. If you are interested in know why. I think you could get some clues taking a look at this post I wrote 7 monts ago where I tell the story a little. ;)
As for the rest, of my already wonted soliloquy. Let me tell you, that the most recent post I wrote barely yesterday. IMHO, it's an authentic source to attract interesting debates and with the true power to generate intense discussions too.
But yeah, you already guessed it. As usual, not even the crickets have come close to singing there so far. "And despite this article already had the #discussion tag before posting it"
I dunno if you had already stumbled upon it and it did not interest you or drew your attention cause the strange title/headline as to lure you to click on it. But in case you are curious enough to know with what new madness I have come this time. Just click here and check if this post deserves a thoroughly read and is worth a damn to discuss about.
By the way mate, I've just edited the article to add your cute snip there at the bottom of my madness. }:)
Cheers!! :)
Well, for me I am generally not a fan of super long posts. I have a limited amount of time, and I like to be able to consume a lot of content within that time. I'm not saying long articles are bad - you can write whatever you want, but you will just need to work on finding and building an audience that is more into those types of posts.
Haha, then, by that claim I might infer you've still didn't read none of those linked in my previous comment. ¿Right? LoL
And I bet, probably none of the previous ones on my blog either. ;)
But no worries my dear friend. I'll wait patiently until you take a vacation, break a leg or something and eventually be honored with one of your well appreciated comments expressing your opinion in some of my provocative posts out there. And hopefully, that you also be the actual spark that initiates a great firestorm and a very nutritious #discussion inducing people to cook their crude marshmallows in some of them. Cheers!! :)
Indeed it is a good. More of a reddit :) More interaction through comments. I can related to forums and bulletin board discussions. Good start and I'll also start an interesting discussion soon :)
Hey @timcliff I really think your emphasis in these types of posts are important and so I’m going to try to engage more people in constructive discussion also. In the wake of all these shootings, I made a post about guns which I think is a very important topic! Thanks for reminding us Steemians about the important of a good discussion! 😄💯♨️❤️
Yes it is correct, comments should be literate and on the topic.
Hello @timcliff, sounds you are really envolved with steem and helping all the network grow. Please acept my witness vote as a piece of gratitude.
cheers!
Cool, thanks :)
Thank you very much.
This is a very nice concept and it is well appreciated.
Hi @timcliff, hope you're doing good. First Off I appreciate your Positive thoughts towards this awesome community. Secondly, I'm totally agree with you that #discussion hashtag should be promoted and everyone should participate in this regard. This hashtag must be added in Tags and Topics Section. Great Job man. Keep it up & Stay Blessed!
Thank you fot this information, I will join one of those discussion. Nice ! :)
loving the #discussion tab - thanks for featuring my article!
Excellent idea @timcliff any certain requirement !
Not really. I provided some guidelines in the original post.
What an idea!!!
So cool!!
I gotta remember to check out this tag tomorrow, thanks for the reminder (-:
Hiiiii @timcliff, wonderful proposal for live discussion where everyone can share his problems, views and also guideline. thanks for creating that kind of idea, much appreciated.FOLLOWED.
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good post sir
It is fantastic idea.
I love your idea..keep posting..
Good idea!!!
Thanks, it's an excellent post.
Hello everyone. Here's my first discussion: Should you move from instagram to steemit permanently? Please leave your voice and Keep it steemin'!
Im following u and trying to do as much research as i can out here. Your article waa really helpful thanks
Great idea
nice.....
Great tag of #discussion ....i love it...thanks
Hi @timcliff
I will gladly use #discussions and make a post where I will try to make people engage in the the discussion
I will write the tile itself if you agree
"@timcliff #discussions How to avoid Scammers"
And of course use the #discussions as main tag
As soon as I have you reply I will gladly Make a post About it
Best Regards @greatvideos
Good post