Curious as to what @crosheille @wil.metcalfe @mattclarke @tobetada @starstrings01 @keco @midlet and @finguru think. Do y'all value headlines as much as I do? Any tips for me to improve? With some people 'voting blind' without even reading posts, do you feel headlines are 'extra important' as it might be the only thing that gets read before 'upvote' is clicked? I'm curious... 🙏
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Headlines are definitely important for me, especially now that voting has become so much better after HF25 as it encourages manual voting. I really love the changes so far as it feels much more organic. The problem with that of course is that it is difficult to find posts that one would have wanted to vote on, e.g. I didn't see yours until you mentioned me.
You seem to do fine with headlines as they are always very precise; of course the thumbnail is also important (or even more important) but I love your illustrations so you got that right as well :)
So glad to hear they're important to you, and yes, excellent point regarding the improved voting now that HF25 is here.
And hmm... very interesting thoughts about 'finding posts' manually. Are people who want to see my posts missing them? Is this increased with the new HF? I'll think on this, thank you.
Yes, I wrote about the combination of thumbnails plus headlines here, and you're right, they're both extremely important for anyone publishing online, imho.
I'm honored to hear that you love them, thank you! 🙏
well I guess people have to pay attention to their feeds (maybe I am not using it too well :D) peakd also got an improved search site https://peakd.com/search which is working much better
I may be in the same boat as you, not using my feed as well as I could be. I wonder why that is. Hmm.
And yes, I saw @jarvie 's video on the improved search, it looks like a great improvement! Hopefully it helps more great content be discovered and rise to more prominent positions. :) 🙏
I must say, your headlines are really powerful and surely, they do a good work in getting clicks.
Yes, I believe and value headlines....
For a newbie on Hive who has not really gotten much notice and connection on the platform, great headlines is just one of the things that's needed to give them the visibility they are looking.
Most times, people set autovote on who they trust in the value of content they make and also the connection they have with the person. In general, great headlines, great content and building connections is the step to getting the upvote without having it to be clicked manually..
Thanks for sharing such an interesting post as always.
Thank you kindly, good sir, and I'm glad you believe in and value headlines!
Great point about newbies, I've been here just under three months, and I believe my headlines (& thumbnails) helped me get some momentum. I hope other newbies benefit from what I'm sharing here, but it may rely on places like @newbies-guide curating them and elevating their visibility. Anyway, I'm glad you care about newbie's experience.
You make a great point about autovoting. Do you think the latest Hard Fork will encourage more manual voting? Will that make headlines even more important?
Great food for thought here, and thank you for sharing such an awesome comment as always! :D 🙏
Definitely, it would encourage manual voting but doesn't mean there would be lesser auto votes. It would not change the mindset of people wanting to support their favourite authors unless there is a fine for setting one on autovotes.
Headlines will always be very important never still, with or without auto voting. But with manual curation being encouraged, it gives authors (like me) more chances to get into the light if we learn how to make good use of powerful headlines and making quality contents.
Excellent point. Definitely something to keep in mind.
I totally agree, great things to add to the discussion, thank you! Looking forward to more authors getting into the light, quality-content style! :) 🙏
Thanks for tagging me, your content was worthwhile reading.. Nowadays, don't really have much of the time to go round engaging asper I am still in school.
All good, I totally understand, wishing you lots of success in school. Happy to tag you in future posts if you find the content worthwhile and feel it would be helpful, let me know. :) 🙏
definitely... you can tag me.... I would appreciate it.
In general I imagine it's pretty valuable, although for me personally most of my bang is in the thumbnail.
I imagine you're right! And you do have some beautiful thumbnails :D Still, you have the choice to have a thumbnail with bang and a headline with bang, or just a thumb :) Food for thought I'd say, and whatever you choose, I wish you lots of joy and success! Thanks for contributing to the discussion :) 🙏
Gosh. I have been thinking about this one to @ryzeonline! And it’s relevant to... as you and I both put in vast amounts of brain juice, time, and maybe even a little money into producing good to great content. I feel you pain and have felt it for the past 3 years of being on this blockchain. I have had to console myself by setting my own standard for content... and also making sure that I don’t vote a post unless I have read it (or bookmarked it for reading later on.) Another thing... I am a firm believer that what comes around goes around, whatever you want freely give it away to others (who deserve it!). An example: Need support. Give support. My mantra: “You get what you give so give it everything you got!”
Another thing I keep in mind... people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care... so engagement is something I’m always trying my best to keep up with.
One last thing... this is all about trust (and attention) and everything moves at the speed of trust... so Wiebe it comes to people... fast is slow and slow is fast.
This is another reason to Power Up as well... as it shows that you have skin in the game... people take note of this...
So yes! Off the cuff... this is what comes to mind... but I’m still doing my best to figure out how to get people to actually read my content as well. I think that’s why I value comments and the friendly environment that goes with them so much.
I guessed that you'd have some interesting input, and well, here we are! Great comment, thank you.
I respect your approach of:
And I operate similarly. It begs the question though, in a noisy world absolutely flooded with headlines... "Am I giving an eye-catching, attention-grabbing first impression with my headline, or am I phoning it in with a lazy one?" and "What am I really 'giving,' when I write?"
Definitely food for thought for me, thanks!
Exactly, and in my experience, they're looking for that 'care' in how much effort and energy was put into the headline/thumbnail. That is people's first impression and they're deciding whether we 'care enough' or not based on that alone. If it seems like our headline/thumb has care in it, they stop and click, if not, they keep scrolling.
At least, that's my experience. :)
Yep, we're all learning, myself included, and I felt this was a worthy point to look at, one that may benefit others. Interestingly, not a single person has taken me up on the free offer on this post, so I wonder, how much do people actually want their content read?
Anyway, glad you enjoyed the post / comments, and thanks very much for contributing to the discussion. Wishing you a great day man! 🙏
Oh yeah... and one other thing. I’m a “Heck Yes!” or “Heck No!” Sort of fellow... what this means to me (at least with my personal account - this one) is that I UPvote at 100% (if I think someone deserves it) or I do NOT vote at all... this means I’m putting serious effort into reading before dropping my vote. I also believe that Hive is an opportunity for us (as owners) to practice our democratic freedoms, it’s a chance to evolve humanity and vote for what we want to see more off.
Anyone who knows this (or thinks the same way I do) will show up in my post votes as 100% upvotes. This is my way of reading the signal and separating the noise. This is how I know who my people are. They value me... and on Hive this translates into communicating ACTUAL VALUE.
Yet another reason I LOVE HIVE!
I vote in a similar (but not exactly so) fashion, and I tend to read and digest fully before doing so too.
Very interesting way to use it as a filter to find 'your people.' Creative approach! (I could write a 20,000 word post on 'value', lol.)
And your love for Hive is palpable and inspiring :) 🙏