I always drone the mantra Content + Networking + Time = Success on hive. It is a 3-legged platform that falls over when either of those legs is shorter.
I am reading a focus on the networking side of my equation in your post. Definitely as important as the others and not so difficult. In the beginning, I found people to follow on the trending page and engaged each with as thoughtful and valuable a reply as possible. I kept doing it when those authors valued the engagement with an acknowledgement of that value and followed the ones who engaged back. I try and upvote and reply to every meaningful reply on every one of my posts. I am not sure anyone even notices that or values it but it is just the right thing to do for the community.
As far as content goes, I make it hard on myself because I am a copy writer for a marketing company and am a stickler for a clear message. Though it might not reflect in the posts themselves, I agonize a little too much over the content and style while forcing myself to keep it social and informal.
I don’t share enough posts as I try and keep my blog rather clean and am selective on what I make appear on others feeds because they follow me. You get those people who reblog 10 posts and it fills up your feed with extra noise among the gold?
Anyhow, I would say a valuable post is one that inspires or entertains to build community in some way. Not necessarily the hive community all the time but I mix those in too. If people can practice their writing and communication, learn some things and get some global perspective along the way, the monetary rewards seem to fade into the other intrinsic benefits as you do more networking.
Hive definitely was a Pandora’s box for me and quality posts are definitely part of it.
This is part of it for sure, but it is also understanding as to what is required to hold Hive up. Adding value can come through coding too for example, but that doesn't necessarily get rewarded socially.
Exactly. It shows something in how the account engages back. Too many now are dumping posts for large rewards, but aren't actually engaging with their audience well. There are several examples in trending where it can be seen. It is taking the audience for granted and, doesn't add nearly as much value as the community.
Sorry. :D
This annoys me and I end up skipping past their shares. quality over quantity is the need here.
When I say Hive, it is all on the Hive chain, like splinterlands, Dcity or leo - it doesn't have to be hive content, but that is all Hive community.
Exactly!
On a side point, I find it funny how some people/curation engines/Hive content police deem something good or bad, and leave it that way forever. An example that comes to mind is @actifit. It is another neat front end which encourages physical activity and is as inclusive as it gets. Because the posts were sometimes lacking in content (Some would just post results with little or no content, images, engagement value) it is seen as a lesser post when it might be amazing. Or someone missing a source link by accident, then getting downvoted eternally from that point on.
That is a bit of a tangent but I think content value is a sliding scale we need to be constantly checking ourselves and others on as we build the community.
Until recently, I skipped over actfit posts, because so many of them are lame. As a freewriter, I know many of those are just as lame, but a select few really entertain me and I make sure to visit and support those stories. So now I know that Actfit posts can be fabulous too, it depends on who is producing it. If they produce other great posts, they don't skimp on their actfits.
And this is the thing! They are creators - they can be creative across topics.
"Topic agnostic" :D
We incubated actifit recently, could be that authors have noticed that if they put a little bit more effort into those posts they could get some extra rewards for it, along with socializing more, etc.
Incentivize good behavior and it generally works better than disincentivizing bad. Always worth doing both :)
Focus on it about 75%/25% amirite :P
Completely agree!
I know I retitle the default, add a dozen pics, tell a story for each and share a real post and they are max 1/3 of every other post as far as rewards go. ;)
So happy to have you back with us! You're always a good read.
Some people would put effort into their actifit, but when it all looks the same, it gets treated the same. It is similar for the people who post their Splinterlands end of season report, straight out of the form.
With sourcing and that, I also find that it gets taken to the extreme a bit much, but at the same time, I also reckon people here should think more about what they post, as plagiarism and image theft is major. I say safe by only using my own content :)