i'm not really comparing myself to the trending page, as much as using it as a defining criteria of value in the context of steemit. i love learning and providing the value of learning to those who desire it. i guess i am looking for a way to find more like minded people, without having to sort through so many people who are not looking for constructive conversation. the "waste of time" i referred to is the lack of response to posts. inspiring thought is an invigoration of dialogue amongst like minds. difficult to gauge success if there isn't response. building my following i do by example, probably not very well. i was raised a preacher, so, i'm not too big on the whole, "leave your nets and follow me" routine. i exalt in intelligent interaction. i'm not against giving but, sharing is bi-directional. putting up a post and getting no response is evidence that something is lacking. i'd rather get 5 replies than $5. this is not despair. if i had 20 of the kind of people who have already replied to this post, that would be better to me than having the eyes of all of steemit upon me. i try to never lack perspective. i'm just looking for like minds to share it with. this is my first month on any social media. i already count myself as wildly successful. posts like this one draw the most attention, i want to find out why. learning from others is the value i get. i'm sure there are others looking for the same. chat, i think, moves faster than i can fully elucidate a thought of the depth and complexity i enjoy. for instance, this reply, i'm not sure this would fit very nicely in the chat stream. i think maybe i'm repelled from the solitude of the post and the sound bite nature of the chat. thank you for your comments. i was so happy to be able to fit ENLIL into prose. thanks for reading it. i like that one a lot.
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This is a great response. I hope you stick around because these frustrations will come and go, but smart writing is what will eventually win out. I just recently wrote what I feel is one my best poems in the last 2 years and I think it got like 1.50$, while some of my other work garnered much more. Market forces are weird man. After reading your response, I'll be following, and if you stick around, I look forward to future dialogue. It's my general style to always leave comments for exactly the reason you outlined above.
i'm not adverse to a bump or two in the road. that is what keeps things interesting, and me, learning. i haven't written anything for anyone but me in 25 years, up until the last month. it is almost like getting back on the bike, except this particular bike has been stored in a not so waterproof shed for 25 years and may be missing some spokes. i'll be sticking around. i'm not frightened away too easily. thank you.