I'm not really sure if the hot, trending and promoted tabs add anything, though.
Personally I ever now and again look at the hot tab, but the others are a complete waste of time in my opinion. You'll almost always see the same names, nothing really changes there.
But you are right, it all comes down to hard work and perseverance, some posts get a lot of votes, although they seem completely useless to me. Mostly due to a large group of followers, that will upvote anything.
Let's also not forget that commenting on posts can add a lot to one's rep and visibility. In some cases you can even make more money by just commenting, than by creating a well-written post.
Because a comment is (usually, most of the time not for me) a quick and short reply, you can do a lot more in less time. It's a numbers game after all.
A welcome addition would be to have multi-language support. If I don't see all the posts in languages I cannot read and am not interested in, that will remove some of the clutter.
But as you said, it's still in beta (feels more like alpha at times), let's hope we'll be able to see some big steps in the (near) future.
You get new followers, you get big upvotes through this way. It's about exposure.
Totally agree, engaging comments get upvotes too!
This post aims to help my followers make the change .
If you don't believe, then watch this post after 3 hours lol. Things can be a bit predictable sometimes.
LOL, you're still on the Hot section, but down to page 13 by now. But it's 4 hours now, so I'm a bit late.
Don't get me wrong, but you've already managed to grow quite rapidly. Which is great work, but that also makes it easier to end up in the hot or trending tab.
I completely understand what you're trying to do here, don't take my comments as criticism.
It's just my own experience I'm voicing here, and I am not so arrogant to think I'm very different from the majority of people.
It is a real shame we have no reports about the views on the different tabs, that would help to determine how important it is to be in one or the other tab.
Guess we'll just have to wait for the communities, see which changes those introduce.
Really? I don't even check the hot tab these days if I'm still there. Though, I get to check 'Freedom', 'Animals', 'Nature' trending page sometimes, and I was a little bit below those popular bloggers there lol.
I'm also not very different from the majority, but I try to help as much as I can, especially to fellow writers. I've read a lot of really good posts of my followers and I just want them to make a decision for what's best for them.
Anyway, the writers help the investors in return by providing good content to keep the platform (safe for their money), and the investors are helping the writers by promoting their posts (not just monetary reward). So if I have the choice atm, I will invest straight away. It's win-win for everyone.
Let's wait, what's gonna change in the upcoming months.
I go to the new tab more than trending. I like to see if I can give some minnows a bit of encouragement. And, I find some great people to follow.
I'd love some encouragement, don't be shy ROTFLOL.
Yeah, that is nice. New tab should not be ignored. It is where we can discover great talents.
Me too, I even have to scroll really down sometimes and just write some comment.