If someone is new and has a low reputation (like me), does that mean more people will decide to not read the post because of the low reputation?
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If someone is new and has a low reputation (like me), does that mean more people will decide to not read the post because of the low reputation?
I think this is indeed the case. It is not what we would like to achieve as a group (at least, from my perspective).
Well if this the reputation number is actually causing this popularity mentality when checking posts. Wouldn't it be smart to not show the reputation of a person before someone actually clicks on the post or visit the person's profile?
The game changer would be that someone has to click on the post first, which means they will also get to see more of the content of the post and they already made the click anyways to get there.
Thats not a bad idea.
It's more likely less people will read your post merely because you don't have any followers at the start, so your posts aren't turning up in people's feeds. I suggest building a following and reputation before you start putting effort into top level posts, by interacting with people on other blogs.
Oh I didn't know posts wouldn't show up when you don't have many followers. Do you happen to know how many followers are required for your posts to turn up for everyone?
Your posts will turn up for everyone searching the New page automatically. You don't have to do anything for that, but not so many people are following that page all the time. The issue is that without followers, it will be hard to get to Hot or Trending without being in anyone's feeds. You are only in people's feeds if they follow you.
Right now it's kind of like Twitter. If you tweet there with no followers, nobody will see you tweet. At least on Steemit there are some people scouring New just in order to find good posts for curation rewards.
Ahh okay, thanks for the explanation. Here's to you seeing me on the "hot" page one day then haha.