After being a steemit member for about 6 months now, there is one thing I have noticed, which I think could be improved.
When you post something, it remains relevant via the main 4 tabs for what is a comparitavely short period of time. After that it sort of disappears into the ether. It may get views from randomers on google, but they are unlikely to generate you money as only a small fraction of those will have accounts. Because of the large variety of content on Steemit, it is also unlikely that someone will search for it specifically.
There must be a way of making that old content useful, otherwise it is just taking up space on the blockchain (don't know if that's a legitimate concern) and not getting the attention it deserves. Maybe it's just a case of adding a few new tabs such as "Random". Or actually... now I think about it, a "Related" box with linked articles underneath the post you are reading might be all that is needed to bring the old ones to our attention. Then you can add another tab with a different filter that shows older posts that are still getting a lot of likes.
So how about it? I have no idea how Steemit works with adding new features, or if there is anything like this already planned. Maybe just like this post if you think it's a good idea and one of the developers will see it and give it some consideration?
I agree with you @joeviajo, its something that is a bit frustrating especially when some of your posts didnt get the attention you feel they should have. I guess you can repost again or link to them from other posts (which may get rewarded)
That was actually part of my reasoning for making this post haha. My first post ever I felt was very interesting and nobody even saw it because I didn't add a picture and had no rep. I want to repost it but I can't delete the original one so I dunno...
Discoverability of content is one of the ways in which we can improve significantly.
Related or pinned articles from the same author is definitely something we want to do but our team is focused at the moment on shipping communities and Steem SSO. After we get these out the door we will have our new UI designer on board full time and we will absolutely tackle this. It should measurably reduce our bounce rate, too.
FWIW the next hardfork coalesces the 24h payout and the 30d payout into a single, 7 day payout window. After 7 days, posts will become ineligible for further rewards.
Maybe there could be some sort of "like flow" calculated which reopens another pay window? If they get a new surge in likes I mean.
This is a great idea, and will be incorporated into our brainstorming about it. I would really love to see long tail content get rewarded beyond the 7 day window.