Every minute of the day, new posts are produced on hive. I realized that I tend to spend less and less time consuming content on Hive and I was wondering why. There is probably one dimension that is related to myself. After 6.5 years on Hive, I have the feeling that it gets difficult to read posts every day and I struggle to find content that I find interesting. This doesn't mean that the posts in general are of lower quality, it simply seems that my interests are probably less broad the older I get and I also have the feeling that there is less new, innovative stuff around.
That is why, I would like to ask a question to you all:
What is the reason why your read posts on hive?
I will share here some ideas why I read content, and I would like to hear your opinion about it:
Learning new things
One of my biggest motivation to read is that I want to learn how to do something. I like tutorials for example and also content that makes me discover new stuff.
Because of the rewards
I realized that I'm much more inclined to read something and give a comment, when I actually get some appreciation from the author. If I get an upvote to my comment and even an answer to it, it certainly helps.
In order to network
Hive doesn't work like most other platforms. You can only be successful if you build some relationships. Reading content of chosen authors, commenting and interacting can be a very good way to build a network that will help to grow faster.
To get another point of view
One thing that I really like is when people take position about a certain topic and share their own opinion. I think that this brings the discussion forward and can lead to nice things.
I'm sure there are other reasons why people read content on hive. But there are also reasons that prevent me from reading content. Here just some points that discourage me from reading:
- The title doesn't inspire me
- The content is too short or too long. If a post is 150 words, I simply skip it but I also do it, if the post is more than 1500 words...
- It's a similar post every day. I have about 1000 books in my house and I never read the same book twice. I hate to read the same thing over again and if somebody produces similar or almost similar posts, I'm not so interested.
- When people not defend their own opinion but repeat what somebody else says. Then I can directly read this persons post...
This is a very personal list of things and I probably forgot some. I would wonder to know how it is about you. Why do you read or not content on Hive?
I'm looking forward to reading your comments!
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I read a post on hive to get acquaintance and to learn new things (especially about the crypto world). Also I read to also receive rewards. Hive is about interaction. It is through reading and commenting on others post that I interact with communities.
It's definitely a good approach to read and comment. This will open the door to meet new people and also grow your influence on hive.
I follow a few regulars whose posts have constantly caught my attention, and thus read most of their new posts.
I also read some posts when the title or the picture/photo catches my eye. Whether that translates into a follow and regular readership is another matter entirely.
Last but not least, I'll also pay attention to some posts which are trending with lots of reblogs. It's usually some kind of big news/drama - which makes for an interesting read once again. 😜
I do that as well. There are definitely some things on hive that shouldn't be ignored :-)
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It's a good way to reward people who comment on posts. It's a good iniciative I believe because it rewards interaction and commenting.
I read posts on Hive because I enjoy staying updated with the latest news, trends, and discussions within the Hive community.
Additionally, reading posts on Hive allows me to find inspiration for my own content and connect with potential collaborators.
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That's a very good point. I often struggle to come up with a topic for a post and it can be really inspiring to read other people's content.
Hive is a really big world to follow all the communities, although even in the ones I don't follow there are extremely interesting posts.
I found several communities with the most interesting topics for me at the moment, a lot of interesting authors whose posts I read regularly, I vote on them and I also give my comment on some of them 🙂
Thanks to the posts in the favorite communities, I saw some interesting places to visit on my next trip. I learned a lot about Hive finances (what is important and how much), I started drinking Craft beers and with all that I improved my knowledge of the English language.
It's great that you found communities that really bring you added value. Also I think you have a good mindset with a willingness to learn and discover new stuff :-)
I do have a list of favorite authors on Hive from which I generally read (or listen) to their content. I don't always write a comment unfortunately, but in a high percentage of cases I upvote posts I read if they are within the 24 hours limit (and they deserve it, in my opinion).
Besides that, I am constantly looking for posts that may be of interest for my Hive news roundup. That's between 20 and 40 posts every week, most regularly between 25 and 30. Of course, I check out many more posts to narrow them down to those numbers. They are often in addition to the ones from my favorite authors.
Like you, given that I need to go through so many posts, I have formed a "defense" mechanism. The title plays an important role. When I look for news, if I don't understand from the title what the post is about, I just skip ahead. I noticed some interesting posts as actifit posts (not related to physical activity). But I will never look for news and rarely check the content of an actifit post, unless it's from Actifit itself or its creator. I feel the same way about any kind of bulk content, where several types of unrelated content types and information is presented in a bulk instead of separately. They seem hard to follow, and reduce the chances of people interested in any of them to read through.
I think that often too little importance is given to the choice of the title.
I thik that the fact of doing the Hive news roundup is a very good motivation for you to go through posts and keep on top of what is happening on hive. I often read them and you are kind of doing the job for me lol. Thanks for that ;-)
Like most things we consume online, the title catches our attention. Just like traditional Media, the headline is the main clincher. If anyone still consumes MSM, they will know the headline doesn't even reflect the post nowadays. It's all about grabbing that attention for the first five seconds.
This post is a prime example. I saw the title and thought, "Oooh, let's read that" even before I noticed it was you who had penned it. It is well worth the read (including the comments), much like most of your posts!
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The title is the one thing people should spend a bit more time on. The title will define whether people actually click on the post or not. I often write my whole post first and then I spend 5 - 10 minutes to figure out what title would fit best. I'm happy to see that this one attracted you :-)
An interesting topic ! I have exactly the opposite problem to you. I could easily spend all day reading posts, and need to sometimes wheel myself in and make sure I write my own content as well. If anything, the biggest problem I have is not enough vote power to upvote all the worthy things I find !
In terms of what I read, once I've finished checking comments to my posts I tend to start with a few favourites - authors I've come to think of as friends, so upvoting them is a gesture of support and recognition. Then there are communities with posts that interest me. Finally, I'll sometimes just look at trending posts or pick a community at random, and wander around reading things and upvoting the ones I find interesting. But it's all a little random; my work life is pretty structured, so coming here it's nice to go with the flow and see where the internet rabbit holes take me :)
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If I got this correctly, you kind of let yourself getting immersed into hive and you read what you catches your attention and then navigate accordingly. That's a great way of doing it and it probably brings a lot of surprises :-)
Exactly ! It's endlessly fascinating to see what people write about here. It's really helped me appreciate different perspectives from around the world 😀
Like you, I read what caught my eye, like your question What are your reasons to read a post on Hive? This caught my eye and I wondered what others had to say.
I'm happy to see that my title attracted you to read the post. I agree that it's great to see what people comment here :-)
I read publications when the topic or the author interests me, and also when the information might be useful to me.
It's true that we tend to read some authors more than others. I also have sometimes the issue to be open to content of people I don't really know.
I agree with you, the more time passes the less interested I become, the less curious I become. Everything seems to be the same, could it be age creeping in?
At Hive I like to read to learn something new, especially about finance. What catches my eye is a good title and a good cover.
I think that this is definitely part of the explaination. Especially for me lol :-)
Age has come for me too!
I haven't had as much time so I tend to just read posts from the people I network with. However, I do think that a good topic will also interest me.
In the past, I had a strategy that I tried every day to interact with one person that I didn't know. This would allow me to grow my network but I realised that it was difficult to keep a bigger network supported with commenting and reading. Nowadays, I read too little content because I lack time to do so. I spend hours just answering comments on my posts, the ones of liotes and the ones of ctpsb. So that very little time is left for commenting on other people's posts which is a shame...
I think there are many factors and it's hard to pinpoint one single reason. Different people write different topics, and even for the same person, they can be writing about photography today and then Splinterlands tomorrow.
For me, I think it's a mixture of the stuff you listed. If I have to rank, probably the content has to be interesting and to my liking. After that, then it's the networking, the appreciation, etc.
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I think that the topic matters definitely but I also realised that some authors don't really answer comments and that tends to make me avoid these authors. Even if their content is good, if they don't show appreciation to comments given by others, I probably will ignore them in the future.
That's true!
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There are a few things I factor in, familiar author, interesting content, participation posts like contests or bounties, questions, reward sharing, etc.
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