Somehow, it got to be March 1st.
That actually makes me happy, as I think about it — mostly because the days are getting longer and that means I actually have a bit of daylight on both sides of the hours I spend at work.
That's a positive both because I simply enjoy daylight, and also because it functionally makes me able to do things outside (and things that require daylight — like certain photography) after I get off work.
The Inspiration for Today's Title
Bright evening sky...
The sad truth is that I lost or misplaced my little wad of paper slips on which I scratch down numerous ideas for writing, and I think I had some fairly good ideas.
Unfortunately, I have the short term memory of a rusty sieve, so I don't really remember what I wrote down while I was waiting for the coffee to brew, this morning.
Instead, I went off and looked at my incoming feed here on Steemit. Although I can honestly say that the diversity is greater than ever, I would also have to say that the overall quality of content seems to be getting "thinner." Hard to put my finger on... but it feels more and more like a reflection of many people who used to be here to "create content and earn rewards" have stopped (or grown weary of?) paying attention to the content and are now here just to "earn rewards" by putting "something" up as posts.
I Don't Really Blame Them...
The sad thing is that I can't exactly say that I blame anyone for doing that. With each day that passes, it feels more and more like simply posting decent quality content and interacting with others is... not enough.
Bird on a log...
I found myself looking at several posts that seemed to have gained impressive results in a fairly short time... and then realized that if I removed the "upvote bot" rewards from the equation, many of them were actually earning less than a dollar and had two "human" comments. Or less.
$70.00 worth of paid upvotes; 80 cents worth of organic upvotes. I can't remember the last time I had a post voted up to $70.00. That's not the point, though... I can't help but worry that simply publishing content and engaging is no longer enough. Not because I don't care about quality anymore, but because every $70 "artificially inflated" post that comes to market makes my own "organically created" post worth a few cents less.
But those are "dem breaks," I guess!
How about YOU? What are YOU writing about, today? Where is your inspiration coming from? How do you come up with things to write about on days when your creativity level seems low? How is the quality of content in your feed, these days? Are you using any of the alternative Steemit front ends: Zappl, SteepShot, Dtube and others? How is that going for you? If you have been here for a while, do your rewards seem to be slowly eroding? Leave a comment-- share your experiences-- be part of the conversation!
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Created at 1803001 16:50 PDT
I need to write SOMETHING but I got sidetracked with spending some quality time with hubby this evening. And now I've got music blasting and catching up on reading posts and leaving comments. And since hubby and I were having so much singing and dancing I have a silly idea to make a lip sync video with him and post it on DTube because I think that may become a new hobby/obsession. But hey, I really don't post content for anyone but myself...which kind of sounds ridiculous because I love posting tutorials and helpful stuff... But it's stuff like that which brings ME joy.
Anyway, I wanted to stop by and say HI. I've missed you and your thoughtful, thought-provoking posts.
Hey! Nice to see you @merej99!
I have been scattered as of late; growing a bit tired of writing "nice" tutorial and life introspective posts for people to think about... and considering mixing in more of my "old school" (for me) fiery political/social commentary type posts... stuff that will probably earn me some hate mail, and tends to poke at some of the "sacred cows" in people's lives. Time will tell.
Appreciate the visit...
Been thinking about getting back to a state of just having a limited group of "core" follow/followers that all support each other, much in the way we did for that community challenge, way back when.
I've been so sporadic here that I'm just thankful there are still active people in my tribe who remember me. LOL As for mixing up the content, I say go for it. I love opinion pieces especially when spoken from the soul (or gut). Let 'er rip, tater chip.
Awesome sky but I don't think you would feel that way if you were here........In 4 years I never felt THIS cold ahahahahaha !!!
By the way @copensteem is happening - I'll post soon, the 25th of April ;) Spread the word !! :D
I remember a couple of "ice winters" from when I was a kid. We'd walk donw to Øresund and it would be frozen more than a kilometer out.
It's exciting that @copensteem is happening, though! I'm a little too far away (Washington state, USA) to just jump over and be there, but I wish you lots of success!
I know you're far :(((( It would be awesome to have you here! Just please reach out to Danes in DK, if you know any. I keep trying to find more but it's mission impossible as it seems...
Aaaaah <3 I moved from Amagerbro to Kastrup now and loving it :D The sea makes it all better <3
Yeah that really happens alot....i am a minnow hardly spend a month on this platform...i am in a phase to understand this platform....it is really complicated in here.....some things have become clear enough while someare still there as a confusion.comtent creation is really a tough job...i have been trying lately to create one , guess it was not enough to get visible enough to people......it made me dissappointed..
It takes time. You just need to be patient... there is no "easy money" here, despite what you may have read or seen elsewhere. Quite a few of my early posts made only $0.10 or even $0.00. It takes time to get known for something... and to develop a following.
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Nowadays I see more memes and photographs popping up on my timeline than actual quality content. I would say that it is good in a way since it affords people who are not very gifted in the writing field,an opportunity to still belong to this wonderful community.
About the next question, my inspiration comes spontaneously. I can't really say.
Today I wrote about a comdition where women vomit and stool blood during their menstrual period. You might want to check that out.
Less I forget, it is 1:57 a.m on 2nd March here in Nigeria. Therefore, Goodmorning 😃
I'm feeling exactly the same way and it's definitely kind of depressing. I just wrote a nice fiction piece that I think I'm going to make into a five-parter.... and while I really like it, it didn't do as well as I had hoped. It's about a Toxic Olympic ceremony that takes place on a ruined Earth that has been conquered by a race of aliens called the Zarkonians.
Yesterday I wrote another chapter of The Adventures of Nick Murphy which is a detective series I've been working on..... and that one took a long time. I don't mind telling you I think it's fantastic but I don't think anybody except for maybe 2 people read it.
I really appreciate those people. However, I do feel like people are coming here just to click buttons and get bitbots working and not to read, evaluate, and comment on other people's posts much anymore.
I'm really hoping that changes with the advent of communities.
i can not say anymore,just wonderful.
I just joined Steemit about two weeks ago. Today I am going to write a review about novel book I read, but I think I wouldn't have a time to write until the evening because of my work in the office.
There was time I got nothing to write, I just took some cloud photo and tried to know what type of cloud that was. It gave me addition idea what to post next time. But yesterday I wrote something different, the feedback I received also different but nice.
I've tried application to auto-upvote post, but a week ago I turned it off. I think it's not fair if I keep upvoting without knowing the content.
and the reward, just got a little of it, but I believe someday it will grow bigger ..
Congratulations
excellent photography.
nice one. here i think for me writing comes as the day breaks and i get ideas on what to write next. to maintain daily content is not easy as such i prefer diverse topics. love your post and the beautiful painting of bright evening sky and beautiful photo of bird. art is really inspiring. thanks for sharing
hey @denmarkguy, i appreciate you writing about this as i'm quite new here and even in my short two .5 months i have noticed a type of apathy start to take over in the last two weeks. i've wondered if it had something to do with the FulltimeG's "war" against the monster?? anyway, that seems to have sucked up many people with SP's attention of late and I think for us lower on the totem pole who are earning .01% of the reward pool if we are lucky, the numbers have gone down even further as the ones with higher SP aren't even really engaging with us that much anymore.
Steemit is certainly an interesting ecosystem. And where so many talk about how it can be improved, it's interesting to just dive right in and "play the game" a little (i bought a few votes from bots today myself) and see what happens.
personally, i have so many people i am growing to care about commenting on most of my posts, but none of their votes are worth a lot. as an account grows and starts to expect the $70 payouts (and if they aren't getting them, upvoting with bots so they do), do the organic, truly engaged followers leave?
if that's the case, someone please reach out to me now who has "made it" to that point-- cuz i imagine that's not satisfying...
anyway ,always thoughtful and enjoyable to reflect on the questions inherent in your articles, @denmarkguy. thanks.
excellent post ..loving to your blog.thanks for sharing..
You hit the nail on the head @denmarkguy!!!! I’ve been away from Steem for about 5 weeks now only checking in here and there. I think a bunch of factors played into that. The weather, February being a hard month in general, the quality of content here definately seems to have taken a turn and I needed a break from screen time. I decided today to come back and catch up with those who I genuinely follow because I’m interested in them! I still believe in Steem and look forward to writing again. We made it to March!!!! Spring is around the corner. ☺️
Ha, I have an excellent long term memory, but don't ask me where I set my keys down twenty minutes ago!
Thinner is a perfect way to put that. It has definitely gotten thinner. The vote buying structure has made a mess of things here. Many times big money on a post is deceptive because of it, these people aren't even breaking even from what they spend to do that hoping that they'll bring their accounts up enough not to need it...and finding out they still do.
I've used dtube a few times, but it's still a bit glitchy.
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Sorry, I am going to have to flag this-- this is just copy-pasta from the web.
http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/03/21/how-to-be-happy/
@steemcleaners @cheetah
It's my big mistake maybe cause i didn't mentioned the source . But next time if i copy something i will definitely include the source.
So please don's misunderstand me coz i'm not here to spread spam in this community .
I want to show people many helpful information that's why i did this .
Bless up buddy.@denmarkguy It's okay that you flagged my comment . But i just wanted to give people helpful information that's why i collected it . However chill @denmarkguy next time i will try to avoid my mistakes.