RE: I need some help - Communities
Yeah I feel honored and happy to be on some people's voting trails, thats like a nice vote of confidence in me... but one sad result of the voting trails is that some of my favorite people never stop by my blog any more to say hi , or read what I write. Voting trails make it easier to support your friends via upvoting but it actually has a side effect of creating just a little more disconnection. Which in turn leads to less posting. Because we all want to be in actual conversation with one another.
Which, I think thats why the preference for long posts, and the pressure and rewards for super long posts, should be reconsidered. I think long and short posts have their value. But in order to really stay in touch, its kind of nice to just be able to say a tiny blurb sometimes, and have people generate a conversation from there. All things have their strengths and I don't think short posts, or just photo posts, should be frowned upon, especially if someone's blog also has regular length posts, too.
its specially hard to take breaks... i think its connected to the poor content discovery system we have. I've never taken one, probably out of fear of losing momentum, but i know great authors who have, and they've voiced how they felt affected by them.
I agree with you about the voting trails. I am guilty myself of scrolling through my feed and seeing that I already have an upvote for a post and just scrolling on by. I also think that shorter posts have their value too and think they can sometimes be easier to digest and engage with for readers.