RE: Engagement Rates on Steemit Vs. Facebook - Why Numbers Don't Tell the Whole Story
Registered past summer albeit started using the website only weeks ago.
So far i loved this platform and when it comes developing meaningful contacts, here it seems definetely more of a possibility as i have already discovered so many interesting people that i hope i will even end up meeting in some meetups!
In some ways, though, it's weird. The kind of engagement here it's promoted by monetary/power reward, isn't it? Does that promote genuine contact or shallow? Probably both. But similarly to reddit, there are ways to get your post upvoted and that way is to be actually engaged in posts you act on. That to certain extents certainly help authenticity.
Off topic: cool you! Saw your interlinked post on Intermittent Fasting. I am currently experimenting it and so far so good! Not popular idea, but instead of making my cognition slower and more easily fatigued...quite the opposite!
Regardless, followed you and resteemed!
I think tangible reputation has value, and in order to maintain that, you also need a solid identity to attach reputation to. Steemit has applied a monetary reward toward reputation, and not just popularity which is a difference. I am new to the Steemit world but I find more reasons in the content to want to engage with VS just scrolling through. Perhaps it is the innate competition of the reward system that makes people want to post quality content VS just volume of content?
Great insights @jeftek! I think you are correct that the monetization of content does make people want to actually interact more often then simply scrolling through posts like they would on Facebook.
Those who focus on creating consistent, quality content will do well on here. :-) Best of luck to you getting started out! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Thanks for the thoughtful response @destrudo. I think you were right that the monetization of content certainly drives both quality and shallow comments. I think people are usually pretty good at seeing through that though. For example, I always do my best to give upvotes to quality comments, but will not vote a comment that is spam me or makes it obvious that they didn’t even read the post.
Also, very cool that you are experimenting with intermittent fasting as well! What style of fasting are you doing? Also, it’s great to hear that you have had such a positive response to it. I am only two weeks in, but have been very happy with how my body and mind have felt.
Thank you for the re-steem! That was so kind of you.
Safe, dudette! Had to resteem (& follow) given the quality content! A bit of a late answer, these days have been so busy!
In all honesty, i can't say that i am following a real pattern because
i am defectivei don't experience much discomfort so i try to stretch my fasting times as much as i can.We can say that i surely adhere to the 16:8 pattern that involves fasting for 16 hours (sleep hours included) and an 8 hour timeframe in which you are allowed to eat
the world.I even ended up fasting for 48 hours few times (In the name of Science) but personally that is well beyond my sweet spot because i started losing the cognitive benefits i obtained and started feeling a bit weak.
Overall, i absolutely love it! So much so that i am thinking about making a post about it myself! Hopefully we will get new recruits in our would-be-huge masochistic army ✌️
It’s great to hear about your experiences with fasting. I am actually thinking about switching to the windows of eating model, giving that a try. If you ever do a post on fasting, I would love to check it out!
Man... 48 hours would be tough! Good on you to do that though!