RE: Steemit 101: If You Want People to ENGAGE with Your Content... Create Engaging Content!
Yup, I have definitely 'lulled' from steemit for the last week or so (10 day..?).
Everything you say is correct, but my motivation was to wax lyrical, and getting paid for it, to be honest.
My initial ( and very content) target was to make 10 dollars a day, which I didn't feel was too excessive/greedy for my input.
I had to back away from steemit out of a sheer negative cycle I found myself getting into, because of lack of (how I perceived it) $ for my input.
I hate poker (considering I love games, that's kind of hilarious)- but can grind 10 dollars a day out of it - so I took a holiday from steemit -and made my 10 dollars a day since, doing something I get no pleasure from but by the end of the week, I find myself not in a negative cycle, and feeling my time was productive(at east a little)
Plus I CAN paint up my war gaming armies, while playing !
It's nice to be back though, in my refreshed state of mind..
Sometimes it goes well, sometimes it doesn't.
I've more or less given up on figuring out what "earns" around here and what doesn't... rewards have been on the decline for some time now, mostly the result of the falling price of Steem, but other factors as well.
Used to keep blogs elsewhere as well, and considered myself lucky to make $20 a month from AdSense revenues, so getting a few dollars per post here is definitely an upgrade, and every now and then getting $20+ is a bonus... and now and then $100+ and it "Woo-hoo time."
I mostly get a kick out of posting and interacting in a way I definitely do NOT find on Farcebook (where I don't get paid jack, period!) and that's a reward in its own way.