Don't Hold Back Your Best Content While Rewards Are Low
From what I understand, hardfork 18 changed the way the rewards pool works (7 day payout) so it will take some time for it to fill up again enough to see the same rewards we were seeing previously. Some may think, "Well screw that then. I'm going to hold off on posting my best content right now until later when I can get the rewards I deserve."
That's understandable, but maybe there's a better, more profitable long term view:
Now's the time to post my best content while others aren't motivated.
If you're posting your best while other authors are slacking off, you'll attract more new followers who are looking for great Steemit authors right now. Over the long term, those new followers, and their votes and shares, will be more profitable to you than any rewards right now.
I'm starting to see this at work for me. I now have over 1,000 followers (!!!) which is amazing (Thank You!). With all those eyeballs, I get more votes, more attention, more engagement, and ultimately more fun.
Followers and readers are what bring value here. Don't forget, the real currency of Steemit is relationship.
What I'm curious about now is how the trending page will change if the same, high-paying posts will stay there for 7 days... hmmm.
Thanks for making this post, i an new to steemit and i notice a lot of the people that have many followers are only Resteeming other people’s posts.
Which makes me think that i should hold back my original content until i have built a following and that i should just resteem instead. if you have the time i would appreciate your thoughts on the people who only resteeming but have no content.
Many of those "resteem only" accounts are just bots. I did a post on flagging them recently. I do not recommend resteeming often (you can see from my own blog, I don't do it all that much) because people will want to follow YOU and appreciate your writing. If all they ever see on your blog is resteems, they will have no way of knowing if you're a valuable enough writer to follow. My suggestion is to start now and don't stop. Don't compare your beginning to other peoples' middle or end. I've been blogging for 13 years. It takes time. Be patient with it and enjoy the process. For years, very few people saw my writing, but I was learning and getting better at expressing myself. That made it worthwhile. Today I get to enjoy some of the rewards of those efforts.
Can I get a hell yeah! Good post. Also am curious how the trending page will look with the 7 day payout. We shall soon see.
Indeed we shall!
Great point! True Steemians shouldn't be motivated by payout. Steem on!
What should they be motivated by?
By the need to create quality to make this site an actually reputable blog! Even if a payout doesn't come from valuable content, it will add legitimacy to this platform, and hopefully attract more users to it. Meaning a larger pool of people potentially upvoting and paying out.
By the true value of Steemit as mentioned in my original post.
What is the true value of Steemit? There are so many better sites out there. If you want to discuss stuff for free, there's Reddit and Facebook. And message boards of specific content.
All are better than Steemit.
I view the value of social media platforms via relationships, interaction, and "social" activity (see the "real currency" post I linked to in the OP for more on that). That means a social media platform is only as good as the people you follow, the people who follow you, and the interactions you have that turn into relationships. This post, as an example, currently has 71 comments and many of those comments are from people I've really enjoyed getting to know and interact with over the last 9 months.
For me, no other platform has that right now. When you make blanket statements like "All are better than Steemit," please recognize that's a very subjective statement. For you, all others may be better. For me, they are not.
If you want to talk about UX/UI or network effect or time on site or some other concrete, objective metric, then you are 100% right. The other sites blow Steemit out of the water right now. It's only been a year though, so I have high hopes.
Good points although I have also seen some new "glitches" regarding resteems and replies that make me a little wary of posting content atm. However, I don't only post for the money but because I enjoy interacting with my followers and the community. So @digicrypt will proceed as normal!
Yep. I've been doing software as a service for 10 years. There are always glitches. So far, one year in, I'm still quite impressed with this place. :)
Agreed :)
Well, I'm here to write and share and this is my primary social media platform... and I'm a social blogger, so that's that, and that's what I do.
I do like the idea of ramping up on quality content while a bunch of people are sidelining themselves in service of "let's wait and see." I'm just planning to go forward as before and hopefully that approach will serve us well until a "new normal" is reached. And beyond.
Oh yeah... and congrats on reaching 1000 followers! That's a pretty major milestone... wow!
Thanks :)
It's fun to see how much people care about those place when it changes.
Steemit made an announcement.
I'm glad to be in your 1000+ strong. :)
I have no intention of holding back from posting... I just wish I had another me!
Thanks @merej99. We do have a pretty cool tribe forming here of positive thinkers who want to see this place succeed. Thanks for being a part of it. :)
I like your positive approach. I totally agree with you ^_^
Thank you. I think there's always a beneficial way to look at every situation. Everything is a learning experience and everything has a different meaning from a different perspective.
You're absolutely right! If doesn't feel right at the moment, but it does mean, more votes, more time to get exposure and all those things.
I got a new idea you might like and I mentioned you as one of the few... the diamond feed. Let me know what you think..
I like it! I left a comment.
Very nice article, bud...
Just the motivating write-up I needed to read to get myself back into overdrive! :)
All the best and congrats on reaching over 1000 followers! :)
Thanks EzZy!