STEEMIT Dynamics: How a Blank Page Can Outearn You!
Hello people,
Recently I've been thinking about STEEMit and its model...
I've told you many times that this platform is the best way to make money online and that it is so easy that people who can't make it here can't really make anywhere else as far as blogging is concerned.
However, the dynamics here aren't based on your post's quality too heavilly but on networking.
You see, I've talked about the Gifting Economy and how it's the key to rise among the ranks of STEEM.
This explains why some people do so well... They do the things I always recommend them to do:
- They help others;
- They leave lots of meaningful comments;
- They do nice things;
- They virtue signal;
And much more...
Having said that, if you work HARD you can write whatever content you'd want to write... it would still earn reciprocation rewards.
This lead me to consider another experiment... the "Blank Page" project.
What's the "Blank Page" Project?
So, what's this project I'm talking about?
Basically, I'd create a new account and work hard on it, doing the same things I've done here and making sure to be a hard working and civil steemian...
...BUT!
My content would be adding no value. Just random stuff I'd feel like writing with no value whatsoever.
You'd see strange "poems and haikus" where I just type random words.
The odd picture, some meaningless vid.
I'd just publish crap.
Then I'd see how it performed and I would accompany that account growth.
This experiment would test whether people care about your content at all or just choose to help you out based on your interaction with them.
I'm fairly convinced I'd still be able to grow an account to a good size publishing only crap, but I'm not sure of it, hence the experiment.
Question: Is This Something You'd Want Me To Try?
Of course, I am curious, but are you?
Throughout this experiment I'd dedicate quite some time getting data, analyzing it, and trying to go over it.
I'd post some content dedicated to that experiment and that would replace some of my usual guides and articles so I need to ask...
...is this something you'd like to see as well?
You guys are the reason for my growth here, and as such you have the last word.
The Token Content Factor: Is It True?
Some people argue that what we publish on our page is just token content for other people to vote.
They say people don't care about your content at all, and don't even read it unless they have to. They just come to participate to fish for networking ops and votes.
So... is that true?
This experiment would document that.
Is STEEM a blockchain where a page with with no content can get a killer rep and rewards as well?
This could be interesting.
In Conclusion
Is the Blank Page experiment something you would find value?
What do you think about this idea? Worth doing?
Let me know in the comments below...
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if you really want a good test, you make 2 new accounts, post at exactly the same times.
then compare.
I believe they will have the same result unless done some networking. Nobody notices you here unless you are friend with someone, you are a whale, you are going to be downvoted.
Well, I don't have that much time to really handle another account with the best content I can make.
I would definitely be interested in the results of such an experiment.
Just to clarify: you would interact like you normally do, but won’t let anyone know you’re actually @spiritualmax, right?
I’m a bit afraid of the results, though, as I like to think that ‘SteemIt success’ is a combination of both good content and networking. (If I’m beeing honest to myself, I do know better than that, ...)
Yeah, I wouldn't be saying it was me, or even post about it here, just when I considered the experiment worth sharing. It would be undercover for now... Heck I may even have already started it.
You make me want to go search for crappy posts right now... ;0)
Wouldn’t be able to find which is yours, though, ‘cos there are so many of them... lol
I’m so curious about the outcome...
As an experiment it would be nice.
But biased ))
Why biased?
It would be interesting to see as it would provide thought on where this platform is going towards.
Although it is not something I would support myself because I see the need for myself and some others for Steemit to remain true and that their blogs and mine as well are appreciated for many different reasons. If there are people on here that do not read, doesn't want anything to do with it, only have a tit for tat kind of attitude, then I think they should be removed before Steemit becomes completely ruined.
I am finding that making the money out of it is an added bonus, but what I enjoy the most is the supporting people that I have around me and the people that I support as well is the more rewarding part. And by supporting I mean in an authentic way, not in a currency way. I enjoy learning about people and their ways, their beliefs and and culture and more.
I have learned some things about cryptocurrency and yes I am still learning and only have a foot in the door per say, about it. But why should this only be about the money making?
It boils down to the same thing in real life. What pleasures do we have if all we are doing in life is about making money, getting paid and being alone with no one to really share the joy with? As to if we were to share everything, every moment, good and bad, with other people and be happy and great.
This just a personal opinion in all honesty, as to where I stand with it. Personal experience really.
All in all, I am excited to go on the computer in the morning, going through my feed to see what @eaglespirit, @earthmother, @dawnsheree, @derangedvisions, @lynnecoyle1, @maverickinvictus and more ( I can't name them all there are so many that I enjoy following), have to say and what is going on. I am glad to think that maybe what I have to say to them in a reply is uplifting somewhat and puts a positive impact, even a little to them. That's what gets me going.
Thank you so much for including me here @foxyspirit! I feel the exact same way as you! <3
Bingo baby ;) Life is all about people not things !
My husband has always told me time is money. I dislike those words very much. Time is not money. Man, I could write a entire blog about those 3 words... I just might. :p
I think you just came up with your next blog ;)
Yeap! Empire peeps are the best... we're tight :D
Earthmother and Lynne aren't "Imperials" but they can always join :D
The empire people are all awesome! So many of them I could name here but the list is long lol. @earthmother and @lynnecoyle are good friends and earthmother is family to me. Just wanted to name a few outside of the empire ^_^ Too many to name :p
Thanks @spiritualmax! Pretty sweet offer, even if I won't be an "Imperial" :)
After reading @foxyspirit's comment, I'm going to leave mine here for you as well!
I hope to hell you're wrong! No disrespect intended, but I am an eternal optimist who believes that in any ecosystem in this world, there are givers and there are takers. So I would expect to find the same on steemit; but I must believe that the scale weighs heavy with the givers. Of course we all know the people who "rape the reward pool", and we know those who support them; from the beginning, I chose to steer clear of it all and instead, like @foxyspirit, focus my attention on the givers. Yes, networking comes into play, but I prefer the idea of developing genuine friendships instead; I refuse to see this platform as a place of business where networking, advertising and public relations is key, because those things suggest manipulation and falseness to me and nothing genuine whatsoever.
When I started, I searched out good people (like yourself) and read their posts, decided if they were someone that I could communicate with and develop a relationship with. Their reputation score was irrelevant to me. I have seen people with big, small, medium reputation scores who post 'crap', and I ignore all of them, just like I would in real life. I refuse to spend my time with people who are selfish, rude, disrespectful, negative, and valueless, who add no value to life or the world in general; instead I seek out those who are kind, helpful, positive, decent human beings who add value and contribute to a better world. I feel the same with steemit. I hope to one day make money, like everyone else here, but I refuse to sacrifice my principles to do it.
Anything of real value takes time, commitment, and nourishment to grow, and that's how I think of my steemit account. Like real life, I hope to meet people here, help them, make them laugh...really make genuine connections, and make a difference in their lives. Whatever money I make doing that is a distant bonus.
This turned out a lot longer than I'd expected; @simplymike talked about your post in one of her's, so you can blame her haha
In my case and in most cases with smart people, those are two terms for the same thing.
I disagree, I see where you're coming from, but I take great pride in proper advertising, public relations and networking. I'm a Marketing professional and I know good marketing is indeed Key, and doesn't have to be dishonest.
Not all marketers are liars, contrary to proper belief ;)
Point taken! I really didn't mean to suggest that Marketers were liars, or that the process is dishonest, and if I did, then I apologize. Like any occupation, I'm sure there's good and bad out there, and I trust that you're one of the good guys:)
I meant that the whole idea of networking and marketing suggests that we have to present ourselves here with some kind of agenda attached to it; that we're trying to convince others or sway them for our benefit, and that some could very well present themselves falsely, or simply create a perfect package that doesn't really exist.
I'm smart enough to understand where you're coming from too though, and perhaps it's all just a matter of word choice and semantics;)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
You know it's all about the bots and upvoting. You are even doing it yourself. So with all this vote buying, content is secondary. To say it is "token" content reflects how banal and superficial Steemit is becoming. I'm an old school Livejournal blogger back when attracting followers was all about the content and dialogue. And I had hoped Steemit would be the same. But when I see posts like this dominating the trending page, I know Steemit is basically a joke. Sure money can be made by playing the game and investing hundreds on bots. But content is secondary and if that's a reflection of our digital age, then we are lost in a web of superficial crap. Eventually it'll just be bots writing posts for bots to vote on .. automate the whole process for your cryptogame, but nobody is going to read it.
I'm a full time blogger myself, on "mainstream" blogs, and I earn a salary that's not too big but it is bigger than most. Of course I have to write quality every time.
I try to do it here too of course, and I succeed, but I think I'd still get success if I didn't and just worried about reaching out to people and "playing the game"... that's the thought that led me to think about this experiment.
Wait, you can't think of any living examples of anyone that posts (relative) crap? (angel-face).
I remembered that guy when I was writting this :D
There are certainly multiple problems with the way steemit is organized at the moment.
I remember showing steemit to a fried and seeing a borscht recipe as the most upvoted post at the time with like 400 bucks lol
The concept is great though and I hope the community will manage to organize itself outside of the vicious circle of profit runs and bots and etc.
Very similar issue with crypto and the hundreds of terrible coins, projects and scammers.
One has to hope for the best though and support the good projects!
I don't know how that could be fixed... This platform works this way, and fixing that kind of stuff would take razing it to the ground to build anew I'm afraid.
I also don't know how it could be fixed. I do not think it necessarily needs to be remade. I think it does need a organized effort from the community.
A meeting where people discuss what they think is wrong and give ideas on how to change might be a good start. Can be organized online. With a few members. I am sure someone has experience at organizing these kind of forums.
The community could issue suggestions and ideas to be voted upon upon for example.
It is sad that something with so much potential is used so improperly. It would be great to have a joined effort of people willing to loose some profit in order to build something good.
What do you say spiritualmax? I see a lot of people trying to do good actually but I feel they are all rowing in different directions.
That you're describing is kinda what witnesses do.
Maybe I am not as informed as I should then.
But i do not see those concerted efforts being communicated. Hoppefully things will evolve
If you could redirect me to information about efforts being made to improve app functionality It would be nice.
The issue I see is that deciding on "crap" is kind of subjective; your 'crap' and my 'crap' could be very different. Instead of focusing on "fixing" what we see as wrong, I'm a firm believer in focusing on the pockets and groups of people who are making a positive difference on this platform, and purposefully growing those communities with like-minded individuals. That's what we try to do with @newbieresteemday, @asapers, @helpie and @greetersguild (and probably a lot more that I'm unaware of). Perhaps by changing or forming that mentality at the foundation, this platform will continue to grow with that same mentality as well. It's just a more proactive attempt at 'fixing' things, because really, I think those who are selfish and try to take advantage of things here, can never really be "fixed", but new and not-so-new people joining can be "taught".
It all comes down on why people are here... some for money, some for community building, some for friendship and on and on... in the end, some kinds of people can clash like we're seeing, but mostly they gravitate towards likeminded invidivuals and form their tribes, which was what human beings were doing since the dawn of history.
Agreed! And I guess none of us really have the right to decide whether or not another person's reason for being here is right or wrong. It's their choice.
I think you could easily get a following posting crap but it'd have to be a rather high SP account since people won't bother networking with a new shitposting account.
Well, the comments would be good, only the content would be shit.
i think the content actually does matter. most of the time i only visit the art section in steemit because i love art and all post related to it, unless sometime i want to know some things about steemit or photography or cryptocurrency. thats why the tags are here for right?
now personally i wouldn't vote my friends for posting craps, i mean the posts need to have at least some effort?
Some people say it does, some say it doesn't... I wonder...
Would be an interesting experiment but it all will depend if you are going to promote it our. By promoting I means, will you place genuine comments under this account to other posts? Will you upvote your own lower content post with this account or not?
Regardless the above I am sure that you will get some value.
I would make no connections with this account and act as a newbie, but I would comment on other posts and talk to people. That's the point of the experiment, to see if content matters or if it is only circle jerk voting between friends.
I’m very curious how it will evolve.
I’m thinking more and more that Steemit is a friends circle. I know for sure that some of my follower do use automatic voting. It’s only 1 cent but every penny counts. Other are upvoting my post manually but always as long as it is crypto related.
People just don’t want to search for new content anymore. They are just following their whales or dolphins.
But because I like to be different I try to do the opposite! Trying to find interesting articles and try place genuine comments. Not hoping on an upvote (which I don’t mind) but hoping on some kind of interaction!
You're doing the smart thing... in a world of fish be a turtle!
And that's why I like you @fullcoverbetting ;)