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RE: Why can't I monetize after 7 days?!
If you keep posting the same articles then sooner or later some high power voter will start to hit you with the downvote hammer and kill all you income. I am sure there are bots running that will look for repost activity and flag users when noticed.
I noticed a user the other day where some power users has systematically clubbed then with downvotes for various offences. Net result about 10 stories has their income totally wiped.
Wow hold on there, this is not a post that was not recycled at all. But I guess you mean the point I'm trying to make? I'm not sure about that either but sure you have a point there. You'll have to have a balance but I think it is ok to re-use posts, but I never suggested copying them!
I see several reasons:
I think these are valid use cases, what do you think? And of course if you just copy some bot like @Cheetah will notice.
Take music for example, there are just not so many possibilities still music gets reinvented and copied all the time. Same goes for the news, most of it is 'same old same old'. Just written differently.
So what you are saying is good! I had my most success with improving a compelling topic which nobody covered in the detail I did. On the other hand I had the least success by reposting news items I found interesting and wanted to share. But this could be just because I'm still new here. I see others who are here for over a year writing much shorter posts and receiving 10x the amounts. I'll keep doing my best exploring new connections. Like I said I like writing about 'the future' and new technologies and ideas.
I have gone through the same problems myself. I have some big articles I started with that didn't really get seen because I was new. Hours of time sunk in when I still didn't have any idea on the system.
I think you are on the right track with re-visiting an article, there is nothing wrong with revisiting a topic and expanding, and even linking the original.
On my longer posts I split them over a number of parts. Then edit the older ones so they all link together. You get to spread the article out over different days, so more chance of getting spotted. Also pick up votes on ones still active.
The key thing is building the follower numbers I think. That way you appear on peoples wall far longer, so you pick up more votes. If your article manages to hit the "hot" list it can take off quick.
I am still feeling my way also. Make sure you pick 5 good tags that are around your area and then look how active they are :)
The reason some small posts can go big is through follower count, steempower of the people voting etc. And right place at the right time.
It you look at my wall, lots of stuff hardly seen and then at random. boom.
You probably get 90% of your money from 10% of what you post.
Write, have fun and keep going, it starts to get more worthwhile. The start is building the foundations.
Oh thank you for the kind words! Best thing to hear so far :) Still stressed out trying to find the darn thing in a cache.