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RE: Curator Cat on Sundays: Contemplating Perseverance and Success
Very well said Curator Cat. I've been discouraged myself by these times. Not because of the falling price in Steem, but the fact that what posts I see making money versus posts not making money. For example, I made a post awhile back that was only one sentence long letting everyone know that my vote power was finally worth a penny. That one sentence post made over $2 SMH. But then I spend a few hours writing a good informative post about the "Right to Travel" and it only made 11 cents. As a result now I'm not putting any effort into making informative posts anymore. sigh
It's pretty easy to get discouraged, I know. The inequities and "lack of sense" here can be a bit jarring, at times. I have found being part of Asher's ( @abh12345) curation and engagement leagues has helped me build a lot of connections and it feels more like being part of a true community because it's very interactive among the several hundred members. I don't remember whether you're part of that? If not, give it a try!
In the end, I am just trying to stay true to myself and not worry too much about "what others are doing."
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I still haven't figured out how curation works. I do know two of my posts got curated because they made a little money and had 150 votes. Which is very unusual considering I'm averaging around 15 to 20 votes per post. I was like WTF when I saw that. How it happened I don't know but I wish it would happen more often.
It is interesting — and somewhat mysterious — when that happens. On occasion, I have gotten seemingly random votes from a few different "large" users, and that's a nice bonus too... but I don't count on it, and I don't spend much time worrying about the "mechanics" of how and why... if it happens, it happens.
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