Reading more titles than articles

I've been on Steemit for about a week now, and there's something I keep noticing more and more, something I don't really feel comfortable about – I’m reading more titles than articles.

And that’s something I’m pretty sure a lot of people do. Let’s talk about Steemit – why are most people, especially the new ones, on this website? It’s pretty simple, and here’s the truth – they are here because they want money.

I don’t like lying or faking things, so that’s the truth. A considerable amount of the people on this website are here just because they want to make money. They don’t care about the community, they don’t care about content, they only care about how much money they can make.

And that’s okay. That’s a thing that can motivate you to work harder and create better content. I know it’s something that really motivates me. I’m trying to make around $2000 to buy a complete setup that will help me work on more things and will help me learn new skills, like game development.

However, I am aware that bad content, like really low quality articles won’t get me far. I am aware that writing things just for money won’t get me more than a few cents a day, if I’m lucky.

Sadly, that’s what I’m seeing on Steemit more and more, especially on the “new” section. There are thousands of people who don’t even try to write something that is high quality. They just post things hoping to get on the “hot” or “trending” section and get as much money as possible.

I think that’s the wrong way to look at things. The main reason is that I’m not even reading most of those articles. If I’ll spend 5 minutes on the “new” section of Steemit, I’m pretty sure I’ll only open around 5 or 6 tabs with articles that seem interesting.

I spend most of my time reading titles, and watching thumbnails, and that’s not good. That shows how many people don’t really care about the quality of their content, and only want money. They post really bad pictures, they post articles that have around 100 words, and I’m pretty sure some of them blame the website or the community for not making any money.

If you’re doing that, please stop, and focus more on what you create. You will never make enough money from creating an article that has one picture and two lines of text. That’s not valuable, that doesn’t bring anything to the reader.

You may get around $50, at best, with your post, but you can't expect an image to make thousands of dollars. People are yet to learn this, but I’m afraid Steemit may end up like a lot of pages that tried the same concept. More and more people will post garbage content, and no one will even try to visit the “new” section of the website. Everyone will be on the “trending” section reading articles that are actually really high quality.

It’s sad when something like this happens, and if you took the time to read my article, I appreciate it, but I would appreciate it more if you would spend 60 more minutes on your posts and you would focus more on creating high quality content.

It’s not about how many articles you have, it’s about how good they are. It doesn’t matter what you write about, what matters is if it’s good. If it’s not, don’t expect to get anything from it.

Your present and future followers are the core of your content. They will upvote it, they will share it, they will make sure people see it and, most importantly, they will make sure you get money. The best way to thank them is not by making all kind of giveaways and trying to give them money – is by creating high quality content for them.

If you respect your followers, you will start creating good content.