Measures of success and scarcity of time to consume

steevc (73) in steemit • 8 years ago (edited)

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boddhisattva (79) · 8 years ago

Nice post. Thank you for sharing it. I should say that I have no time to read more long posts too (I think your post is not long). For me it is the language problem too. I can't read in English quickly. In addition, I myself share photos and me more interested in the posts of other users with pictures. In general, I agree that there is a very large flow of information in Steemit. And I hope that it makes it possible to select the information to each according to their own interests

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mattclarke (68) · 8 years ago

Your English is good. Be encouraged.

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boddhisattva (79) · 8 years ago (edited)

Thank you. But it is hard for me to write. And even harder to read difficult articles. I often use a translator. But sometimes it's easier to read in English than to understand what abracadabra gives the translator 8-) By the way steemit helps me to train my english

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mattclarke (68) · 8 years ago

I've followed you, and look forward to watching you improve.

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boddhisattva (79) · 8 years ago

You are welcome!

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steevc (73) · 8 years ago

Thanks. I can appreciate that there are a lot of non-native English speakers here. You have my admiration for writing in another language. I couldn't do that. Good luck

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boddhisattva (79) · 8 years ago

Thank you! Good luck to you too!

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antonboltikov (28) · 8 years ago

Ones use Steemit purely for commercial purposes. Not for a set target audience for your blog. This is a standard Twitter short blogs and discussions to read for a couple of seconds. Or just a regular picture. To Express your thoughts and people read them takes time, I think there is a future for Steemit!

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steevc (73) · 8 years ago

I've blogged for years without making any money from it. At least I get something here. I like the Steemit technology, so I'm not going away any time soon.

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mattclarke (68) · 8 years ago

Me too. I've been methodically thinking through topics, composing arguments and posting them on facebook for years.
Now each one is a lottery ticket :)

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steevc (73) · 8 years ago

I hope your numbers come up!

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l0k1 (69) · 8 years ago

Steem is agnostic to long or short articles. One can do either. You can even combine the two, and compose the first line like a tweet but then have more inside, sorta like Headline -> Tweet -> Article. Your readers can then engage as much as they want to then, while you make it possible to get something out of a quick glance or 5 minutes poring over it.

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haphazard-hstead (66) · 8 years ago

That's an interesting perspective. I thought it was more focused on long-form content and have been confused by seeing short posts, some just a photo. I might try a few posts with that format -- or at least some short posts. Why not, eh?

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haphazard-hstead (66) · 8 years ago

Well, after a week or so here, the "quick fix of pretty images" seems relaxing! You put your finger on a key thing about TSU. Each post was pretty short, and had a pretty picture. And there were options to see lots of pretty pictures on the screen all at once, even. They layout here isn't near so pretty.

For me, one thing I'm coping with is that there's no way to tell if a post is going to be long or short. Medium has an estimated reading time for each post, so you have a sense of what you're getting into.

And thanks for showing the Steem Whales stats. I didn't know about that.

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uwelang (74) · 8 years ago

Good post - am not very active, did not post recently as i did make 0,00 yet but saw at least i got some followers recently :-) - Re-Thinking of how to value this might be good for me too.

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steevc (73) · 8 years ago

I quite enjoy blogging rather than posting pictures, so this suits me. There's some good posts on topics that interest me, including the technology of steem itself. You can just use it as a conventional blog as it ranks well on Google. There are even tools to make an RSS feed. I like the openness. I want to try writing some utilities of my own some time

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steempowerwhale (59) · 8 years ago

Steemit will be like the reality outside in the blogsphere. We will have short picture posts and we will see long well written posts. Communities will form around different contents.

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mlialen (55) · 8 years ago

I believe there will always be room for both. Short and long posts alike. When I have time, I enjoy reading longer posts. Mine tend to be "medium" in length like this one.

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steevc (73) · 8 years ago

I quite like writing longer posts, but I need to work on structuring them. Steemit doesn't feel like a site for Twitter-style status updates, but if it grows so that people have more of their friends here then that could be part of it. I think people are working on that functionality. I guess it can be whatever we want it to be.

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mlialen (55) · 8 years ago

I think that is the beauty of Steemit right now...it can be whatever we want it to be. What I find is that it is more of a community and it is more engaging than say facebook or twitter. Fewer trolls too!! For now at least.

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lloyddavis (71) · 8 years ago

Success for me has to be input-based and boils down to "am I adding value to the network?" - that means either by making new stuff or building and maintaining connections. The STEEM numbers are interesting and my reaction to getting 18 cents just for publishing an article is "interesting" too. But I'm most pleased that it's a place to write and share my stuff and find new people to talk to.

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steevc (73) · 8 years ago

There are some interesting people here, but it tends to be certain 'tribes'. A lot of people will go where their audience is. We need to bring in more people to here. Having any success with that?

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lloyddavis (71) · 8 years ago

I can see four people in my followers who look to have been drawn in by a perfectpath.co.uk post I wrote. They need cultivating though, which is competing for priority on my list... gah!

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steevc (73) · 8 years ago

That's something. I think the site is a little intimidating for new people. Some folk may like it that way, but it will have to change to go mainstream.

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