So here I am... currently rocking a sweet reputation level of 56, rocking well over 450 followers, never posting spam or easy meaningless one photo posts with no text just to collect automatic upvotes... but always putting in some work to post something meaningful and I often see those spammy posts get more views than my posts...
“If I write a post and it doesn’t get read... does it even exist?” Officially it does exist, it’s offcially in the blockchain and it cannot be erased after it was posted. But if it didn’t get read, it didn’t have a meaning and if it didn’t have a meaning you could argue it didn’t exist. I fear that having posts submitted to the blockchain with at least a decent amount of work put in, getting only very few views is something a lot of us non-whales have to deal with.
I’ve looked at my last 10 posts and here are the views for each of them:
https://steemit.com/blog/@valderrama/podcasts-what-do-you-listen-to 17 views
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@valderrama/i-got-selected-to-beta-test-the-cryptocompare-app 13 views
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@valderrama/get-ready-for-huge-pivx-milestones-in-october 68 views
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@valderrama/binance-will-add-verge-xvg-on-02-10-2017 17 views
Most of my posts have gotten less than 20 views. I got lucky with one post, it got over 60 views but this wasn’t reflected in upvotes at all but at least it got seen/read and that is important to me.
Is it strange to figure that when you have a certain rep level and over 450 followers to expect your posts to get well over 20 views by default? Or is this something that basically everyone is dealing with and should we accept that this is normal Steemit follower behavior? “For some reason I decided to follow but don’t expect me to actually click on your posts”.
I’m curious to find out if these statistics can be seen as normal or not so please do comment if you happened to click on this post and made it this far.
Makes me wonder what my posts would do if I were to be a hot Asian chick posting about food or hotel visits... 🤔
Either way, Steem on everyone! Keep posting the good stuff and let’s all try to keep Steemit as free as possible from clear spam. This was just somewhat of a little late night rant 🤓.
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LOL this is an awesome post. See, I am ALSO rep 56, but only with 326 followers. Some of my posts get a lot of reads, but most don't! I do believe however that at least one person read my post, each time- a different person.
On this other not as cool social network (facebook) I have 5000 connections. I can post any literal type of garbage and a bunch of people will like it, (meme, one photo, one liner) only because the person who wrote it.
I think that you also need to think about where your followers are coming from. For me, I get some of my followers because I commented something, or a specific type of post I wrote strongly resonated with them, or I entered a contest, or the views come from friends I engage with regularly. I am legitimately following you, because I probably liked something you wrote in the past, but I do want to let you know...
Steemit isn't all bots, there are people that still read posts! c:
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Thank you for taking the time to click on this post, read it and leave this comment! Oh and thanks for upvoting as well ;)
But you read my post! And now I’m following you back ;)
And yes, you are right when it comes to what you post, when you post, where you’re followers came from. I do feel Steemit could do a better job at how the feeds are build to not have good posts drown almost as soon as they get posted.
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Sweet! Thanks @valderrama, communitcation is key :3
If a post is super interesting, I want to give my take on it. It's a bad habit for many new Steemians to comment or vote something they didn't even read. That does make sense, I feel that some posts can get very buried, especially from new users with a limited track record. Maybe it's time to be using that "new" tab more, the probability of finding something buried I feel, goes up if you can catch it right when it's posted.
I mean obviously there are too many posts, but every effort does count. I feel like having more people look at it regularly will help catch a lot of great content :D Thank you for following me too yay! <3
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20 readers on this post as I am writing this.....is this your big breakthrough? 😂😂
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Lol I’ll reach rep level 60 in no time!
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Reading you loud and clear.Im at a very similar level and would also aspire to bring quality content to the site. Your views will go up over time on older posts. Unfortunately they will earn you nothing but will help you be discovered by new followers..You will be glad you didnt pee in the steem pool. Maybe some sort of tipping system will become a way to get credit for your older works. It is difficult to stay the course but stick in there. I plan to.
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Thanks for dropping by and taking the effort of commenting mate. I saw you were already following me and my buddy @thetimminator so I had to follow back.
And yes you’re right. Building a quality following takes time and over time posts will get seen more and more. We just have to keep grinding. But only if you like what you’re doing and since I am having fun here on Steemit I’ll keep going.
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I am following you because of something I've liked that you posted in the past. I have read THIS post, but I also have to say that I disagree with you about something you've written here. You speak negatively above about photographs with no text, "or easy meaningless one photo posts with no text", but where you see a photo, I SEE a text. A photograph IS a text. It can speak volumes, better than any words. "A picture paints a thousand words." Frederick R. Barnards in Printers Ink, December, 1921.
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Yes you are right. Thanks for commenting. I wrote it down as I said to make a clear statement but indeed some photos can definitely say more than a bunch of words.
But what does happen a lot though is very simple posts with only a photo. I think photos should at least be accompanied with a reason of why the author decided to share it. Not only by the title.
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Everybody is different. I am visual - some pictures are awesome, and give your brain a rest just looking. I appreciate your post and didn't mean to criticise, just to provoke discussion and place a different point of view. Thank you for your post, and your reply. It is a great forum and a privilege to be able to interact with people from all over the world.
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Add me to the list that read your post :) I am still a newbie around here but I think it is Interesting to know if anyone does read your posts when you write them. Especially when you spend hours putting it all together with pictures and information. I try not to worry about that and just post what I like and hopefully someone will have a similar interest and read it. Hopefully you will reach the goal you have set for this post. Keep Steeming and I wish you luck with your posts.
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