One man's trash is another man's treasure.

This is a topic that is discussed a lot on Steemit, and we all have different interests, thus, different opinions on what is considered as shitposting. I think most of us judge others for their posts, whether or not they are actually shitposts, and the more so if that post has more rewards than a dollar.

I admit it, I think I shitpost sometimes. For me that is when I take a fast selfie or any other fast snap with my phone and write what I've been doing that day. Some boring lifestyle crap, but sometimes I just want to share a simple thing and be done with it. This is after all a social media platform, and posting a selfie and saying hi to everyone in the mids of doing something fun in real life, is exactly what social media is for. Most of my posts take a lot of time; conjuring ideas, preparing to take pictures, taking them, post process and writing a post, then networking and all that, it's a 24/7 job. If I were to count how much I make per hours work, I'd be making minimum wage. I need to even that out sometimes with just a simple little thing.

If one has a good following and has been on the platform for a long time, the chances are that even when that person shitposts, they get good rewards. If you are a nobody, just starting out, no-one cares if you shitpost, probably not many people will even see it, that is a fact. But when you are somewhat established, you sort of have an obligation to the platform to not rape the reward pool with shitposts.

One very famous Steemian @Anomadsoul once posted a drunken selfie, with only a few sentences, and we all thought he had lost it and it was hilarious! He later wrote about it saying that he thinks that we are allowed to shitpost every once in a while when majority of the time we put out well thought out posts, and I completely agree with him.

Fellow photography enthusiasts @Escapist and @Rubencress have both said on several occasions that they shitposted something, and when I go look, I see no shitposts. Having 5-10 high quality pictures that all go together, with some little story or just a few words, is not a shitpost! You guys are idiots for thinking so. You went out, you took pictures, you took your time both in taking them and in post process. @Celestal on the other hand, has done a literal shitpost , with pictures of actual shit, though he writes a lot and so well that the post itself isn't shit, but actually really good. Some people just don't know how to shitpost!

If someone does only shitposts, like you would on instagram, snapchat or facebook, more than likely, I don't follow or upvote those people, there needs to be something more. Stories, ideas, opinions, passion and I'm a very visual person so I tend to upvote photography heavy posts.

I hardly ever upvote a post just for that post, I upvote the person and the blog as a whole. It's all about the consistency and effort as a whole that one has put into the platform, not about that one post, what ever it might be. I actually love it when someone who normally puts a lot of work into a post, makes a shitpost every once in a while, to show that they in fact are just regular people with regular thoughts and not always writing amazing articles or sharing a photographic story. I love seeing the real people behind the blogs, and shitposts are a good way to do that, there is not so much editing ones pictures, and words when you shitpost. It's just you sharing something on a whim.

What do you consider as being a shit post?

_{Ps. Funny thing, I texted the bff earlier to set a dinner date for later today, and I said to her that I have nothing going on in my head and I'm probably just gonna do some shitpost before we meet. Oh well, that worked out better than expected.}