At least that's how I see it. Or like to see it.
The recent development of my posts that is.
Now, you might be wondering what has changed.
And I'm here to tell you.
By a substantial amount even.
My last two posts had somewhere around 3 to 4 times as many views as they had upvotes.
Some people wouldn't be all to happy about this. After all, fewer votes mean less money and if people already looked at the content but didn't upvote, doesn't that mean they don't like your content?
But I'm happy about it.
There was a time not too long ago, when I put in an hour, two hours, multiple hours, from coming up with an idea, writing the post, rewriting it, editing, pictures, formatting yada yada yada.
Only to hit "Poste" and get only a handful of eyeballs to even open my post. Click on it. No idea how many of them even bothered to read the post.
Still, the upvotes on that post were substantial. ly higher than the views. At least.
We're talking 60 upvotes and about 7 views.
That same statistic stayed consistent for a couple weeks.
Of course, you could go and say: well, at least I'm getting money out of this.
But can that seriously be the only motivation to write a post? Come up with good content. Execute an idea to the best of your abilities.
I hope not.
I hope there are different motives pushing you forward.
The impact you have on people's lives is more important than the money.
The person you become in the process is more important than the money.
The joy of executing and producing is more important than the money.
This is why I won't monetize my YouTube videos for a long time.
To not corrupt my intentions behind doing them. I want to do them for the fun. The fun of creating, learning how to edit, entertaining people.
Maybe that's why there is a lot of shit content doing extremely well, on Steemit as well as D.Tube.
Simply because people are greedy now and don't think about the consequences.
Try uploading the BS you put on D.Tube to YouTube. See how many views you'll get. And in turn money down the line.
I guarantee you, not too much. If any.
That is because on YouTube you compete with artists. Creators. People with real talent that put an actual effort into their stuff. Take pride in their work.
People like us, that are lucky enough to have discovered Steemit this early, better start to up their game. I know I'm trying.
Because as soon as people from the real world come to this platform and see its potential, you're gonna get blown out the water.
Doing a two-minute video sitting at your desk talking about how your day went, in a monotone voice, no edits, no jokes, no anecdote, won't cut it.
I'll take more views in exchange for money any day.
Because it exposes me to more potential money in the future.
This is not a one-time thing. No one should treat this as such. Hope for a one-hit wonder and then leave. Great, you made some money, now what?
When you get exposed to more people, as in getting more views, building a brand will be easier and faster.
Ain't no gang of bots gonna help you in any way in the real world.
Start putting some character in your content. Your personality. Your uniqueness. Otherwise once the bot army is gone, they'll leave a mess behind.
