Guilty as charged. I used to use MASDACS.io to cross-post from our forked-off chain to Medium.com. In fact, I just visited Medium the other day after quite some time.
Right away, I could see the reward I received for my cross posting efforts. My account was suspended. Not all platforms outlaw web copy. And that's what it is. In the eyes of the search engine giants, it doesn't matter if the copy is your own.
Publish0x is one such platform that allows cross publication as long as the content belongs to the same author. Today, I was accepted as an author on Publish0x. I ran into web copy before I had even scrolled a full page down.
Let me be clear, there's nothing against the rules that I've seen here or on Publish0x against doing this. At the very least, the author should disclaim the republication.
Funny, one of the rules set down by Publish0x prohibits writing for purely SEO purposes. What? I understand they don't want Keyword Stuffing, but good SEO should go unnoticed by the reader. How would they know?
In crypto, we sit juxtaposed with many of our traditional foundations. What do I mean by that? We still need adoption and we need the help of info giants like Google to pass information. Just as many need to exchange crypto into fiat in order to survive.
At the same time, many of the values we stand for rail against the industry giants. Centralization of power and money, censorship vs free-speech, and regulations that stifle innovation stand as prime examples.
Crypto stands against the giants and at the same time, we depend on them. Through the passage of time, we are seeing indications of a weening from that breast. I don't think we're ready for solid food quite yet. You proving me wrong about this would be to my delight.
As I explained above, I think we still want to have our content found by those searching for info outside of crypto. My personal feelings about Twitter, for example, doesn't mean I want all of HIVE to be banned. We'd find a way to do without it, but it would hurt HIVE in the short run.
Taking the time to post web copy on Publish0x without even mentioning HIVE (also against the Publish0x rules) shows a certain "in it for the money" attitude. It doesn't help with SEO for either platform, though it may help reach a greater audience. That's a positive depending on the quality of the content.
Republication doesn't make sense from an earnings perspective either. Why? Because HIVE itself offers a better alternative (IMHO) than any other platform.
When I finish this post and hit the publish button, you know what it's going to do. It posts here on LeoFinance and on HIVE simultaneously! That means not only do I have an opportunity to earn LEO tokens, I also may be rewarded in HIVE!
Nor do you have to use LeoFinance to accomplish the same result. On top of the already abundant amount of second layer dApps built on HIVE, more will join as we proceed. Use whichever dApp you feel has the best value!
My personal feelings on this matter go along these lines. If Publish0x is a platform you feel has great value, write something original there!
On the other hand, you could yield farm it all (so to speak). Triple publish your shill on HIVE, a HIVE dApp, and copy/paste it over on Publish0x. Just don't come crying back to HIVE if it comes back to bite you in the rear.
Thanks for reading and as always...
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