Hello everyone!
Last week, I thought of returning to Facebook in order to monetize my account and start making posts again, since I had left my account void of posts for many years. But I had to think again, analyzing the kind of posts I should be making to attract traffic. After much thought, I just kicked against the whole idea because it's not actually easy—especially when someone needs to be posting so much "nonsense" just to get noticed and generate traffic. I would excel very well if I should switch into sports, but building the account to that stage of earning well, or even earning at all, is no small job.
A lot of people have been posting just anything to get traffic, and I do not blame anybody because it's a hustle to earn. As long as they're not violating any rules, there's no issue.
I have a lot of friends, especially on Facebook, who have started to make video posts just to earn, and most of them I find very awkward—maybe because they're posting things I don't like, or maybe because they don't seem to, with their real life, tally with the videos they make. Oftentimes, whenever I come across such posts, I just skip instantly. I don't comment or give them a like. No, they should stop! Lol.
Fake news and controversial posts:
From what I've seen, the posts that make the most are the fake and controversial ones. For me, I derive so much joy checking through controversial posts due to how unserious they are and how people pour out their minds in a joking manner. I have never been against controversial posts—they're the kind that I like to read and laugh out my stress. Even if I go into traffic hunting on social media with sports posts, they must be controversial posts, and I'll sit and watch people go tooth and nail dragging what is not necessary.
In the early days of my writing journey, when I was writing for a news site, the post I got my biggest pay from was a crime and controversial post. It was about a clergyman who died while having fun with a lady. You needed to see how people were very serious in commenting and attacking the commenters who tried to justify the act of the clergyman, calling it "a normal way of life".
I don't frown at fake news too, even though they mislead a lot of people. Oftentimes, fake news generates the biggest traffic, especially when it's very controversial. You'll see people attacking the fake news, and meanwhile, the attacks are pulling up more weight on the post. Lol. The way people fall for fake news is so interesting. I know fake news when I see one, and I know how to go about verifying if it's true or not.
But then, the monetization of social media has increased the rate at which controversial and fake news are being posted—and you can't take anything away from it. That's how it's going to continue because people like to get involved more in things that are very controversial.
Some weeks ago, there was a heated argument between some clergymen and gospel music artists on the exorbitant rates at which the gospel music artists charge to minister in a church or event. Every page that made a post like that got heavy engagement because people were out to drag the gospel artists for that.
Thanks for reading.
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