thanks yeah i kinda feel like these days on the internet the thing that matters most is being genuine. it's not like i'm really making money (yet? oh it would be a dream if it happens someday) making content, but i have seen people in various places talking about how they don't know how to get any engagement online and i don't know, it just seems like as long as you genuinely have something you want to share and talk about, something ends up happening!

i think so many people are just interested in like literally just trying to make money and they're so blatant and forced about it. i try to be totally upfront and honest about everything i do, ofc (and using "ofc" is also part of the style, plz forgive lol) i really would love to be able to make a living now creating content online and i don't think anything bad can happen if i am honest about my intentions. but it doesn't also mean that i just like making the content and sharing it and engaging with people online.

this post in particular certainly didn't have any financial intentions behind it, i mean- it does at a certain point in the line of reasoning for posting, but it's not at the forefront. i actually do want to see this project succeed and i think it's cool to try to get more people interested in astronomy and science in general!

i guess the difference is making a post in hopes of making money immediately from that post vs. just engaging with people and hopefully adding value to a platform in general with content and hoping that at some point there will be benefits from that.

but i definitely make posts in some places that are about trying to make money, they're pretty obvious though :D and i haven't really done that here on hive, except i guess when i post in the nsfw sections cause clearly i have no internal desire to share nsfw content "just for fun" LOL

anyway it's just interesting stuff to think about, i've thought about it a lot. i think people these days are highly tuned to looking for scams online, but the only people who really worry about their posts coming off that way are probably people looking to scam or make a quick buck ahahah