I saw a post on twitter yesterday from a highly followed crypto account.
I know, I still browse those evil web2 sites. Well i'm still waiting for khal to build an app to smoke them all. Until then it's mix and match. Sometimes it's nice just to browse the small stuff on your phone and not have to think too much.
I can't remember which account as i don't follow them but they had a fair point.
They said that unless you're commenting underneath the posts of accounts larger than yourself then your playing twitter on hard mode.
They have a point. They said that the engagement and visibility that you can get on those tweets is far stronger than you could ever get from your own follower list.
I've often said the same about hive blogs.
I'm lucky enough to have worked my way up to decent following and have the notice of a few larger accounts. This can make it a lot more profitable to write posts than comments. My comments might earn a few cents here and there but my posts can make between $5 and $40 most days.
That makes it a lot more profitable to write posts every day and ignore comments.
Or does it?
If i never commented on others posts then why should they comment on mine?
If I had never commented on others posts then I would never have worked my way into this position in the first place.
My first year on the chain I made so many mistakes that made my life harder and slowed down my progress which didn't need to happen.
I turned up on day one and started trying to produce quality content. I was going to get noticed, hit trending and start earning those hundred dollar rewards that i could see on the trending page of the site.
My first 50 posts. I'm guessing that they earned about $5 - $10 total. At best.
Back then, just getting a 10c upvote seemed like a massive win. And that was for months and months.
You don't tend to earn hive until you have hive.
Strange but true. That initial grind was the biggest hurdle that i have faced on here and most users never made it out the other side.
Very few of the accounts that started at the same time as me are still here now and a lot of the ones that joined before me quit as well.
Their posts weren't earning enough money and they said it wasn't worth the time and effort.
Luckily we have come a long way since that single, solitary blogging site and have hundreds of ways to build your stake now.
I make much more form splinterlands than i ever could from writing. But i wouldn't have as many splinterlands assets if i hadn't built enough hive stake to buy into the game. I wouldn't have built that stake if i didn't spend six months failing upwards one post at a time.
After a lot of effort and very little notice i tried it differently. Back then there was the redfish league and engagement leagues which had prizes for engaging.
That is why the new leothreads site could be such a game changer as you will be able to start earning those 10c votes straight away.
If all of the hive acocunts are browsing the feed and giving out hundreds of small votes rather than 100% votes on auto it will distribute the stake a lot more evenly than before.
You will still have the bigger accounts but it should be less restricted.
The more that i browsed the site and engaged on others posts. The more that they replied back to me and started giving me some follows. From there my content got more notice and more engagement.
After that my vote actually became worth something and that encouraged other smaller accounts to start engaging in the hope of votes.
The whole world is a big Ponzi scheme and the only way to win is to move up the levels.
The easiest way to move up the levels is to get a helping hand from those above you.
Posts are important but if there is nobody reading them then you are pissing into the wind.
It's better to ride the coattails a bit until you can stand on your own account and people know that you exist.
As taskmaster would say.
10 comments a day and you start to see the growth.
Do this every single day and i will guarantee that you will notice a change in your circumstances.
Write posts later when people are interested in knowing more about your opinions but until then just let them know that you exist.
Until then you have accounts like myself who give out 25c votes on real engagement with their content. A perfect place to start grinding up the levels.
