I've written before about expertise in a field and how valuable that is here. Knowing what others don't. Being able to solve problem that others can't. Teaching what others want.
That's a skill in itself.
A very valuable one.
But to gain expertise you need to put the time into learning about a project. Know the ins and outs and be able to give something that others can't. It might just be an opinion but it needs to be an informed opinion.
We are all writers here but some are a lot more successful than others. We all have a voice and a reason to write articles but some stand out a lot more than others.
Why is that?
Because they have something worth saying. I follow people like taskmaster because they are experts on hive and what is happening.
I follow Khal and anomadsoul because they have info on leofinance that i want. Expertise and inside information that can be useful.
I follow imno and gadrian because they have interesting insights and opinions on splinterlands.
I follow blanchy and ablaze because they are irish and make posts that i can relate to.
I follow more over the years for various reasons and to support long time users for the platform even if their content isn't the best. But i have a reason for all of it.
They all have something to say that i want to hear. I pass over a lot of other content on hive to read the ones that interest me. It's all in what they know.
I write a variety of content across crypto but 90% of it is hive and hive related projects combined with the general ramblings of a madman. It seems to work though.
Some people pretend to read it for the juicy upvotes in the comments but over the years I've gotten a few people that keep turning up again.
I was looking at a few new projects to write about on Leo this week from the new communities that have been set up this week. After opening up each one of them and trying to put together some interesting content for an article I realized that i didn't give a shit about any of them. Trying to put together an article about a project that i know nothing about, have no interest in and don't even like just wouldn't work for me.
Maybe they could be brilliant projects and the game on onix does look well put together but I can't write on what i know nothing about. Without expertise it would only be a rewrite of the whitepaper summarized with pictures.
I can do it but that just doesn't make me happy. I would rather stick to what i like and enjoy the process.
It might be time to expand my niche but i haven't found much outside of hive worth getting involved with.
Hopefully we see the everything app become a place that we can start our own communities for any subject that we have a passion for and open up the site away form finance. I can see a rebrand coming in the near future and a change of direction from leofinance.
I can write and discuss sports, movies, books, politics or anything else that we can chat about over a pint as a topic. Content that might hold interest to wider audience than crypto can command.
At the moment leofinance is very niche but that is changing with the advent of threads. We have gone from one type of use to two and a much broader one than before.
Now with the release of communities on leo we might become a collection of niches in one place. A leo community or leo collective. A place for more authors to come and write what they know. Bring in a new generation of leo users and see what can happen with more experts and opinions.
