Sometimes people say something on Steem and it hits home with some so it gets repeated.
Sometimes without any evidence.
A recent topic a lot of people are talking about is too many people writing about Steem. I write about Steem a lot and here is why I am not going to stop.
When I heard about Steem, I came to SteemIt.com (the only front-end at the time) to read about it. I loved seeing the excitement and interest in the platform and reading all the opinions on what it was and what it might be some day.
I am passionate about Steem and I like writing about it, I am fairly knowledgable about how it works, who is involved and what is happening with Steem related topics.
I haven't seen one shred of evidence that writing about Steem is a bad thing for Steem.
I would never stay for recipes and flower pictures nor plastic articles.
I think it perfectly fine and a good thing for Steem to have photography groups, and people who post food, recipes, and cooking, but it's not my thing. There is not a shortage of any of those topics on the Internet either so while those posts are likely interesting to someone... They aren't that interesting to me.
A group of people likely shouldn't decide that everyone wants what you want to read. I do not assume everyone wants to talk about Steem. Those people are welcome to ignore or downvote my posts and I don't blame them a bit.
The other half of this story is that it's a circle jerk and it certainly can appear that way, but it is also a community and a social network. Many of us have been around for several years and we know and like each other. We have weathered $.07 Steem and $8 Steem and everywhere in between. We've seen people come and go and watch the community turn on themselves while the bear market was having its way with our price and our community. Yes, for the record I am more interested in what people I know have to say about a topic than a stranger. Just as if I know you well enough, I might read your recipe too.
There is no shortage of content on the Internet. Part of being successful on Steem is name recognition and the Network of people that you build and this is true everywhere. If you aren't happy with your current engagement I suggest you go read and comment on other posts and join some discords. People gravitate to who they know and like.
Do you really think Ed Sheeran's new song is the best song each month? No, it likely isn't. But he tops the charts week after week. He makes good music that appeals to enough people to hold his position.
It's one thing I think the content discovery crowd are missing. We don't all agree on what the best content is, not even close. I don't want to hear your 1000 word explanation of some topic I can easily research if I want. I like interesting and personal post, casually written about things I am interested in. That is what I support and that is what I tend to try to write.
Having Said That:
I am happy to see a nice variety of topics on Trending lately and I do not mind that many things are still Steem related. If you do you should upvote other things and or downvote the Steem topics.
I do look for and curate new users, but I feel the votes I cast for proven members of the Steem Community are some of the most important votes I give.
I do not apologize for who I support, or what I write about and while I am glad there are others who cover many other amazing topics and for our diversity.. I think a lot of our problems are Alt-Coin Depression Related and we have plenty of room to improve the throwing darts at problems isn't helping anything either.
Let's discuss it, I am open to considering other opinions, but I don't just accept them on face value because Steem has a new topic to be mad about.
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