Fascinating. Freewriting, supposedly nonstop writing for about five minutes. I could try that out myself. But is anyone going to be interested in my train of thought? I believe it can be great tool for getting thoughts out of my head. But contributing to this platform with high-quality content? Hardly.
I ran out of thoughts already. That happens when you don't clearly state the purpose of an activity to yourself. You will stop in the middle of it, realizing there is no point.
I see Steemit flooded with posts without any point or purpose. People posting for the sake of posting. That might be what I'm doing right now. I might just want a piece of that attention. But maybe I want to make a little experiment. I have written posts over which I spent long time agonizing, worrying whether they're good enough. I doubt those worries running through my head mattered to those five people who have seen my posts.
We are all posting, but who is reading? Do you vote because you find it genuinely interesting, or do you search for content only to justify to yourself your need for votes, for attention. Telling yourself: If i vote and comment this many times, I should get some votes as well, right? What goes around, comes around.
I can't read what I'm not interested in. I can't write about what I'm not interested in. But does it really matter on Steemit in its current form? If this mindless post of mine will get unusual attention, I guess I will be disappointed.
I will add a photo, at least. That's what seems to pass for a high quality contribution these days...
Just to clarify, this post is the result of 5 minutes of freewrititng.