A crazy person is not-really-so-very-concerned that they are crazy. ok?? hahaha
They are QUITE HAPPY building castles in the sky, and often spend all their time redecorating. 😄 They do NOT take the time to pause and say "Hmmmm, I wonder if people think I'm crazy."
You know who wonders if they are crazy?
SANE people.
Sane people are CONCERNED with perception. If they analyze their thinking and note something odd, they think "Gee, this might be a little off-center. How can I alter my thoughts, words and actions so that I'm more stable, and don't frighten society." 😄
The insane are not worried.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH HIVE???
I just had a very long comment (who? me? write a long comment? shock.) on someone's post who was concerned that if he wrote too much of his FANTASTIC content- he might appear to be "milking" the system.
Milkers of the System (MOTS) do not care what you think. They do not care that they milk. They milk and milk and drain and drain, and it's all about them. And they often write the worst, most BORING content.
❤️If you - my dear, lovely Strong, Enduring, Content Creators (SECCs - gotta love that it sounds like...ahem... hehehe) are actually CONCERNED that your content MIGHT be milking the system... YOUR CONCERN TELLS ME YOU ARE CAUTIOUSLY TRYING TO AVOID IT, AND THEREFORE MOST LIKELY NOT MILKING IT. As a matter of fact, you're probably giving us LESS of your great content, allowing for ALLLLLLLLLLL the milkers of HIVE to milk more. Let's pause for a moment and assess that mentality. 🤔hm. yes. assessed. now, let's continue.
My advice to you SECCsy bees. Take or leave it! lol
1. Write your effing, SECCsy heart out.😘
Think of your readers, think of what they consume, write a post from you to them, connect. Let that be your motivation.
2. They are votes - not necessarily approval.✅
I have people auto-voting me. (thanks for trusting my content, autovoters! hehe) They trigger on the first post of the day - They stop on the second. If I want to write a second post, it will probably miss some autovotes, and I'm AOK with that. I'm not writing for autovotes. I'm writing cuz I have something else I want to share. (Imagine.... people writing cuz they love to write! lol) Sometimes, a post makes 17 cents. Sometimes a post makes 129 hive (woo - my record to date!) THE VOTE DOES NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL APPRECIATION. If you're writing more than people can support, that doesn't mean they don't love it. Time and votes are limited. That has nothing to do with YOUR desire to write or THEIR desire to support. Write - and let the votes be what they are.
3. Use YOUR comment (and more - if you like) to support other SECCsy people on HIVE.✊
If we spend more time HIGHLIGHTING the awesome stuff, sharing it, supporting it, building it - it will build an army. Cuz THEY will grow and do the same, on and on. The baddies will eventually be outnumbered - cuz they will NEVER invest the same amount of time, love, energy, money and effort required to pour into the stability and longevity of a platform. Their stake will only grow selfishly - while the goodies grow exponentially.
and to everyone ...
Mind your wallet, (not theirs) mind your business (not theirs).😒
Too many SECCsy people are worried about what people think of them. We do what we do, and we attract those we attract. Don't worry about what appeals to the busy-bodies. You will NEVER EVER satisfy their ideals. Appeal to YOUR readers, and maintain THAT relationship. It will be SO MUCH MORE fulfilling in the long run.
And for the busy-bodies that want to supervise everyone else's life, wallet, vote...and try to make people feel GUILTY for adding GOOD content to the platform - Can you just worry about your own world? Can you do that? Please. For the love!
These are my thoughts, and I hope you SECCsy people STOP feeling guilty for adding your content as much as you like, and STOP feeling like you're "milking" when only the MOTS do that.
But don't forget - when you SECCsy bees DO add your content, KNOW that the more you add (in 24 hours), the fewer votes there are to go around. If that's ok for you??? COOL- WRITE! 😘