Disclaimer: I trigger.
I ran several draft titles before settling for the above lines. It seems writing about how engagement and entitlement has now become an evergreen content on the platform. The topic has been so staple that you can never run out of drama to use as an example monthly. Excuse me for using a lot of words, I just need an excuse to lengthen my post and flex my doodling for kicks and giggles.
How much would I get upvoted this time? How much would I get downvoted this time? I’m sure the only people that cares are the ones that actually generate me invisible views and not the bots the follow the leader. If you’ve been on the platform since the old blockchain started, there was a public views counter for each post done displayed at the bottom. It used to be comical to see a post reach trending with a hundred votes but less than ten views on the counter. How can that even be possible?
It was too depressing to see your content have so much votes with little engagement. For those that aren’t bothered by the view counts, I supposed it’s just $ that they’re after and I could honestly say good job for meeting your quota. Listen, any self respecting content creator would be bothered by the lack of engagement on their content. Peakd may have opted to keep those stats hidden from public view but it’s just brushing the issue of lacking content consumption under the rug. We just have too many creators and less consumers that care.
I’m not fond of how YouTube policies work now but I at least respect them for the amount of reality slap they give to their content creators when it comes to the view counter. The view counter can be gamed but most of the time, it tells the truth of how much the creator has been progressing on the platform. You would see viral content being able to speak for itself when the amount of views correlates with the amount of engagement the content gets be it likes or dislikes. Newsflash, even dislikes are also factored in the algorithm and the more people react to a video (like or dislike, comment) the greater the chances for that content to be brought to trending. We could learn a thing or two about valuing engagement though that system.
I’m just posting for Dopamine using the platform like any other social media where I validate my content’s worth with the rewards I’m getting which I also consider an extension of me. So when people downvote my stuff, it really hurts my ego and I go reeeee over rewards I haven’t yet earned through the 7 day post payout period.
LoL Joke I only go reeeee when on the 69th day when I don’t get my 7th day post rewards.
It seems people have caught a terrible illness where they consider the rewards that have yet to complete the 7 day post payout are theirs, and the validation of their content’s worth are tied to the post rewards they earned during the period. I may have to consult the experts for this kind of pandemic. A terrible mental illness that plagues the ecosystem called Karen’s Hive Syndrome. You’re right, I’m not being funny, I should respect the disease as what it is, it’s called Entitlement.
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I'm'm betting on good old Marcus Aurelius for some insight to alleviate this sickness from his Meditations.
Hmmm I stop to think once in a while and consider, are the rewards I receive what I really deserve? I’m not complaining if I get several $ worth of upvotes. Those are nice. I love those. But why should I be mad about not getting any or getting my potential rewards reduced?
It’s not like I’m churning out content that are masterpieces each time I post. Just do a few paragraph and scribble here and there boom, $ handed on my post then wait for that 7th day payout for kicks and giggles.
When I started blogging for kicks and giggles, I always thought of long term growth, expand my hobby and think less of the $ dopamine trap everyone else seems caught up with. Feels good to see those digits rise on your posts right? Well curators/patrons/followers can eventually change their mind on who they want to support anytime. What will remain with you is the brand you made for yourself and and your content. It’s not always Christmas so enjoy the rewards while it last, be thankful and be less of an ingrate.
I’m no content creator. Wow, much surprise there. At least I don’t see myself as one anyway. The mental image of qualifying for that requires me to put in the work to expand and improve constantly on the platform and cross platforms. But the reality is that I can’t even breath when flooded with work tied to my career (more of that info you can find here). This is all hobby done on a hobby chain.
I have much respect for people that really put in the work when it comes to their content. At least they know how to respect the time of anyone that comes by their postss. But for people that just content dump on the place and be on their merry way somewhere else, I wonder what people with stake here think of supporting those kind of creators? Are they hoping the author would promote the platform by spoiling them staple votes or something? I still see authorss that have their last comments done last year yet actively post here. Looking at their cross platform profiles says no mention of Hive anywhere.
I ramble again. It happens.
I needed to extend the posts with some words to make it long form. The whole sketch was just a sketch with no commitment. I just wanted to flex my drawing muscles to avoid getting some rust and decay on it. I don't know what I was thinking when I made that sketch but ok. I guess that's my state of mind is I suppose.
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