RE: Weekly update on audience-building for the [Popular STEM] community - November 13
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In addition, I discovered that writing an interesting and high-quality non-fiction post is quite difficult. You need to be deeply familiar with the topic or you will have to simply copy an article from a popular science magazine. And this is no longer quality work.
I struggle with that, too. I'm quite frequently learning about the things I write about when I post on STEM topics. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with summarizing an in-depth article with a link back to the original. I have written a number of articles like that on topics that I didn't know well. Also, one of my favorite style of Steem posts is a summary of a YouTube video along with the embedded video. I've done that a couple times, too. Finally, I think "compare & contrast" articles that blend ideas from two sources (or more) are also good, and they don't require deep expertise.
I completely agree with you. I really love reading posts like this. But the preparation of such a post requires processing of information, systematization of the received information, critical thinking and sufficient erudition to reach certain conclusions. At the same time, a person can quickly describe his day within 15 minutes and receive a higher reward for this than for a thoroughly developed popular science post. Most people on this platform are looking to make money, so you have to compete with other communities by giving authors more rewards. It is very difficult. But it is not impossible. What you do, how you develop the community, is great. Therefore, I believe that over time you will attract more people here, including those who can be curators.