RE: Quit any Expectations on Steem
Expectations hurt.
I get what you're saying, @guyfawkes4-20; that aiming for money but not the experience or lessons learned is not a good way to go about in this platform. Hell, in anything in life. However, I sometimes tend to focus on the money that my posts make because I guess it tells me whether my posts are being liked by the community or not.
As everyone keeps saying, keep producing good posts and maybe you'll be noticed. So that's what I try to do. But how do I know what I'm writing is good, has the potential to be noticed, and/or if I'm even on the right track?
I'm not trying to be a negative Nancy here but I've seen posts that aren't that great but make a ton only because of a good following crew behind them. So if I take those posts as an example, will that put me on the right track? Probably not. I just wish there was a good way to get good feedback from successful bloggers on here.
I get what you mean, but I don't think it's a great way to count the success on Steem by how much you make if you want to see if the community likes your stuff. The thing is that most of the Steemians don't have power, so they can show their appreciations through comments because it may worth more. Money, usually come from the few and the comments from the less, if you get what I mean.
It's hard to figure out if your posts are good, I consider them good, and probably a lot of other people do, but there's no specific way to find out. Trust me and keep on writing, but also try to continually improve them because there's always place for growth. As in my case, even if my posts are looking great I know that my thumbnails can be improved and I'm trying to get better ones now.
Don't bother too much with what people think of your posts; they are good enough, keep on creating. ;)
Wow. I never thought of it that way. This is so true. Anyone can throw around a few cents here and there but someone who actually reads your post and provides thoughtful comments is definitely worth a lot more.
I also have been thinking about working on signatures, thumbnails, banners like you have, etc. Thanks for pointing this out!
Haha will do! ;)
Only tangentially related, but it does remind me of a thing that I do; whenever I upload a new set on Mixcloud and it does well, or the opposite, doesn't get as many listens - time and time again I try to analyze what might be the cause of it, is it a bad cover art? is it too long? is the beginning not captivating enought? etc. ad infinitum. Thing is, sometimes it's just pure luck, I still get crazy about it, but I try to catch myself doing it before I go into a downward overthinking spiral. Sometimes "expect nothing" is really the best policy - you tend to be pleasantly surprised more often than not :) All the best to you, cabernet!
Good point @deeptechhouse!
Haha this is me sometimes too. "Expect nothing" one of the best way to be content!