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RE: Dear Whales and Dolphins - Please Read This Letter
They aren't doing well because their posts are boring like this one. Don't get mad. I've written mostly snorers myself. Posts, comments need to be interesting and provocative.
Dear Whales and Dolphins - Please Read This Letter
Begging people to read and/or vote for your content for the greater good isn't very compelling. "Good content" is very subjective. In fact when I hear someone talking about "good content" in the context of web/seo, etc the first thing that comes to mind is boring.
I'd rather you post pictures of your cat, tell dirty jokes or make snarky comments about my shit posts then see the quality content of this post.
I get what you are saying, and there are a lot of people out there whining about not getting votes, and begging people to notice them - when in reality, their posts just suck. There is a lot of that.
That is not what I am talking about here though.
There are a lot of my friends stuff that I won't vote on because I think it is bad. I don't even mind that my own content isn't getting a lot of votes, because I know it is not that amazing.
I am not trying to whine about my lack of attention or beg for up-votes for my friends. I purposely did not direct anyone to my friends, because that is not the point of this letter. There are way more people out there just like the people I know, that are not getting recognized.
I really feel that there is a larger issue here that the community needs to address.
There are actually a lot of good content producers out there right now that are getting overlooked.
If they keep getting overlooked, they are going to leave.
I would rather read and have discussions like this then about peoples lives and cats. That stuff is totally boring to me.
Fair enough, but my last sentence was using sarcasm. I appreciate a lot of people want to read stuff like you do but the market just isn't there for only but a few to receive a payday. Writing "quality content" takes a lot of time and effort and I dare say 90% of authors here are going to only see a pittance for their efforts because they aren't at the talent level of some and/or they aren't lucky. I think inviting all your friends and saying "hey look at all the money you can make at steemit" is a pipe dream. I think it should be "hey come over to steemit and have some fun". The last statement is more realistic.