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RE: The Trouble with Writing "Long Form" Posts...
lately I have been focusing on my own posts and then replies and then reading my feed and commenting on other's posts. To be honest though the lousy steem prices have made this place seem like a ghost town lately.
My strong point has so far always been to read, comment. I try to work out some sort of post once a week. I am not big into putting effort into something other people aren't going to read because of status (low man on totem pole), waste of time to put energy into that, at least for now it just doesn't pay. Most the time I go to replies then onto other people's most and comments.
I think that can be a lot more efficient especially for building followers. I have enough where I can count on at least a few votes when I post. The great thing about posts is using the bots. Everything here is much less than it was when we started and STEEM was worth like 4x as much. Fewer posts, fewer votes, fewer comments, you have to work a lot harder to make less but when the STEEM comes back it should pay off.
I've actually found more followers through my comments. I've found that people are hungry to engage on here and like it when people are willing to take the time to read a post, read the comments and constructively engage with thoughts and ideas. Your strong point is your knack for writing, your have a tremendous sense of humor that also helps.
yup, too many chiefs and not enough Indians, thanks for the compliment.
Early in the running, following solid and interesting content and commenting intelligently can actually work far better than publishing original posts. I remember some of my early days I'd struggle to get more than $1.00 in rewards for a post... but at least a couple of times a week I'd have a $5-$10 comment somewhere. You just have to stick to it.
That must have been real early in the game....it's rare but I do see some comments that actually earn that kind of money, usually on a top post article with a lot of comments/participation.
You're right about that... it has been somewhat slow around here. In a sense, though, it's an opportunity as there is less competition to be seen. It's all a matter of perspective.
I think it causes people to be stingy and self upvote more to make up for lost revenue, the percentage of the reward pool I have been getting is down as well