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RE: There is no Attention Economy on Hive
I think most of us that actually care about the platform have been bitching about the lack of engagement and attention for years. Of course, the whales will go and cherry pick a post to show engagement from those that kiss their ass for upvotes. There are very few actual active people on the chain. Most 'active' accounts are just old auto-voting accounts at this point. I still play around a few communities and post things that I actually like to post like drones, 3D printing, and homestead posts, but my days of trying to 'be somebody' on the chain or even in the crypto space are long gone.
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This is so insanely accurate. I can't stand seeing it. Especially that first part regarding engagement.
Yeah this doesn't happen unless you post the right stuff, we see so much shit on here because it actually gets curated. The same "How to start blogging on Hive!" posts. Being more niche with your interests on here just means you're posting to a select few. Which is fine, that's how it is. But the worst thing returns to what you said before: the people that get all the good treatment will consider you the problem when you mention how discouraging it can be that there's no engagement because in their eyes they're a gold standard of how a person on Hive should be. In reality their posts are shit, nobodies really reading, and they're just gaining interest because everyone wants some of that trickle-down upvote.
I tried to educate people on blockchain operations, trading, mining, etc, but yeah, nobody actually reads the blogs or watches the videos. I have built various businesses and front ends on this platform just to get swept aside. So I just use Hive these days as a generic social media platform that mines me some crypto that I then turn into LTC, BTC, or XMR, lol.
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If you look around there are tons of artists that burn with passion and do so daily with little to no reward.
We've become a bit of a clique us popular hiveans and we fail to see the true beauty of what is underneath.
No more -- I'm picking up all the bright stars that shine brightly.
Yep, and without people focusing on those with the passion, they will move along the way just like the rest of us. I appreciate your efforts for sure.
I think the lack of engagement comes down to there just not being enough people actually here. Communities are a great feature of Hive but there just aren't enough people to form very substantial communities about specific topics with few exceptions. Hive has always had this sort of chicken in the egg problem. How does it attract more users without more high quality content and how does it get more high quality content without more users? I'm not sure what the answer is but maybe we could at least start with better search functionality. I can't even find my own posts very easily...
This is truly the main problem.
We can't have as much traffic as Twitter without allowing the noobs and shit posters in.
I'll continue posting and sharing, yet I just wonder how long things on here might last.
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This is certainly an issue. Like with my FPV drone crew, they are all stuck on Instagram because it offers the features best for them. I tried to bring a few to Hive, but as soon as they got a look, they were like, neh...
I think we really do need something where people can have posts suggested to them to check out. Not necessarily an algo which decides what gets seen and what doesn't, but something that maybe pulls from certain tags you select interest in. A little thing on the homepage that shows you people you aren't following that are posting similar things to you. Even if they're posts from a week ago.
Another problem is that 7 day window. Everything that does get seen is only seen within the first 24 hours, after that the post is just thrown into the void. Nobody is going to curate, nobody is going to comment.
At the same time, when there are these niche topics with a thin audience, it's not enough for them to support each other because the big curators just stick to the big communities. And what curation guilds consider high quality definitely won't match with other topics. They're looking for a great epic adventure into the mountains. Not a drawing post that took someone four months to perfect.
I hear ya there!
I know you know the feeling!