After more than 5 years on this blockchain, I sometimes have the feeling that there is nothing I could write about that I didn't talk about in a previous post already. According to hivebuzz, I have created 584 posts for my personal account and made 15'248 comments. It's kind of normal that it is more difficult to find topics to write about than in the past. Could it be called content tiredness?
The pressure to produce something worth reading
I could chose another path and not really care whether my content is any good. There are some people who set autovotes on me and I could get some return on these posts even if nobody would read them. This is something I refrain from doing for several reasons.
Earning some money while creating content is nice but it is definitely not why I write here. I believe that over the last 5 years, I have created a certain brand around my account. When I create content, I want to provide value to the people reading it and I especially want that people come back to my account and check my future posts. If I start to create content without value, I would jeopardize the work of the past 5 years. People would stop coming to read my stuff.
There is also a ideological component that prevents me from doing so. For Hive to be able to go further and gain value, we need content that attracts people from the outside. We need content that inspires and teaches or entertains. It is only by creating something that others deem worth reading that I can contribute to the development of Hive.
Reducing the quantity
If I check my own blog on Hive, I realize that the frequency of my posts tends to go down over time. I came to the realization that I would only write something when I have a good idea or something that I think is worth sharing. It seems that this is happening less and less often lately.
There was a time, when I tried to create one post per day and I remember how I stressed sometimes to come up with a subject. There are still many out there who write one or more posts per day. I congratulate them for managing that. For me, this doesn't work and I don't want to burn out and stop from one day to the next. So I write only when I really want to do so
There is however a danger related to that and it is that I take a new habit of not creating content. This might lead towards creating no content at all. So I definitely need to find a middle way.
What to write about when you have written about everything?
In my activity as curator for @ourpick, I scan the Hive feed for posts that I find worth reading almost every day. It is sometimes a very difficult task because there aren't that many posts that I enjoy reading. Honestly, most posts don't provide any value to me. Why? Because when looking for a posts that I find worth reading I'm asking myself the following questions:
- Does the post entertain me? Do I enjoy reading it?
- Do I learn something new?
- Do I get an insight in somebody else's life and opinions?
If I can't answer at least one of these questions in a positive way, then I have the feeling that the post is not worth reading. Of course, it's something that is subjective and very personal. That's why we have several curators in the @ourpick program so that we have different filters at work.
What I want to say here is that when it comes to creating content, it's again the same question that should orientate our creation process. Is my post entertaining? Do I transmit some knowledge? Do I share my personal opinion and life experience?
If I take this post for example, I try to convey my struggle to create content. I share my personal experience and hope that others can learn from it. Did it work? Well please tell me in the comment section:-)
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