Every minute of the day, new posts are produced on hive. I realized that I tend to spend less and less time consuming content on Hive and I was wondering why. There is probably one dimension that is related to myself. After 6.5 years on Hive, I have the feeling that it gets difficult to read posts every day and I struggle to find content that I find interesting. This doesn't mean that the posts in general are of lower quality, it simply seems that my interests are probably less broad the older I get and I also have the feeling that there is less new, innovative stuff around.
That is why, I would like to ask a question to you all:
What is the reason why your read posts on hive?
I will share here some ideas why I read content, and I would like to hear your opinion about it:
Learning new things
One of my biggest motivation to read is that I want to learn how to do something. I like tutorials for example and also content that makes me discover new stuff.
Because of the rewards
I realized that I'm much more inclined to read something and give a comment, when I actually get some appreciation from the author. If I get an upvote to my comment and even an answer to it, it certainly helps.
In order to network
Hive doesn't work like most other platforms. You can only be successful if you build some relationships. Reading content of chosen authors, commenting and interacting can be a very good way to build a network that will help to grow faster.
To get another point of view
One thing that I really like is when people take position about a certain topic and share their own opinion. I think that this brings the discussion forward and can lead to nice things.
I'm sure there are other reasons why people read content on hive. But there are also reasons that prevent me from reading content. Here just some points that discourage me from reading:
- The title doesn't inspire me
- The content is too short or too long. If a post is 150 words, I simply skip it but I also do it, if the post is more than 1500 words...
- It's a similar post every day. I have about 1000 books in my house and I never read the same book twice. I hate to read the same thing over again and if somebody produces similar or almost similar posts, I'm not so interested.
- When people not defend their own opinion but repeat what somebody else says. Then I can directly read this persons post...
This is a very personal list of things and I probably forgot some. I would wonder to know how it is about you. Why do you read or not content on Hive?
I'm looking forward to reading your comments!
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