Do you believe that you, as an individual, can help keep interest in this platform alive?
I don’t know. More often than not, I write for myself and don’t really care if others like it or not. I write to release, to get things off my chest. But I make sure I don’t pollute anyone’s feed with my ramblings - that’s why I stick to my personal blog and only occasionally play around with the tags.
Now, am I adding value to Steem by doing that? Depends. What’s valuable to me might be garbage to someone else.
So another question would be - should we write for others? Or should we write what genuinely interests us, even if it holds no obvious value for the community or anyone else?
In other words: does something need to be valuable to others to be worth sharing at all?
This is just one of the dilemmas faced by those struggling to keep up on this platform. We want to add value but are usually restrained by the status quo - by expectations, trends, or what content seems to be "worth" posting...
Edit: Just reflecting alongside you
I believe that you keep the platform alive through much more than "just" posting. In my opinion, it's interaction that we need to make it a place where people feel comfortable. Only then could someone stop and say, "It's cool here, it's different here, I'll linger here."
The "added value" you bring to the platform is created through your interaction, your sometimes very thoughtful, sometimes very funny communication. In that respect, you're already a big deal!
I also really like your writing; you're a deep thinker. But that's a matter of taste. "Good content," "value" - who determines that? The consumers. Whether you write for yourself or for others is pretty irrelevant (the moment you release it for public reading, it's essentially for others). The only thing that's "wrong," in my opinion, is writing for supposed standards. That takes the flavour and vitality out of every, every text.
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That’s exactly the clarity I needed. Salamat. You made your points so clearly and convincingly - I rest my case.
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