As a minnow I think it's also hard to break into circles. Most of the dolphins and orcasa follow each other and tend to engage in banter. and with tribes it's hard to find good content tagged correctly that you actually interested in. Also these relationships spill onto discord and if you not active over there you kinda get less recognition on the chain.
Personally for me it's just been a lack of time. With all the added responsibilities of lockdown it's been hard to get around to doing anything extra.
I do definitely agree though. Comments are key to building your audience. And many users fail to realise this at the beginning. If noone takes you under their wing and shares some wisdom, you kinda swimming in circles. Also, maybe resourese credits play a role here. I do believe that gamifying this system to help users understand it better would help teach newbies the ropes.
thing is, a lot of those dolphins grew together. decent amount of people that i am in regular contact registered aprox the same period i did.
It is slow, and even with great content and votes on it, it is slow.
Sadly 99% of the redfish/minnow accounts that I had connected with and was "growing up together with" at the start of my journey have gone completely inactive and going out of my way to "lure" dolphins and orcas to my account seem quite a dirty and low tactic to me.
I also used to be active in Discord back in the day, but as already mentioned to Taraz, that drained me quite a bit and nearly cost me my job. ..and even from all the people that I connected with from there, I do not see those people still sticking around..
I would just dare to say that there's a generation of red-fish/minnows that just didn't survive.
Hugs and Coffee,
~Josie~
Yeah I can't do discord as well. I'm here to engage on the blockchain. Throwing discord into the mix just takes up too much time. Life has alot of other responsibilities and it became a bit of a stress. Replying to multiple people all of the time. But I suppose it does help penertrate communities. If you have the time, it's prob to your benifit
It's a whole black hole on its own that ends up sucking up all of your time and then you end up with a community.. but wait.. a Discord community.. what happened to being on the platform?
And then it all goes bust due to petty interpersonal drama and power struggles in your new Discord community and you realize you've just wasted all that time you could have been focused actually creating content on the platform in the first place. xD
In a nutshell.
Hugs and Coffee,
~Josie~
I think what really got to me was the fakrness and ass kissing for the sake of upvotes. Like just be yourselves man. This is not high school.
can confirm that every time i am more active on Discord, i suck at posting stuff (not that i am great in posting last few months).
100%.it kinda sucks you in. I just become very unproductive with work as well.
I only jump into Discord when I recognize someone and want to catch up. Otherwise avoid it xD
No luring is required...Just engage. Comment on our posts, talk with us. Most will respond and over time we build relationships that, if nurtured, will be lasting. I hate Discord so am not there much, but I'm on the blockchain and open for business.
Tagging bigger accounts is not cool, but engaging is...I did it myself, and still do, and so I know the benefits if done correctly.
Hahaha and here I was heading out to get some big fish treats to get you guys to visit. It's nice to know you guys are keen to watch out for the little fish without having us kissing ass.
Well, feeding me is always a solid way to get into my good-books...I eat just about anything. Lol.
Yep, no one likes a kiss-ass, maybe except for those with low self-esteem...Just engage...Have fun, converse, be interesting, fun...That's all it takes generally.
!ENGAGE 25
Interesting and fun! Damn that's a tall order! Now I have to go and get some personality!! 🙄
Lol. Well, I just looked at your blog. I don't think you'll have to go far to find some.
ENGAGEtokens.I think as long as you are mixing up who you speak to, there is no harm in this if done right.
Possible, if not a bit sad.
Yeah, but the power dynamics are still a lot different than just having a school of peers that you're more naturally growing up together with, as bigger fish are always going to be at least at the back of their minds a bit suspicious of your intentions - are you here just to target them for votes?
I remember more often than not I was deliberately NOT commenting on @Rok-Sivante posts even though I would have had a lot to say, just not to creep him out and make him feel like I'm targeting him, because a lot of small fish were doing exactly that. I for one was just really enjoying the kind of content he was creating.
Luckily for me, in the midst of all of that noise he has eventually noticed a person behind that pesky, persistent tiny red-fish, so I no longer have to worry about freaking him out with my comments. ^^
..Or like you just following me, also feels icky - oh, a pitty-follow.. I don't need that! xD I am by no means trying to complain here, I'm just a tiny fish voicing her observations, journey and loss of "my crowd". Natural selection has done its thing, and maybe I'm just slightly cautious in trying to find a new crowd, lest the same destiny befalls them too..
Hugs and Coffee,
~Josie~
I think you're overthinking it a little xD What's the worst that can happen by commenting on a bigger account? :D
I hope over time you'll feel more comfortable in general ^^
Good luck!
..mm.. well, it's more intricate than that.
I'm not overthinking. I might be overfeeling.. and overly sensitive to unspoken borders/boundaries in people's energies. I am also very perceptive of when people are being genuine and when they are "fake-kind", or even when they are bulshitting themselves. I have zero interest in bulldozing someone over just for some arbitrary "gain for myself", as I know from experience how draining that can be on the recipients' end.
It's not about "What's the worst that can happen by commenting on a bigger account? :D" but more about if I make the other person feel uncomfortable, drained and like I'm leaching on them or on the contrary, that I'm someone that can bring about some sort of value - maybe not with my dust upvotes, but maybe in a whole different manner.
The fact that our society has been "normalized" in people bulldozing one another over with their energies, that's a whole subject on its own one would have to take a separate deep dive in. ;)
Hugs and Coffee,
~Josie~
Ahh that makes more sense and I agree! (Am also sensitive, admittedly I find text energy harder to sense than in person) Which is why I at least try to be clear with what I'm saying usually.
Aww based on your energy I doubt you'd drain someone, likely opposite :)
Yeah it's not like school where you are same age, similar 'level', but we do have one thing in comment - we are all here :)
ha :) Well you are a new face to me, here commenting with some interesting points on my blog. This is how you get followed!
Pity follows don't exist! Pity upvotes on the other hand.... 😂
Awwww... I wish you had commented more, now that I know that.
You at the very top in my favorite books. I LOVE your comments. They always make my day. 🥰
aww, stahp it you! ^^ xD
ok. 🤭
Yeah I think some of those "active" accounts maybe post once a month or so, just to test the waters. SO maybe the stats are skewed a bit and it's not so bad ^^
Agreed. And then it's also finding peeps who's content you find interesting. It's easy to engage and pretend you find content interesting when you literally bored out of your mind reading the pieces. It gets old very quickly. I'd rather genuinely engage than kiss ass for an upvote! And so the journey has been slow for me as well. And many accounts I have connected with are long gone now!
i can just say that it was easier for me in terms that there were (and still are) a lot of photographers here, and that was my initial interest. and also trying to learn about crypto, as this was my first real contact with it. Communities should now be a place for finding people, but older accounts are kinda in transition with communities, it is a big change and i am for sure guilty for slow acceptance of it.
Yeah I get that. I too am slow on the uptake. I usually use Esteem though and they haven't really integrated the communities. So it is a bit of admin I'm avoiding!
i use peakd and they did a great with communities, but creature of habit, 2 years of doing something, hard to change fully.
Time is certainly a factor, and knowing that you are slowly making some progress.
Comments don't earn much directly, but I think they are important for breaking into circles.
100% but just trying to paint the picture to your question. But for the little little fish. I think it just boild down to resource credits. I mean how are you supposed to feel motivated with 3 comments a day?
It isn't great, but the change really helped reduce rewards farming and spam.
Hopefully in the future when RC delegations are a thing, no new account will come with ability to do much more than 3 comments.