Heeeyho Readers! Let's talk about our Hive journeys.
One recurring question among first starters on Hive is: Should I post everyday? Answering sounds simple, although often sparkles debate among veterans. For me, in simple words, it depends.
Deciding whether to post everyday or not is entirely subjective. Quite a lazy approach, I know. I'll try to explain. When first starting this blog, I wanted to share my multi-month experience hitchhiking in Patagonia. That was my strongest subject to attract readers. However, understanding beforehand that people would need to discover me first played an important role in deciding not to rush and waste the best stories. Yet, posting lower quality stuff until being discovered would scare people away.
The Paradox
Do you see the problem? Posting quality stuff everyday without a solid audience and risk burning content or gain some time interacting until creating connections? Can I afford — referring to creativity consistency — to post top notch content since day zero without running dry? And if I decide to post everyday will my quality drop? Those are questions any beginner who wants to take the blockchain seriously should ask themselves.
Quality over Quantity
This is a well-known mantra among creators. Low quality content gets little recognition. Unless you are exceptional — and I know a lot of people who are and do great —, posting everyday will lead to a drop in quality. That's us becoming lazy or running dry on things to write about.
If you don't feel like posting, don't post. Use the spare time to interact with others or learning the art of curating.
On the other hand, I know users who post consistently once or twice a week and perform extraordinarily well.
Personal tip for beginners: Participating in contests is a fun way to post and interact with others while you build recognition. Just avoid participating for the sake of doing so. Find contests that you feel happy to enter.
You make the decisions! There are so many variables, hence, answering the title's question isn't black and white. It depends on your creativity consistency, niche, time to elaborate a well-though post, willingness to take writing seriously, objective as a blogger, et cetera.
Key takeaway
Now that we've established that each individual should draw their strategy, I think it's important to list what you shouldn't do.
- Plagiarize: Hell is full of good intentions... I've seen a user justify plagiarism because he/she had to post something. For God's sake, don't plagiarize. You will get caught.
- Use shortcuts: Talking about chatGPT here. Writing quality stuff takes time... thus is well rewarded more often. It's tempting to use shortcuts to make writing easier; just know it's not seen well on Hive.
- Reposting: It hurts to see great stories in the blockchain limbo, however, re-posting is not acceptable among curators.
- Shit-posting: You could become a professional shit poster, but chances are slim that you'll get any decent reward.
Any other?
As you can see, life as a Hive blogger can feel quite daunting, but it isn't. As long as you post because you feel happy, and not for the rewards, you'll be fine. Getting rewards is a mere consequence of honesty, humbleness, and passion. It takes time to grow an account, so add a pinch of patience to the mix.
The most important aspect of content creation is feeling inspired to keep on working, pushing our creativity to new limits, exploring different possibilities and formats. As a beginner, I'd focus on finding a niche that boosts our willingness to create. The rest will come with time.
Do you fellow veterans have something else to add?
Best of luck to those starting on Hive. As always, count on me.
Peace.
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Disclaimer: The author of this post is a convict broke backpacker, who has travelled more than 10.000 km hitchhiking and more than 5.000 km cycling. Following him may cause severe problems of wanderlust and inquietud. You've been warned.
