Let's be honest here... Post rewards are the main incentive for people to create content on HIVE... Because of that, the comment section was suffering for a long time, and along with engagement on the platform... As all these things are connected, I would say that the combination was (and still is) the main cause of the low retention rate on the platform... In the lack of (higher) rewards and having no other incentives, people would leave... Those who stayed have found the "other side" of the platform, which is somehow "invisible" for newbies...
Despite being a social media network, somehow people forget what is the main purpose, and the biggest value here on HIVE... It's not money, it's not rewards, it's not upvotes, it's not begging for attention... It's PEOPLE!
In a certain way, things are changing... As one of the good examples is our
last show, where we talked with
@friendlymoose about his
@friendlymoose project... Comments are finally getting more "visibility", the comment section is buzzing more and more... Also, comments got an additional use case in Waves, Snaps, Threads, but that's another topic...
If the comment section is getting more importance, this could mean that we are finally getting more and more CONSUMERS on HIVE... One of the main criticisms of HIVE was that it's a chain with content that nobody consumes... And if we want to be honest with ourselves, it was the case in the past... It's getting better, but we need a bit more time and improvements to make to get there... I saw some great ideas about better content search for our HIVE frontends, helping out those posts that are engaging and add value to readers...
"value to readers..." We are again at the beginning... The million-dollar question... What is valuable content? Let's keep that topic for some other occasion and try to focus on simpler questions, starting from ourselves... If we check out with ourselves, what we read, what we consume, maybe we can get to some conclusions about what we need to create (and consume) more...
We are different... We consume different things... There is no "universal" content that fixes them all, something that everyone likes to read/consume... But, instead of creating content that nobody consumes, maybe we should try to adapt, or adapt our content to be "suitable" to readers... Not saying to change the topic, but to change the approach, and the way in presenting it...
Some people think that we should create more content about HIVE, others would like to see more financial posts, others travel blogs, garden updates, etc. Let's share with others what we would like to see more of on HIVE? What kind of content do you consume? Maybe someone would like to be your friend, but they don't know what your interests are, what do you have in common... Let's connect and try to engage on topics that we REALLY CARE about, and not that others would like us to care...
So, let's talk about it... Let's talk about the topics that you would like to see more on HIVE? Let's talk about the type of content that you like more, short or long, photos or videos, text or audio, etc.
⏰ The show will begin at 5 PM UTC on Wednesday, April 23rd! Check your local time here ⏰
How was the last show? As I already mentioned, we had a special guest in the last show, as
@FriendlyMoose came to hang out with us, presenting his
@FriendlyMoose project! It was super fun, with a lot of engagement, questions, and plenty of useful stuff that was shared... It was great to see people from the audience asking questions and sharing their point of view about meaningful comments and rewarding engagement! If you missed the show, you can check out the
recap and recording!
For all the participants, there are some LEN tokens for attending the show and some special rewards (in Ecency POINTS) for those who are the bravest and come on the voice during the show!!! Don't forget that NOBODY is obligated to talk in the show, so you CAN come to listen and engage with others in the text chat... 😉
What steps should you take now?
- Join Ecency Discord here
- Check out your local time for the event at the top of the Ecency DISCORD side menu
- Click on the chat-voice channel on Wednesday, 5 PM UTC (check your local time here)
- Follow the event-chat channel during the show and engage with others!
- Share the buzz about the show on Ecency Waves, PeakD Snaps, and InLeo threads using the tag #HHHLive, and be rewarded with upvotes!
Or just click on this link to lead you directly to the Event announcement, where you can see all the info! If you would like to discuss a certain topic in future shows, please let me know in the comment section... See you soon!!!
Thank you for your time,
--ph--
PS. If you have special ideas for the TOPIC (or guest) in future shows, don't hesitate to suggest them in the comment section!!! Thanks!
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