People often ask me why I "bother" to create unique posts across the various blogging and publishing venues I use.
"After all," they argue, "It would be MUCH easier to just write ONE post/article and just repeat it everywhere you have an account."
Whereas I can't argue with the fundamental premise — that it would be easier — of that line of thinking, it has never sat well with me.
Why Do We Do What We Do?
I suppose we are all motivated differently, by different things.
In my case, I was blogging and writing articles LONG before there was such a thing as "crypto social" platforms. As such, I didn't gain my experience in an environment largely focused on "Profit Maximalization." My foundation is in how to attract readership but beyond that in how to retain a loyal following.
Of course, that objective isn't always in alignment with maximizing profit.
And if I were trying to maximize profitability, I wouldn't be writing personal anecdotes and "commentary," in the first place — I'd be writing about iPhones and how to make more money from your investments.
Narrow Scope?
This morning, I found myself considering whether venues like Blurt are predisposed to attract predominantly people who are more interested in money than in creativity.
Now, I'm not for one moment going to pretend that the rewards are not nice; this is more a case of considering whether the community ends up with a narrower scope when the "profit motive" is the primary driving force.
Does that even matter?
As far as I can tell, perhaps it matters most in terms of people time horizon. As a "creator" my horizon is — and always has been — very long term. My internal objectives revolve around what I can build over 2, 3, 5, even 10 years.
"Profit maximizers" seem more oriented towards the NOW, with less regard to how their "now actions" might impact the future... both their own, as well as that of the venue they are using.
What do YOU think?
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As a reader I absolutely appreciate that you write unique posts for each site. And you are one of a handful of bloggers I follow whose work I always look forward to reading. As far as attracting a loyal following, you're doing a great job.
As a writer/photographer I'm guilty of copy and paste publishing. There is already some divergence in the three sites (Steem/Hive/Blurt), and I expect that to grow, so the gems I create won't be seen by my entire audience if I don't share everywhere.
At the same time there are features on each chain that are unique: Appics on Steem and Hive Stock Photos, for example. And probably way more than that.
I'm pretty excited to see how this ecosystem develops, how the three sites interact, and in making a living at it. And I think it is very possible to make a living at it. It's like fractals the way opportunities for exchange (and therefore profit) are being created within each site -- there's an enormous space being created beyond the interaction between the three main nodes.
Exciting times, I think.
From a content producers point of view it seems like the more exposure to your work the better. I tend to be more of a consumer and somewhat of an investor. As a consumer if I see something I like posted on Steem I might search to see if it is on Hive or Blurt because I'm better able to reward the author there. As an investor I don't feel like these platforms are in direct competition because the success of one of them helps out the others - especially considering open source software.
It certainly doesn't take much additional effort to post on all three once the content is created.