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I think I understood, I think perhaps I didn't express my agreement as much as I should of though.
Your key point "content does not subsist on it's own merit" is exactly the point I was trying to help people with. It would be amazing if that wasn't the case, but we don't control the game so we have to play along if we want the cream to rise to the top!
Your article was a catalyst for sharing my thoughts on how to grow, not whether that is appropriate for everyone (and that is a key point I really did express poorly / not explain well in the article).
It is a "you can't have your cake and eat it" type of scenario that I wish wasn't the case. Thousands of quality pieces do get buried under an avalanche of pandering listicles. I share all of your frustrations.
All my piece was meant to do (and I can see from the comments I failed in some ways) was highlight that we can't change the game on our own, neither can we place the blame on DEV for what people want to engage with, and give people a path to actually achieve growth for their work in a crowded place.
Instead we have to make a choice, play the game so we can get quality content in front of more eyeballs and put up with the fact that pandering is a part of growing to a point where we do have a voice and a way to get that quality content to "cut through the noise". Or we can just keep releasing things we believe have value and hope that we get lucky that someone who has played the game boosts our work.
Is it ideal? Nope! Would it be great if content was popular based on quality and merit? Absolutely!
Hopefully that clears up the bits that I did not make clear, at the end of the day the only outcome I really care about is that you continue to write the things you want to write about and if they don't get popular that it doesn't leave you frustrated to the point where you don't want to write anymore.
And from a personal perspective, your rant was useful for me, I may not have expressed myself well, but it is helping me formulate the points I made into a more succinct and well explained system that new writers can follow if they wish for growth and to build a platform for themselves.
So I consider that mission accomplished and am glad you shared the article, hopefully I continue to see your writing on the site and thank you for taking the time to come and comment, I hope we can have some engaging conversations about the topic...who knows we might come up with a solve for this seemingly impossible problem and finally "have our cake"! 😁
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I think I understood, I think perhaps I didn't express my agreement as much as I should of though.
Your key point "content does not subsist on it's own merit" is exactly the point I was trying to help people with. It would be amazing if that wasn't the case, but we don't control the game so we have to play along if we want the cream to rise to the top!
Your article was a catalyst for sharing my thoughts on how to grow, not whether that is appropriate for everyone (and that is a key point I really did express poorly / not explain well in the article).
It is a "you can't have your cake and eat it" type of scenario that I wish wasn't the case. Thousands of quality pieces do get buried under an avalanche of pandering listicles. I share all of your frustrations.
All my piece was meant to do (and I can see from the comments I failed in some ways) was highlight that we can't change the game on our own, neither can we place the blame on DEV for what people want to engage with, and give people a path to actually achieve growth for their work in a crowded place.
Instead we have to make a choice, play the game so we can get quality content in front of more eyeballs and put up with the fact that pandering is a part of growing to a point where we do have a voice and a way to get that quality content to "cut through the noise". Or we can just keep releasing things we believe have value and hope that we get lucky that someone who has played the game boosts our work.
Is it ideal? Nope! Would it be great if content was popular based on quality and merit? Absolutely!
Hopefully that clears up the bits that I did not make clear, at the end of the day the only outcome I really care about is that you continue to write the things you want to write about and if they don't get popular that it doesn't leave you frustrated to the point where you don't want to write anymore.
And from a personal perspective, your rant was useful for me, I may not have expressed myself well, but it is helping me formulate the points I made into a more succinct and well explained system that new writers can follow if they wish for growth and to build a platform for themselves.
So I consider that mission accomplished and am glad you shared the article, hopefully I continue to see your writing on the site and thank you for taking the time to come and comment, I hope we can have some engaging conversations about the topic...who knows we might come up with a solve for this seemingly impossible problem and finally "have our cake"! 😁