There is a problem with DEV.to in general. The quality of posts is often very low and aimed at beginners, and especially focused around web development. Certain types of posts get a lot of attention, eg. lists of things. There has been discussions on this before. It may discourage more complex posts because it's the wrong audience. But what DEV has become is a very beginner friendly platform. Even if not everyone gets a lot of views they still make it possible for any post to hit it big. But sometimes it feels more like a discussion forum than a blogging site.
My personal opinion is that you shouldn't be writing to get likes and fame. See it as an opportunity to sharpen your own knowledge through writing. Writing a blogpost requires you to thoroughly research the topic and make sure what you write is correct (at least if you aim for good quality posts). While there may still be mistakes, you will have learnt many things.
I run my own blog (hosted on Github Pages) where I occasionally write. I mainly write because I think it's fun and I rarely advertise it. I may share a link if I have a relevant post to something being discussed. I have no statistics on it so I have no idea if some of my posts have even been read by anyone. I feel like that takes the stress out of writing. I'm not obligated to satisfy an audience. I do want people to consume what I write, but I don't actively care whether a post succeded or not because I wrote it for my own sake.
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I doubt this problem (if we can indeed characterize it as a problem) is special do DEV. It might be just more visible to us here. I like that it gives people an opportunity to publish and I think it makes it easier to get noticed than if one was just blogging on his/her own website.
You had quite a good point about writing to oneself and not caring much, or at all, if others actually read it.
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There is a problem with DEV.to in general. The quality of posts is often very low and aimed at beginners, and especially focused around web development. Certain types of posts get a lot of attention, eg. lists of things. There has been discussions on this before. It may discourage more complex posts because it's the wrong audience. But what DEV has become is a very beginner friendly platform. Even if not everyone gets a lot of views they still make it possible for any post to hit it big. But sometimes it feels more like a discussion forum than a blogging site.
My personal opinion is that you shouldn't be writing to get likes and fame. See it as an opportunity to sharpen your own knowledge through writing. Writing a blogpost requires you to thoroughly research the topic and make sure what you write is correct (at least if you aim for good quality posts). While there may still be mistakes, you will have learnt many things.
I run my own blog (hosted on Github Pages) where I occasionally write. I mainly write because I think it's fun and I rarely advertise it. I may share a link if I have a relevant post to something being discussed. I have no statistics on it so I have no idea if some of my posts have even been read by anyone. I feel like that takes the stress out of writing. I'm not obligated to satisfy an audience. I do want people to consume what I write, but I don't actively care whether a post succeded or not because I wrote it for my own sake.
I doubt this problem (if we can indeed characterize it as a problem) is special do DEV. It might be just more visible to us here. I like that it gives people an opportunity to publish and I think it makes it easier to get noticed than if one was just blogging on his/her own website.
You had quite a good point about writing to oneself and not caring much, or at all, if others actually read it.