Reflecting on my own writing journey on Dev.to, the amount of post reaction/follower can certainly be a source of motivation(or the complete opposite). What I would remind myself of is this:
If I write to gain traction and I don’t get that, I should change the way I write/promote my post. If, however, I write to simply share something that I think it’s noteworthy, why should I be upset that the post does not get to a crazy level of reactions from readers? That’s not the goal of the post anyway.
I do see the value of having a voice on various platform but honestly, even though I don’t get that many “likes” when I click publish, I don’t have to worry about what I should write to please the crowd either:)
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I just find there is a balance to be made, there is nothing more soul destroying than sitting back after hitting publish and thinking "that is some of my best work" and then getting no interactions.
So although followers and views are not important as a "self worth" or "measure of your self worth" as some people see it, they are certainly important in terms of getting people to see your stuff, comment or react and then have the opportunity to engage with and build a relationship with them.
As you said the "goal" is important, I am just trying to persuade people that growth is a goal worth pursuing as we have all been fed the "follower numbers don't matter" rhetoric and it isn't quite that simple!
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Reflecting on my own writing journey on Dev.to, the amount of post reaction/follower can certainly be a source of motivation(or the complete opposite). What I would remind myself of is this:
If I write to gain traction and I don’t get that, I should change the way I write/promote my post. If, however, I write to simply share something that I think it’s noteworthy, why should I be upset that the post does not get to a crazy level of reactions from readers? That’s not the goal of the post anyway.
I do see the value of having a voice on various platform but honestly, even though I don’t get that many “likes” when I click publish, I don’t have to worry about what I should write to please the crowd either:)
Exactly.
I just find there is a balance to be made, there is nothing more soul destroying than sitting back after hitting publish and thinking "that is some of my best work" and then getting no interactions.
So although followers and views are not important as a "self worth" or "measure of your self worth" as some people see it, they are certainly important in terms of getting people to see your stuff, comment or react and then have the opportunity to engage with and build a relationship with them.
As you said the "goal" is important, I am just trying to persuade people that growth is a goal worth pursuing as we have all been fed the "follower numbers don't matter" rhetoric and it isn't quite that simple!