Random Spiels, Have You Heard about the Most Viewed Anime Post on Hive?

I was checking the what the latest topics that trended over Peakd and saw one of the most viewed posts yesterday was a post from @tegoshei reaching up to 2000+ views.

The Wind Breaker (webtoon) ❌ Wind Breaker (manga) post.

2000+ views is an accomplishment here. Sure, one can be a downer and just say it's nothing compared to content from other social media platforms but it's still an accomplishment to get views on your post here. Peakd analytics don't count views from users using Brave browser, I believe so the numbers could be more?

Anyway, I think this was is well earned and part of what makes the post remarkable is how it's an anime content posted on a community page that's got less than a hundred active users.

I used the keyword "Wind breaker webtoon" and found the post under the 3rd page of Google searches. There maybe some bias because of own browsing history but it's something to think about. That hobby posting can still have some impact on the traffic searches over Hive.

This further supports my own bias about how content creation and curation can sometimes work in funny ways.

Below is a post I made about Destiny Child Mobile Game that showed the highest number of views from the previous month and I posted this last February 2024.

Not trying to toot my own horn but the above examples are a foundation on why posts that have an existing fanbase outside Hive have more chances of generating outside views than personal posts or posts that just perpetuate an echo chamber of how great this platform is.

Wind Breaker is a latest hit anime of the season so it's hot stuff on the Google searches. Since it's a topic that already has an existing fanbase outside Hive, an author who posts about something trending on other platforms may get a greater chance of hooking some organic views here for the same content than posting about personal blogs nobody really cares about except those that are already present in the platform.

I could share several self absorbed posts of how my days went and doubt anyone outside the platform would take the time to have a look. But if I post a review about some trending anime, the chances of it having a greater reach outside is slightly higher.

And this leads me to my other shower thought, if content creators here want to get more eyes on Hive, maybe if they engaged in creating more content that's trending out there. It serves everyone's best interest if that's the game plan since we want to get more eyes on Hive out there right?

My views on the social rewards system have always leaned on being a merit based. If you think the community should reward you with something, it should follow that you're contributing something back to the community that brings it more value too?

It's a harsh world out there for content creators striving to get their name out there. I think there's more value in promoting authors that strive to get their view count up here than mindlessly posting to collect pay.

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