RE: HIVE: No Votes, No Attention - Thinking of Giving up?

I've had two $115 posts in my short time on Hive, reading this I have been very fortunate.

But that is most likely because I know a big Hive fish, not mentioning any names.

This was alongside support from steevc, whom most likely learned of me from my big fish friend.

I also read some interesting posts on how to create interesting content, with suggestions like:

Make it interesting, place an alluring first picture, like a tunnel - everyone I know wants to know what's in the tunnel. Have a post title that draws people in and clearly states what the post is about. Stay on topic (something of a challenge for me) and format your text and pictures. If you start off placing descriptive text of a picture below the picture be consistent throughout your post so as not to confuse the reader.

I was disappointed with the votes from my last post and this has made me more reticent to stick my neck out with another one.

As said, there are no guarantees, expect nothing, but I feel a barrier to posting now, not because of the value of the post, but because I felt like my last post wasn't good enough.

I haven't found a niche yet and tended to post about Splinterlands, RisingStar, and days out.

I got my best results from the Days Out posts, however I did try and make the gaming posts educational with a little sprinkle of humour. Although I found it hard to be consistent. At one point I set out with a cowboy style twang in my RisingStar posts after mentioning Dolly Parton and then struggling to continue with it.

I also experimented with a Hive account called OwdGibber - The ramblings (see what I did there) of an owd man. ie A quirky persona, with a matching Hive account name - a bit like Slobberchops. Whose profile picture reminds me of crazy, off the wall characters from the TV comedy A League of Gentlemen. I'm not sure if this is intentional, but it sets the mood of the post in my headspace.

Going back to OwdGibber, I completed one post, one I'm quite proud of, but was advised to stick to one Hive account otherwise I would confuse people. Fair comment as Owdgibber was an experiment.

I think Slobberchops doesn't just have a niche, he has such a persona.

I have a few day trips to blog about, a trip to a town in Yorkshire to buy a Birthday Present for my Wife and 5 days in London at the beginning of this month, returning 2 days before the Queen sadly passed away.

I didn't feel comfortable posting about a trip to London during the period of mourning, so that has been side lined.

I also find I struggle to comment on other peoples posts, although I'm fine replying to people who comment on mine.

I think this is because I read other Hivers comments and then realize my comment isn't as original as I thought and then become self conscious and talk myself out of commenting.

But then behind a persona, I can be anyone I want to be ...

I guessing that to Slobberchops the whole Hive metaverse is a stage lol

Well that's my two penneth worth.