As I'm a creature of habits, I try to experiment with different series of posts, which you have probably noticed if you are following me... Some of these experiments stick and I continue doing them, and some of them die... lol... For example, I like to do occasionally the Late Night Blogging post, the My Hive Goals, or Walk and Talk series posts (lately much more rarely than before)... What I have noticed lately, I tend to write long(er) posts, which wasn't the case when I started blogging... I was raising posts from 400 words to 500, and 700, and recently, most of them are over 1000 words... It's not that I'm aiming for that number, it just happens... I realized that there is space for short(er) content which I will try to do with this Ph's shorts 🩳 series...
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Today we had an awesome #HHHLive show in the Ecency Discord and I will post tomorrow (probably) the recording of it, but I couldn't wait to share an interesting anecdote from the after show (yes we are doing them), which wasn't recorded! I had a very interesting conversation with @zakludick about HIVE accumulation and creation, and while we were talking I got a perfect comparison for it...
The talk was about the importance of being consistent with content creation and engagement ALL the time, which means being active in the BEAR and the BULL season... For those who didn't hear of these terms, we are having cycles in crypto (but in traditional markets too) when the price of tokens is going down, and the "season" when prices are going up... In general, when the prices go down, people are scared, they tend to panic, sell their tokens, and lose interest in content creation too... When the token value goes up, people come back, hype back into the system, and try to "catch the train"...
As Zak said in the after-show, the best recipe is to ignore those things and just focus on doing your work, to be consistent... If you do that, you will get the maximum from your work, as in the bear market (everyone freaks out) there are fewer content creators and your content gets more attention... As token value is lower it LOOKS like you are earning less (in dollar value), but you are actually earning MORE tokens! In the bull market (everyone is hyped), the competition is bigger, and you get a smaller portion of the rewards as it has to be split among more people, and fewer tokens...
So, the main point is that the best opportunity for accumulation tokens is when everyone else is freaking out, and that's the BEST time to do it! I have a crazy comparison in my head regarding that... Most people REACT (or RESPOND as Zak said) on something, and when you are in that "stage", the action is already done, and you are just following... But, if you PREPARE yourself BEFORE, you are the action-taker and others are "responding"... You are at an advantage...
Think about it as year seasons... If you are expecting a cold winter, you will prepare yourself for it and get some firewood... When? Probably not in the middle of winter, but in the summer... When winter comes, your very well-dried wood will keep you warm... It takes time to build a stake, but if we are doing it in the "right" time, it is much easier and more effective...
Darn! The idea was to keep the post under 500 words and I failed... Maybe next time... :)
Thank you for your time,
ph
PS. Part of the inspiration for this post came from @solominer's post about collecting firewood. Thanks, Solo!
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