Do you only write for rewards, or are you also writing to pass a message across to your readers, expecting feedback? This is one thing every content creator should ask himself or herself before hitting the Create Post option. Now, what do you want to achieve after thinking of a topic and deciding to express your thoughts 💭, feelings, and experiences into writing? Rewards only,? Or rewards and feedback?
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What's your aim after expressing your thoughts on your post? . Imagine taking your precious three hours, one hour or two hours,as the case may be, to write a post expecting people's feedback and not getting any. How do you feel? If you are the type that doesn't write ✍️ only for rewards, I believe you will feel demoralized that no-one engaged with your post you spent hours creating. Well, I don't know about you, but as for me, I love getting feedback on whatever post I published, even though the reward is motivation as well; feedback matters, and, I feel more fulfilled knowing that someone got value by visiting my blog. This is also another reason why you should go through your post again and again prior to hitting the publish button option to know if your content has value to add on people's lives if you aim not just creating content expecting rewards only.
Having said that, I think replying to comments is one aspect of engagement many of us ignore. Imagine when our readers take their precious time to go through our post, leaving well-thought-out comments, and we fail to reply. I am using "ours" here before I am talking to myself as well. I wouldn't deny that I have never missed replying to a comment on my blogs, as much as I strive not to. It happens when I get overwhelming notifications at a go, probably if I wasn't online for hours. But in order not to allow such frequently, what I do is take my time and revisit my blogs and the engagement on them, and if I see anyone I omitted, I reply immediately, apologizing to the user for the late response.
I think it doesn't speak well of us to keep publishing content day after day without replying to comments from 7 to 3 days ago on our blogs. For someone to visit your blog with feedback, it's very important that you create time to reply and show your readers your appreciation for their time spent engaging with you. Intentionally, do not abandon any comment on your blogs unless it happened as an oversight, and of course it could because we are only humans and not robots.
There are some users in hive that I have stopped engaging with because they never replied to my comments. It has happened several times, and I concluded that it wasn't an oversight, so I shift my attention to users who will appreciate my precious time by replying to my comments. This aspect of engagement is also vital for one's growth in the blockchain.
I used to think that Hivebuzz was a bot until I replied to his feedback on my post one day after I spent more than one year in Hive. I was surprised and even noticed that the young dude cherished the thank-you for the update reply I gave him, and he didn't hesitate to reply back in excitement. This can also be a little way to appreciate people's time on your blog. A little gesture matters. I am not saying you must reply to Hivebuzz; I am just citing an example, and of course, you can't be like me.
Finally, my dear readers, replying to comments on your blogs shouldn't be a choice; it's a necessity. You can choose to pause publishing for an hour and trace back your blogs, replying to those comments that have stayed days without an appreciation.
It's just a random thought I felt I should share with us. Do have a blessed and #beautifulSunday.
