Rule #6
Don't take yourself too seriously
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I'm going to start out by explaining my tone here is not snarky, but instead teasing, because sometimes tone in text gets lost.
A contributor to a large newly formed curation group recently asked...
"If you died tomorrow, would you be proud of your last post?"
First off, I really like and respect this Steemian, I will not name him, he can self identify in the comments if he wishes. I think he has the best interest of Steem at heart and I hope they keep doing what they are doing. With that being said, here is my response:
I think you might be taking this a bit too seriously.
If I picture what I am proud of at the end of my life I picture
- My children
- My relationship with my husband
- The business I've built
- My friendships
- Some contributions I've made to non-profit works
- That time I pulled a kitten off the highway.
My social media activities don't even register.
Even if I narrow my scope to only consider my Steem life:
My last post is 1 out of 17,707 posts and replies I have made on Steem.
I am proud that I show up every day and contribute. Sometimes the quality and effort are high, but mostly not. It's a casual blogging site.
I am proud that I did manual curation before it was cool. With both upvotes and downvotes.
I'm proud that I support both large and small accounts and casual users as well.
I'm proud that my posts consistently are in the top 10 for having the most engagement. Not every day, but a couple of times a week.
I'm proud that I made 96 posts that earned null and I still stuck it out, despite the content snobs who insist what others need to post about.
And I am proud that I don't earn my rewards writing posts about what I curated as if I did something special. Instead of just what the site is designed for.
I am glad your are curating, but I think that message is a bit over the top.
Upvote what you like, downvote what you think is harmful and ignore the rest..
When many are doing that it equals consensus.
Said in a friendly tone, with a grin on my face
Who would be left if we ran off those who do not consider each post a work of art? There is room for both.