I admit it, I like comments. I like to know I'm being read when I put together a poem or an article about my life or a fictional piece. I create something and it becomes my baby. I gave birth to something and it's just as painful as real childbirth. I put it out into the world of gather and I think like all babies that I've birthed, this is just as adorable. People will surely fawn over my fruit of the womb.
I check back occasionally and have gleamed two comments. One just says 10 and the other Thanks for sharing. Both are from people you know don't really say anything else on anyone's article anyway. The disappointment mounts.
In frustration I check the most read, most discussed, highest rated articles and cringe. Games that require one word answers and word association games. Gather rants and drive by rater hater articles. Please realize I don't begrudge those who do games. I play them they are fun. But is that the only answer for why real content doesn't get recognized?
I am not a good writer. I love writing and I love creating and I am trying to get better. Yet, it gets tiring seeing that what I write doesn't get to people. I want the secret formula that flocks people to my articles. I try to comment on peoples articles that comment on mine and I've joined and deleted myself from hundreds of groups. I have connections coming out every crevice and yet my efforts seems futile for networking. Is it a popularity contest anyway?
Should I just give in and become a game creater? Where is the writing satisfaction in that? I leave that to the people that are happy doing those. I am not a follower. The herd leaves me behind because I usually just stop and take detours as my mind wanders. I'm a daydreamer. I create in my head all the time.
I'm not asking for answers really. I know I should just accept what I get and keep putting out the best articles that I feel I can. I will give birth to babies of ideas and I will let them take their steps out into the world. None of them will win Baby pagaents but they are mine and I love them.
Rant over. Peace.
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Comments: 28
The games are fun but it sucks that they get the most viewed and commented and stuff....I guess there isnt much you can do about it.
But here's a big 10 for you kiddo!
I don't pay attention to the ratings or most read. A troll could hit me and I wouldn't even know or care. It isn't important for me to be popular, just friendly and willing to give advice and take it when the need arises.
If you just want people to read and respond to your stuff, ask questions. (Case in point: this article asks a question, and gets replies.) When there's something people can answer, it attracts more replies, too!
Rob Appell being one of them. i found his work to be witty and uplifting and it's a shame he was attacked the way he was. Charles D also is not putting much work on Gather which means I miss out on the ending of his latest work to date.