Friday 8th September 2023

Topics:

• This week I done an interesting experiment using a blog entry I wrote. Ref: https://techleader.pro/a/609-Business-leadership-requires-unpopular-decisions
• I posted the same blog on my X account with 9k followers, and on Hacker News using a fresh account with only about 100 community points.
• On Hacker News: I got several insightful comments, some push-back, and plenty of traffic even those my submission never hit their homepage.
• On X: I got no comments, 2 likes, and no traffic, literally none.
• Logic would now dictate that I should invest more of my time promoting my content on Hacker News instead of X.
• Out of sheer frustration this week, without ever expecting a reply, I made this post towards Elon Musk on X this week: "Wow my view counts on here have declined sharply again! The blue tick bounce did not last very long. What incentives have small content creators like me to continue to publish original content on here @elonmusk when our numbers are plummeting?". Ref: https://twitter.com/TechLeaderPro/status/1699510925651227127
• For context, I received 35 views on that post after 25 minutes, from 9k followers. That's not sustainable, the return on effort is too low.
• When your platform is based off User-Generated Content, or UGC, a content creator like me is exactly the type of user you want: I am generating lots of content for you for free, and populating your otherwise empty platform with stuff 24/7.
• Elon needs to throw us small content creators a bone, otherwise we will fizzle out of X.
• What I am working on this week:
  • Greppr.org - switched Apache Hadoop from the Java lib to the native 64bit Linux lib, performance seems better.
• Media I am enjoying this week:
  • Diaspora by Greg Egan.
  • Foundation season 2.

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