For any platform such as read.cash to remain relevant for a long time, there is need for a sound principles and practice to be adhere to by users else such platform won't survive the test of time.
Below are seven things or practice that can destroy a platform quickly.
1. Lack of engagement.
Engagement is the hub that keep any platform going. When engagement dies, interest dies also, and when interest die platform is isolated. Every author love to be engaged on any article published, but when the reverse is the case the zeal to write more gradually dies. This will eventually leads to the platform been abandoned.
Everything is not about money. When you make a post on Facebook and you get a 100 likes and comments, you are motivated to make more interesting post. That's the way i also feel when engaged with other users over my published articles here at read.cash.
I joined honest.cash some time ago, and submitted my introduction post. I can tell you there was no response on my article until over a week when I received notification from just one person. This discouraged me to continue there.
2. Not subscribing back those who subscribed you.
As much as we want people to subscribe us here in read.cash, we must also remember these people are writers like us. They need subscribers too. When you don't subscribe your subscribers you are not encouraging them, especially the newbies.
There are users with hundreds of subscribers but do not subscribe to their followers. We need to support each other by subscribing each other, else some get discouraged for lack of no subscribers.
3. Not reading and commenting on others articles.
This is serious, when we don't border to read or comment on other people articles and we expect them to read and comment on our articles, it is a downplay on others and a sign of pride to us.
Read.cash is a community for writers. And there is no group regarded as readers. Writers are also readers. We expect people to read and comment on our articles, we should do same on others articles. People can easily be discouraged when there's no feedback on there work.
4. Forming group or ring outside the platform.
Anti read.cash activities can be initiated in such places if created. Groups such as read.cash Facebook group, or telegram bot can be inimical to read.cash and any such platforms.
In this kind of group people can easily convince members to give them upvote as with the case of upvote Community here. This kind of thing can corrupt the system quickly.
5. Feeling better than others.
Everyone has some pride. But in a platform such as read.cash, users need to see each other as equal. Read.cash has no special preference for anyone, but when you feel you are better than others by downplaying their work, you are not encouraging young writers. This may lead to apathy among new users and discouraged them to give their best.
6. Arrogant and abusive comments.
Arrogant and abusive comments can easily destroy a platform such as read.cash if left unchecked. Read.cash is a users interactive platform. But when users start making abusive comments there is bound to be trouble which may lead to account being blocked by the system technical team. And that means one or two users have gone.
7. Poor contents or lack of quality articles.
This can easily degrade a platform. A platform such as read.cash is respected based on the quality of contents or articles published there. This can brings partnership and investors to partner with the platform by sponsorship and other incentives to keep the platform running for a long time.
When contents and articles published in a platform are of no use to anyone, such platforms find it difficult to survive for a long time.
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