We need each other

I believe most of us joined this platform because you don't just write, but you get paid for writing. The idea was cool and appealing and we signed up eagerly.

Upon joining the platform, we began to interact with other people and even made a few friends from all over the world.

I believe anyone that writes an article here or a short post hopes to get interaction. Remember when you made your first post and got your first comment? It was exciting right? The fact that someone noticed your article.

There is that joy and satisfaction that comes from the fact that people have actually read your article and found it worthy to drop a comment.

I joined this platform about a week ago because my friend referred me. I was excited to get interactions from people no matter how small. To me, it was big considering the fact that I was new.

While the point system was still in place, this platform was much more fun because of the idea that you get more points from interactions.

With the implementation of the new system that features the bot giving tips, I'm of the opinion that it doesn't favour everyone.

I've noticed that interactions have really dropped since more tips are given to articles plus according to the bot, longer articles get more tips.

Everyone is focused on making articles that are interesting enough to get tipped by the bot. That's not a bad thing as this is our number one aim for being on this site.

My concerns is that with this new system, people with low subscribers are at a disadvantage. I've noticed that what attracts the bot to an article is how much engagement the article gets. In essence, the more the engagements, the higher the chance of the random rewarder paying your article a visit.

The people that have been on this platform longer and have managed to be noticed and gotten a lot of subscribers are likely to gain more from this new system as they will probably get more interactions.

It's quite discouraging to come online and see that nothing is moving. It's like no one cares. Everyone is trying to be noticed by the random rewarder. The interactions have reduced drastically.

I know it's hard, I struggle too to get interactions considering my time here has been short but I'm holding onto the fact that with time, it'll get better.

What about the newbies? How do we expect these people to get noticed by the random rewarder if we don't pay attention to them.

What's the essence of writing an article here if you don't get interactions? How is it encouraging to people who are new to the system or those that have barely managed to gain subscribers.

Since interactions have reduced, the bot doesn't notice some people's articles and because of that, they get discouraged about continuing their stay on this platform.

I'm aware that we're all chasing a primary goal here and that is to earn from this platform. Let's not forget that we all need each other.

For the tips to go round as much as possible, I encourage us to do like we used to before the new system. Let's continue interacting, dropping comments and liking posts. That way, everyone is likely to earn something from this platform.

Please, let's try to be selfless as much as we can. It'll be really encouraging to get engagements on an article and have the random rewarder visit it.

Let's be our brother's and our sister's keeper. The more the engagements, the better chance of getting reward. Let's help one another rise. Thank you!