Rusty here is our tipping not - the random rewarder.
Week after week it seems users are less interested in engaging, rather they are more interested in creating and publishing their own articles. I can bet there are users who go a week publishing numerous articles but never make out a minute to read and leave valuable comments on the articles published by others users.
Could this be the rewarder effect?
Well, rusty only tip articles, none for comments and I don't think it rewards short post. The idea of no gain for reading and commenting has probably discouraged lots of users. They definitely prefer publishing that earns to reading and commenting that has no financial benefit to it.
User engagement measures whether users find value in your content. But with read.cash as an earning platform, a user may find value in your content, but fail to share his thought or give feedbacks. Why? The answer is obvious.
How to improve user engagement?
I have been thinking of ways to improve users engagement on this platform and like I mentioned in my previous article on commenting the forgotten hero, the best way is to stimulate them by giving incentives for commenting. Though this comes with negative effect like the spam commenting.
The fastest way to improve user engagement is having a comment rewarding system. Like Mr Rusty tipping valuable comments. Not just Rusty, but we all to motivate our readers by tipping comments whenever you can.
Sometimes is not that users are unwilling to engage, but they may not find the articles good enough to engage. To improve this, we all need to analyze our articles to know what users like and then make necessary changes and improvements. We can do this:
Find out what users consider engaging - some articles induce more engagement than others, identify what works and consider changes to deliver more of such.
Communicating with users. You can ask content related questions at the end of your articles. This can induce the readers to share their experiences and thoughts regarding the content. Also try to reply to comments on your article as much as possible.
Posting often. You probably don't post enough comment as consistency and familiarity breed trust. Think about it: to get engagement, you need subscribers, and you are not going to acquire them if you don't post regularly. And don't just post for the sake of it, as this will turn off your subscribers and you may lose some of them.
Closing thought
Aside from tipping comments authors can work on creating compelling contents that drives user engagement.
Yes, but since they removed the scoring, he said who reads the texts, especially the questions at the end of the text, with which we try to communicate with the readers. Unfortunately, this platform is still full of spammers. I am most sorry when I see that they do not even bother to do any article, but copy ours and translate it into Arabic ...