We all know Rusty. The Random Rewarder bot that visits our posts and shares with us from "the fund." And of course we all are very fond of him. When he comes around it is always a happy moment.
It is nice to be recognized even if it is a bot that recognizes us.
What's more, he's a pretty generous fella. (Can bots even be fellas?) He says he reads every post, and rewards us for the good ones. But does he really? I mean, I would like to say what I write is good. But is it?
Hell if I know. Some people seem to like what I write, I guess. Rusty seems to like what I write, and I am always wholly grateful for his presence when he makes his rounds.
But beyond Rusty, one thing that I have noticed about the community here on read.cash in contrast to the community on noise.cash, is that people who are on read seem to be far more generous than those on noise. I think part of what plays into this is that, aside from Rusty, there are no heart tips here. Clicking the upvote button does not promise the potential of an instant cash reward. What gets tipped by our readers comes straight out of our own pockets.
And many people here do tip. Not just posts. But comments as well. We are all sharing with each other what the site so generously offers to us for what we do here. We tend to appreciate that more.
We all know how much it matters to share.
That is interesting to me on another level because what we do here takes far more time than what we do on noise. When we spend time on read we are spending more time with each other. It takes much more time to actually read an article than it does a short post on noise. And it also takes more time to read back through our own comments and respond.
The bucks we make here are harder to make, simply put. And they take more time to make. So, we appreciate them more.
But of course, not every article is going to catch everyone's interest even if we are subscribed. Some people write in a niche form, and others post a little bit about a lot of different things. If you have subscribed to a niche writer, it is likely you will be interested in pretty much all of their articles. But for others it's dodgier.
It doesn't necessarily mean that we have to ignore the article that is not going to catch our interest, cause us to read it, and leave a comment. If we like the writer we can still acknowledge that writer in the form of a random tip, and maybe even an upvote.
In other words, it is sort of a bit of additional encouragement to the writer to say, "Hey, I like what you do and I want you to be encouraged to keep doing it even if this article isn't quite my fancy."
Both here and on noise I maintain my own daily fund of sorts, which is funded in a variety of ways. It is simply a percentage I give back from my earnings, and sometimes I toss in a little more to my daily fund based on gains in the crypto markets that I have enjoyed a little bit of profit from.
The point is that I think these tips we offer from our own pockets are encouragement as well as support that keeps the whole thing moving along smoothly. It is sharing and caring if you want to put it that way. And I think, despite Rusty's generosity, and even Marc's generosity over on noise, this is part of what both sites are wanting to encourage.
People helping people to succeed together.
In an odd sort of way, when you think about it, what is part of the idea and concept behind cryptocurrency and decentralized money? It is taking away control of all of the money in the supply system by just a handful of fortunate people and giving the power and control of money back to the people so that everyone can share in the benefits it provides.
Tipping is sharing. Tipping is giving to someone else the same opportunity that you have to be successful and attain a bit more wealth today than you had yesterday. I make a few bucks today, and I share a percentage of that with you tomorrow, and you share a bit of that with someone else the next day.
In that way, we all get to share in the opportunity to gain something.
But, and this is important, it is still not entirely free. The system only works if we all participate in a way that contributes something. Not just money. Our time. Our effort. Our willingness to do something to get it, not simply be handed it for doing nothing at all.
To be a random rewarder of your own, there is no need to give it all back and wipe out your wallet. But just giving back a tiny percentage of what you reap goes a long way in keeping us all here, and keeping the content flowing, and keeping the interactions worthwhile.
Even as the new update takes hold over on noise where we now can no longer see who hearts our posts, I hope that it encourages more people to be more generous over on noise as well.
If we are all in this together, then we need to be all in this together. And this is simply one way of doing that.
Take a lesson from our trusted Rusty. He may just be a bot, but he knows a thing or two about encouragement and sharing. And if we take that lesson to heart, the possibilities for the future of crypto can be equally encouraging. Not necessarily for what it offers. But for what it can do to not only change how we interact on a personal level. But how we interact on a monetary one.
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Well said 😊 I´m always trying to give back to people when I like their content (that goes for noise.cash but also here :))... And then there are people on noise, who are not even willing to click the heart button and that makes me so angry! They expect other people to click hearts on their content but they are giving back an absolute zero. Did you also encounter this on noise? Oh, and one more technical thing. 😅 How can you have an image on the side and text right next to it in an article? I want to do it too but I can´t seem to figure it out. 🤔