Dear @glenalbrethsen

Another interesting piece.

it would seem important for any creators/authors who want to continue to know what curators are interested in.

I've been in social media long enough to realize, that most people still seem to think that "content is the king" and that if you post something interesting, then people will come.

Reality seem to be very different. Majority of people (including me) care mostly about curating content created by people we support. By people we consider valuable and we want to help them grow.

Content itself (partly because of such an enormous amount of daily content) doesn't matter that much any more. Obviously quality still matters, but again: we will end up supporting those who we value. End of story.

I realized that most content creators do not understand that part and so many of them expect, that since they created interesting publication then somehow quality traffic and financial rewards should follow.

And that is simply not the case.

ps.
Another thing that is worth to consider is the fact, that most popular and engaging posts are those that encourage people to think, discuss and share their opinion. Regardless of the topic.

Yours,
Piotr