Something I've yet to see is people posting original snaps. I don't mean a snap with only original content, I mean a snap that is its own entity rather than just a link to article. Right now, most snaps are being used as portals to other websites. When sharing what is on the other side of the snap, most people would just share the article rather than the snap.
Take taringa.net for example (which is a popular reddit-like website in South America). When people make posts there, they take pride in their creation. Take a look at this post. It starts out with "Bienvenidos" or "Welcome". Most of the time you will see posts that start with something with "Bienvenidos a mi post" or "Welcome to my post". These posts are their creation. It may use content from other websites, but it is created so that people want to read that post rather than just look at the website. In a way, you could say its almost like the websites is a blog with all of its blog posts by users. In the post, the user goes on and creates an informative post, while still linking to the websites. However, instead of just saying "Hey, this website is good for programming" (like we are right now), it goes in-depth and explains things that users may not have known otherwise.
I think we need some posts like that and encourage posts like that. It is a win-win for all parties. Snapzu users gets high-quality content native to the website, when people are linked to snapzu, they aren't just clicking through to another website, and Snapzu gets new members who see the quality of the posts and request invites. New members will be encouraged to make that high quality content as well.
Oh that's a really good post. And ya, that's what I'm talking about. That's worth posting to other sites. If we could get ourselves back in the habit of making some of our snaps like that, I think it would be a really great way of encouraging high quality posters to join the site.
I was thinking this myself - content creation really helps to solidify a community. When you're just aggregating, it's hard to feel a tangible link to anything other thank the discussions, but when people are actively contributing content, it's much easier to build strong community bonds.
Might start a tribe in a few days here and try to remedy this.
Something I've yet to see is people posting original snaps. I don't mean a snap with only original content, I mean a snap that is its own entity rather than just a link to article. Right now, most snaps are being used as portals to other websites. When sharing what is on the other side of the snap, most people would just share the article rather than the snap.
Take taringa.net for example (which is a popular reddit-like website in South America). When people make posts there, they take pride in their creation. Take a look at this post. It starts out with "Bienvenidos" or "Welcome". Most of the time you will see posts that start with something with "Bienvenidos a mi post" or "Welcome to my post". These posts are their creation. It may use content from other websites, but it is created so that people want to read that post rather than just look at the website. In a way, you could say its almost like the websites is a blog with all of its blog posts by users. In the post, the user goes on and creates an informative post, while still linking to the websites. However, instead of just saying "Hey, this website is good for programming" (like we are right now), it goes in-depth and explains things that users may not have known otherwise.
I think we need some posts like that and encourage posts like that. It is a win-win for all parties. Snapzu users gets high-quality content native to the website, when people are linked to snapzu, they aren't just clicking through to another website, and Snapzu gets new members who see the quality of the posts and request invites. New members will be encouraged to make that high quality content as well.
I suppose you're not following the right tribes? I've been posting my original content in addition to links since I first got here.
I don't really go on /t/atheism that much (despite being an atheist). And that's good. That's what I'm talking about.
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I was thinking this myself - content creation really helps to solidify a community. When you're just aggregating, it's hard to feel a tangible link to anything other thank the discussions, but when people are actively contributing content, it's much easier to build strong community bonds.
Might start a tribe in a few days here and try to remedy this.