Let the data speak: What gets me my upvotes? And what should be my strategy?

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This Sunday was spent on understanding the Beem package and its usage for extracting data from the Hive API. It has been a fruitful day learning about Python and Beem.

The point of all these is for me to learn more about the Hive data, so that I can do better in terms of upvotes and rewards. Afterall, it is the bear market, and I should be building!

Continuing from my last post where I listed my posts, this is a closer look at posts that had done well in terms of rewards earned. My posts, that is.

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The chart above shows that I have made over 200 posts, and you can see that most of them don't fetch beyond 2 HBD.

Adopting a cut-off at 2 HBD, only my top 25 posts made it to the list below featuring the workhorses of my account. Be my guest, check them out and leave a comment. They are afterall my winners!

RankTitleURLReward
1Wrong call to hodl SPS as a non-Splinterlands player ?!https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/wrong-call-to-hodl-sps-as-a-non-splinterlands-player15.765
2Get your pay raise in crypto by buying cheaper crypto than the price on the paydayhttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/get-your-pay-raise-in-crypto-by-buying-cheaper-crypto-than-the-price-on-the-payday14.772
3Do you know why the reward amounts on Leofinance and PeakD frontends are different?https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/do-you-know-why-the-reward-amounts-on-leofinance-and-peakd-frontends-are-different14.354
4If blockchains are countries, I want to be citizens of liveable and flourishing blockchain projectshttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/if-blockchains-are-countries-i-want-to-be-citizens-of-liveable-and-flourishing-blockchain-projects9.777
5Will it be Bullish or Bearish for DCALPHA when dCrops releases their new game packs in Q1-Q2 2022?https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/will-it-be-bullish-or-bearish-for-dcalpha-when-dcrops-releases-their-new-game-packs-in-q1-q2-20228.879
6DCA moment: A practical tip to sharehttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/dca-moment-a-practical-tip-to-share8.811
7Work in Progress: Charting LEO prices and SMA in JavaScripthttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/work-in-progress-charting-leo-prices-and-sma-in-javascript8.795
8Hodling Hive: Some speculations that make me happy!https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/hodling-hive-some-speculations-that-make-me-happy7.981
9To each his/her own (crypto projects)https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/to-each-his-her-own-crypto-projects7.154
10Why is the Gen Z more excited about the crypto space?https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/why-is-the-gen-z-more-excited-about-the-crypto-space7.035
11Breaking: Hive moving upwards beyond 52 cents!https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/breaking-hive-moving-upwards-beyond-52-cents6.919
12Crypto Theses for 2022 by Messarihttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/crypto-theses-for-2022-by-messari6.427
13Not stacking BTC anymore...https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/not-stacking-btc-anymore4.623
14Investing in tokens that the masses can actually use beats investing in tokens meant for corporations.https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/investing-in-tokens-that-the-masses-can-actually-use-beats-investing-in-tokens-meant-for-corporations4.486
15Make your own time machine: Hive is your own OG opportunity in the Crypto spacehttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/make-your-own-time-machine-hive-is-your-own-og-opportunity-in-the-crypto-space3.958
16I bet $50 on Luna a few days ago and it's now worth less than $0.007.https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/i-bet-usd50-on-luna-a-few-days-ago-and-it-s-now-worth-less-than-usd0-0073.665
17Nimiq: What are the advantages of Nimiq moving to POS? Is it a good time to buy NIM?https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/nimiq-what-are-the-advantages-for-nimiq-moving-to-pos-is-it-a-good-time-to-buy-nim3.571
18Separating savings from investmenthttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/separating-savings-from-investment3.355
19The beauty of immutability: My Hive account as a family heirloomhttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/the-beauty-of-immutability-my-hive-account-as-a-family-heirloom3.243
20How to double Hive's market cap from today's 600 million?https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/how-to-double-hive-s-market-cap-from-today-s-600-million3.08
21Using LEODEX: Conversion from Swap.Hive to Hive depends on available liquidityhttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/using-leodex-conversion-from-swap-hive-to-hive-depends-on-available-liquidity2.608
22Being a sensible Hive hodler: Grow Hive count from outside, not inside.https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/being-a-sensible-hive-hodler-grow-hive-count-from-outside-not-inside2.597
23Breaking: Celsius mayhem!https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/breaking-celsius-mayhem2.478
24Writing and Curating from the Hive Keychain Apphttps://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/writing-from-the-hive-keychain-app2.071
25The crypto market is a community of profit-takers! The earlier one recognises this, the better.https://peakd.com/@cryptothesis/the-crypto-market-a-community-of-profit-takers-the-earlier-one-recognises-this-the-better2.064

Taking this chance to scrutinize the posts, I don't see a strong correlation between the amount of effort I have put in (i.e. to inject novelty or creativity, or usefulness) and earning amounts. Time and effort invested in creating the post do not mean it will fetch a high reward!

One indication is that one of my stop press type of posts Breaking: Hive moving upwards beyond 52 cents! and another short break news post on Celsius mayhem Breaking: Celsius mayhem! made the list. Another short one is Crypto Theses for 2022 by Messari.

Judging by the length of these posts, I doubt I took long to write them. I am not complaining, and certainly thankful for the upvotes.

I am merely scratching the surface of this analysis, and will certainly do more to understand what's going on with the post-reward relationship. I believe it is a pretty complex issue, though the perceived usefulness of the post does matter, I think.

Maybe it's just about the title and not the actual text. And certain keywords in the title should get more attention than others.

If anything, my tentative conclusion is that a title that suggests timeliness, practicality, conclusion or a question that arouses curiosity has greater likelihood of attracting upvotes.

According to what I found out on PeakD, it seems that most people do not actually read the posts, judging from the dwell time and click-through info. My hunch is that the unique views are only a fraction of the upvotes. Most of the high-earning posts seems to be the results of the curation trail in auto-voting.

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So I should perhaps aim to be as useful and timely as possible to the main curator, at least in terms of the way the title is crafted.

I finally decided on the title for the current post:

Let the data speak: What gets me my upvotes? And what should be my strategy?

Let's see how its fate unfolds in terms of rewards.

P/S: This is not financial advice, and please do your own due diligence before investing.

If you read this far... and if you are a like-minded Hiver who is on the path to learning more about Hive and crypto investing, and if you like to be tagged when I write such posts, I welcome you to leave a comment below and let me know. We can form an alliance to support each other's growth.

You might be interested in this post, @jacoalberts, @young-kedar, @vickvan, and @hankanon!

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It's actually very revealing on how the results unfold and why. I don't think there is much logical reasoning behind it but still, one can learn a thing or two from it.

How do you get the number of page views and average time on the Peakd frontend??

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Your general hypothesis is correct. Effort does not correlate to upvotes in many cases. Headlines help because that is what most people scan. Also, being on an auto upvote trail helps. My biggest upvoted posts are not usually the ones I put the most effort into. So I have changed my posting. What I post now is information that is most useful to myself. It is difficult to find consistent useful information on hive. So when I find something or learn something that I want to remember, that's what I post about. As far as what I upvote, it typically is posts by bloggers who follow me and who I follow. We seem to share similar interests and goals. I am learning that the most profitable parts of Hive are not related to blogging, so I do not spend as much time or worry about my posts being upvoted.

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Thanks for your very on point and sincere comments.

I do hope to make some Hive through means outside blogging.

And you are right, there are other opportunities besides blogging to look at.

Starting to care less about the upvotes lately.

!PIZZA

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Are you playing Splinterlands? @splinner4winner would appreciate any upvotes you provide to his posts and a follow.

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I tried… but was overwhelmed. Maybe I should try again. I noted that some people are making good income. !PIZZA

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Let me know when you decide to play again. I will delegate you some cards to help you move up faster. I play the game to keep in touch with the economy, but I don't make very much income from playing. Most of the income is from investing in cards to rent; SPS; and I am testing the water in liquidity pools.

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You might find some interesting ways to get your rewards up.
It has nothing to do with data though. It has to do with a fraction of a second where your content has to draw attention.
Title is important for that.
But more important the title image. Try to make that catchy so people click on it.
I wrote a 3 part blog post about the LEO experience, I am talking about a lot of things how you can rank your posts higher.
!PIZZA

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Have fun! Most of it will apply to all frontends of HIVE.
Thanks for the Pizza! Delizioso!
!BEER

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