I think the post that took you 3 hours is a #shitpost, but I like the one that photo of your feet at the Sea shore.
Last night I listened to ned and elipowell on pennsif's Thursday night show on Discord. It was interesting to hear a little more about ned's background, and especially with regards to his motivation to get into Crypto... 'freedom'. Nice name-drop Ned 😉
Anyway, of just as much interest was listening to what elipowell said about the future of steemit inc in regards to steemit.com. I'll not quote directly (as I can't remember the exact words) but it sounded to me like they would like steemit.com to become the homepage for everyone interested in cryptocurrency.
Well that's me done then - I think I've written 2, maybe 3, 'articles' on cryptocurrency, and none of them I would value as being worth their place on the homepage of website. OK, I'm overreacting, there is scope for a multitude of other topics, but now I'm more aware of why I've not had that illusive vote from ned/freedom/steemit as yet. My posts unrelated to cryptocurrency, and therefore of no interest.
One could argue that a post of no interest to the reader could be deemed a shitpost. But...
... (A) shitpost will also have to be fast, if you use 30 minutes crafting it, it isn’t a shitpost anymore. source
Eve uses time as a metric.
I even vote on some Steemmonsters posts from time to time to support people who do play as well as on some Actifit posts, even though I am not a big fan of the posts themselves as, I am a fan of the people posting. source
And Taraz doesn't care so much as long as he likes you, and you aren't being a dick.
@anomadsoul also supports this somewhat, offering respite to authors who generally post something half decent:
....the reason I've voted some of those shitposts I saw the past weeks, because the authors deserve a break after making top posts after top posts source
By the way Eve, you stole Eric's title 😛 Don't worry though, I stole his main image 😃
A couple of recent examples to discuss in light of the above:
The first post took around two hours and has 4 comments, one of which is mine, and two are automated.
The second post took 20 minutes, has a photo of feet as the main image, and is still receiving comments 4 days on.
Which is the shitpost?
The answer for some will likely be 'both', but that's OK though - neither sparked interest for that particular reader.
@utopian-io seek the first, I'm asked to produce this report weekly, although I often hold back because of the lack of contributions to the category. This is a post for me. I'm well aware that it is unlikely to be of interest to almost all of the people that visit my blog, but (excluding 'promoted' posts), it will likely be my biggest earner.
The second post is also for me in that I didn't spend the whole day producing it. A shitpost in Eve's book, or a 'disguised shitpost' because I scraped 110 words together, and potentially a shitpost in Taraz's eyes too, but he did vote for it (manually), so perhaps I've not been a dick, too much.
Another example:
This is the post I produce each week that I consider is for you. It can take up to 3 hours to produce, and a couple more hours to curate. The rewards (minus the bot send / prize issuance / subscription to the data source) are small - smaller than the 20 minute foot-job above.
However, for some this post will hold no interest - it's Steem related (yep, a popular dislike), the reader may not care for engagement or community building, and the post is voted on early and so lacks decent curation.
This could be considered a shitpost and a waste of time and effort - perhaps I should have just titled it 'quality is subjective', and left it at that? Or maybe not......
Shitposting is posting large amounts of content of "aggressively, ironically, and trollishly poor quality" to an online forum or social network, in some cases intended to derail discussions or otherwise make the site unusable to its regular visitors.
And so most of us are in the clear then?
Personally, I think a variety of content is the best way forward for your 'everyday' blogger. Short efforts, longer pieces, and selection of topics, in the hope that you aren't seen as a lazy fucker, let people into your life somewhat, and sometimes say something of interest to someone.
Enjoy your day!
Asher