What do you think is important to the audience of SN and what do you do to get your message heard?
I honestly have very little clue... the things I put a lot of effort into and think are going to do very well (in terms of zaps and engagement) can do very poorly, and the things I just spend five seconds on get massive attention.
Very similar in "real" media too. There was a Friday back in ~August when I published a long-ass piece for BM that I had spent probably 100 hours writing and researching -- super important. Got about 1k pageviews or something. Same day, I had thrown together a product-news piece with a unique quote and slammed a provocative title on it, literally during the lunchbreak of the conference I was at. 50k pageviews, ZH exposure, etc etc. 45 minutes vs 100 hours.
At this point, I throw up my hands and just share the things I want to share, really. Screw trying to figure out audience
I honestly have very little clue... the things I put a lot of effort into and think are going to do very well (in terms of zaps and engagement) can do very poorly, and the things I just spend five seconds on get massive attention.
Very similar in "real" media too. There was a Friday back in ~August when I published a long-ass piece for BM that I had spent probably 100 hours writing and researching -- super important. Got about 1k pageviews or something. Same day, I had thrown together a product-news piece with a unique quote and slammed a provocative title on it, literally during the lunchbreak of the conference I was at. 50k pageviews, ZH exposure, etc etc. 45 minutes vs 100 hours.
At this point, I throw up my hands and just share the things I want to share, really. Screw trying to figure out audience