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Tech Leader Pro podcast 2023 week 36, content promotion on X versus Hacker News

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I done a cross-post of one of my blog entries on X (Twitter) and Hacker News this week, and got significantly better results from Hacker News. As a small content creator, X is doing nothing for me right now.

Notes:

  • This week I done an interesting experiment using a blog entry I wrote. Ref: https://techleader.pro/a/609-Business-leadership-requires-unpopular-decisions
  • I posted the same blog on my X account with 9k followers, and on Hacker News using a fresh account with only about 100 community points.
  • On Hacker News: I got several insightful comments, some push-back, and plenty of traffic even those my submission never hit their homepage.
  • On X: I got no comments, 2 likes, and no traffic, literally none.
  • Logic would now dictate that I should invest more of my time promoting my content on Hacker News instead of X.
  • Out of sheer frustration this week, without ever expecting a reply, I made this post towards Elon Musk on X this week: "Wow my view counts on here have declined sharply again!
    • The blue tick bounce did not last very long.
    What incentives have small content creators like me to continue to publish original content on here @elonmusk when our numbers are plummeting?". Ref: https://twitter.com/TechLeaderPro/status/1699510925651227127
  • For context, I received 35 views on that post after 25 minutes, from 9k followers. That's not sustainable, the return on effort is too low.
  • When your platform is based off User-Generated Content, or UGC, a content creator like me is exactly the type of user you want: I am generating lots of content for you for free, and populating your otherwise empty platform with stuff 24/7.
  • Elon needs to throw us small content creators a bone, otherwise we will fizzle out of X.
  • What I am working on this week:
    • Greppr.org - switched Apache Hadoop from the Java lib to the native 64bit Linux lib, performance seems better.
    • Media I am enjoying this week:
      • Diaspora by Greg Egan.
      • Foundation season 2.

        • Notes and subscription links are here: https://techleader.pro/a/610-Tech-Leader-Pro-podcast-2023-week-36,-content-promotion-on-X-versus-Hacker-News

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