Report a Creator

This is a great new tool that @holoz0r has created and I want to show you the power of it. Everyone loves numbers and few more than me when it comes to looking back at my own behaviours on this blockchain. The numbers don't tell everything of course, but they can tell a lot. It took a little while to go through nine years of data, but the results are awesome! You can find the [HIVE REPORT CARD](https://holoz0r.github.io/HiveReportCard/) here. ---  --- @holoz0r has a witness, you can vote here like I did if you want to support him.  https://vote.hive.uno/@holoz0r # Let's data DIVE!!! I have often talked about being consistent on Hive and since that is what I encourage, that is also how I behave. I am consistent. That doesn't mean I only do the same thing though as a creator, as I write about all kinds of topics and in many different ways, whether it be an article, a fiction story, a poem or a photographic journey. The consistency is that it is all *mine.* > ## I create, therefore I own. *Ownership is key to building a better society.* We need to have skin in the game and on Hive, we are able to create our ownership, by sharing our experience and unique perspectives. Ignore this at your own risk. This is something I will write more about in another article soon. # Overview  - The longest posting break I have had is between my first and second post, which was four days. - My longest streak is 3137, which is 8.59 years (and counting). - The average 300 page novel has between 82,000 and 90,000 word. I have written the equivalent of 69 of them in posts. This doesn't include comments. - Across 7212 posts, I get on average 25 replies. I don't get bot replies very often. - Not listed here, but I also have 73,000+ comments of my own. # More specific? Ok, there are lots of different things to explore here and I will highlight a few of the things I love. With 7000+ posts, it is pretty hard to keep track of it all but in this tool, they are all pulled into a very long list. I would love to be able to export all my posts somehow, and I think it is possible here, but haven't explored yet. It would be a massive PDF though.... Having said that, there are some cool features I will also mention soon.  As you can see clearly from this chart, is that I used to post quite a lot in the early days, because I was a thought machine. I had to limit my posting severely, because I could have quite happily written ten very different posts a day on various topics, at around 1000 or more words *easily.* I love writing. However, as I started to earn more per post, I consciously reduced the amount I submitted to the blockchain. I am not a spammer, but being able to create so much has drawbacks also on Hive. And then as you can see there was a drop in 2021 but has been pretty consistent since then, slowly trending down. The drop was caused by me having a stroke in June 2021, and pretty much *everything in life got much, much harder.* I have written extensively about it, but even those who have read them all, don't know the half of it. Still, there is a consistency there, as I share my own life experience and reflection on observations. The thing is, *no one else is me.* That is a drawback for me, but it is also a value compared to the people regurgitating what they find elsewhere. # Me time  This I assume is in the only time that matters - *Hive blockchain time.* And you can see quite clearly when I am usually asleep, and when I am most active. Blockchain time is different to my local time, so it is always two or three hours behind me. I nearly always write and then submit immediately, so you can see that most of my posts have been submitted between 10 pm and 2 am my local time, depending on daylight saving changes. You can also see that I don't sleep that much, but I also don't write very often in the early morning after I first get up. But, you can also see that I try to make some time during the day to write when I can, often using my lunch breaks when I was working, but spending time with my family or at the gym when I get home from work. > It is pretty clear in the numbers. # Count on Words  Next year I will break seven million in posts, but as you can see from the chart, due to the reduction in post count, I am trending down. However, you can also see that there are no flatlines, no breaks in that time either - it is consistently smooth.  @azircon *Addicted.* Not @edicted. I think we should all be creativity addicts. Must people are consumer addicts. But hey, that is another post also, so I will save that thought away for tomorrow, or the next day - unless I have some other more pressing thoughts, *or forget.* # A pound of Flesch  The readability statistics are sorted through the [Flesch-Kincaid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests) readability metrics with higher being very easy to read (like for children) and the lower goes more into professional language. What is cool about these charts is that each little dot links to the actual article on Hive, so I could have a look at those hard to read suckers - nearly all of them are my earlier poetry. My average (which isn't included as a metric, but might be a good one to add) is eyeballed at around year 11. That is where I tend to aim, because that is the lowest where most people that might be interested can read to. However, I also up my writing toward the university and post-grad level occasionally. However, you can also see that there is a trend upward from about half way, where my language is getting simpler. This is because of the stroke and the energy it takes to process thought. I assume that I write more simply because my brain is trying to conserve energy.  # Speaking of Words There are often conversations about where the sweet spot of engagement is by wordcount, and this tool visualises. However, I might be bucking the trend. It seems that for many, engagement climbs to and then drops off after 500 words or so, which is pretty obvious because people don't have a lot of time and then they don't want to invest themselves into getting into depth. For my content size does matter also.  I want people to engage and I want good discussions that are interesting. If I write to a level for elementary kids, everyone will understand, but not as many will want to engage in good discussions. If I wrote only obtuse poetry, most people want want to comment on that either. It is similar for wordcount, where the majority of my posts are in the format of long-form articles, and the more I write, the more people engage. This is of course going to drop off if I wrote extremely long articles, but I have only written 30 that have gone over 2000 words. My "comfort zone" is from about 900 to 1500. > This one is already at 1284. What I always hope with what I write is that people will not only interact for a comment vote, but actually be engaging in the discussion, with me and more importantly with others. There is so much value in engagement, which is why I reward comments so highly. If people really wanted to use my articles well, they would engage with others and build their own ideas into articles too and develop their own support base, and become a creator. But, engagement is key, because if everyone is only a post creator, there aren't many readers. The goal is to have a lot of great creators, and an massive amount of great readers and commentors who are looking to engage and be part of the community. It isn't about the rewards, it is about bringing humans into real conversations that matter again. Be human, build relationships, engage, make mistakes, fix mistakes, and become passionate about our world. Thank you @holoz0r for [THIS TOOL](https://holoz0r.github.io/HiveReportCard/) and I am sure this isn't the only time I am going to use it, or write about it. Hive is *bloody awesome* and it is incredible to be able to visualise and analyse all kinds of information that has been *immutably* recorded over the space of years. > Only five more words needed. (That is 1500) The amount of words don't matter though. What matters is people engaging with what matters to them, talking about it, inspiring others, and using the experience they have to be part of making this world a better place to be, on and off the blockchain. Put yourself out there in an article, in a comment, and most importantly - *in life.* # Breathe. Create. Live. Taraz [ Gen1: Hive ] --- **Be part of the Hive discussion.** - Comment on the topics of the article, and add your perspectives and experiences. - Read and discuss with others who comment and build your personal network - Engage well with me and others and put in effort **And you may be rewarded.** ---