The real substance of this section is mostly that since I joined Hubski, I found myself posting more and more original content and fewer links, and I've noticed somewhat less engagement with this content as time goes by. I have my own thoughts about why that is, but I also want to know what you guys think - does anyone else feel like the community is struggling with practicing what it preaches as far as OC and its value?

Eeeeeh, sometimes you'll bust your ass over something and you really feel like you're doing it for the community, and they don't see it or praise it as much as you wanted them to. That sucks but I don't think you should be upset, because you should draw a clear line between using Hubski as a platform for expression and attention, and expressing to Hubski what you think will get you that attention. We're all here to hear and be heard, but it's a waste of your time to just repeat or reword what other people say for a nod of familiarity-- what's the point of them listening to anything you say in that case? It's just that awkward situation in a conversation where you say something in a crowd and nobody hears you.

In other words, if you post OC that gets no traction, no feedback or even negative feedback, don't dwell on it or blame the community. Hubski has been great with offering an audience for so many different genres, but if it misses one show every now and then it doesn't mean we're not into you anymore. We might just be at another festival. I'm tired, hope that helps.

Edit: Also that's kind of half the fun imo, you might be following someone that posted something with no traction, and it turns out to be amazing. You click the share button and all of a sudden all your followers take a look and that post explodes. And sometimes, it doesn't. S'all good brah.