Recently I considered to publish text on a different platform. I considered to post on Substack or a different platform for this purpose. I decided against it though. The truth is working on a thought-through text costs way more attention and mental stability that my usual posts on here. I am good in producing thought-provoking stream of consciounsess. But editing and revising it is something I still have to learn. Or structuring. This costed me a lot of resources and I simply didn't want to invest so much energy. And it also wasn't good for me mentally.
Later on this day I want to read an essay about publishing in science in journals and reading a platform critique. And it reminds me of my thoughts about posting on here.
The benefits of SaSu (compared to Substack for example) on SaSu you have a lot of readers potentially. The website is free to use. And I think the audience is bigger in the beginning compared to a new account on a different website. For certain niche content the forum has a very interested audience. I received so much review on a text of mine. The people are very diverse and you will get heterogenuous feedback from people of different cultures and different value systems. In general the people on here are empathetic and don't judge much.
The drawback it is impossible to generate a revenue on here with writing texts. And in many cases you will lose your followers within some time. And personally I don't want to link other accounts I might create online with my SaSu identity. So I am very careful who to trust and I think this is the right approach. On the other hand, in some ways the texts on here are more honest because they don't want to sell you anything. People are not posting on here to generate revenue. Money sometimes corrupts writing. ANd it is very hard to resist it.
Maybe the posting of members on here fulfils some function in their psyche or for their self-confidence. It is probably not a fully altruistic deed. For me personally the posting on here feels better because the incentive structures on here are so different to the incentive structures on social media when it comes to self-depiction and talking about serious life issues. You don't need to be strong on here. It is allowed to show you in a vulnerable state and people won't judge you for that. Personally, I feel sometimes pathetic in real life but on here this rather feels like being true to my inner emotions and how my life really looks like. And people on here know how hard life can really become.
Later on this day I want to read an essay about publishing in science in journals and reading a platform critique. And it reminds me of my thoughts about posting on here.
The benefits of SaSu (compared to Substack for example) on SaSu you have a lot of readers potentially. The website is free to use. And I think the audience is bigger in the beginning compared to a new account on a different website. For certain niche content the forum has a very interested audience. I received so much review on a text of mine. The people are very diverse and you will get heterogenuous feedback from people of different cultures and different value systems. In general the people on here are empathetic and don't judge much.
The drawback it is impossible to generate a revenue on here with writing texts. And in many cases you will lose your followers within some time. And personally I don't want to link other accounts I might create online with my SaSu identity. So I am very careful who to trust and I think this is the right approach. On the other hand, in some ways the texts on here are more honest because they don't want to sell you anything. People are not posting on here to generate revenue. Money sometimes corrupts writing. ANd it is very hard to resist it.
Maybe the posting of members on here fulfils some function in their psyche or for their self-confidence. It is probably not a fully altruistic deed. For me personally the posting on here feels better because the incentive structures on here are so different to the incentive structures on social media when it comes to self-depiction and talking about serious life issues. You don't need to be strong on here. It is allowed to show you in a vulnerable state and people won't judge you for that. Personally, I feel sometimes pathetic in real life but on here this rather feels like being true to my inner emotions and how my life really looks like. And people on here know how hard life can really become.
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