Unpopular posts on Bear blog
I just read monolog's entry on popular posts on Bear Blog. Nailing it with:
- fuck ai
- fuck social media or the internet
- bearblog is fucking great
It's true. There's been several similar posts on the topic in the past. All ironically trending.
I honestly don't think this will ever change. As a long-term Bear user, I don't care much about it these days. The same pattern repeats everywhere on the web.
We want Bear to be different since it's a great platform and has a beautiful community, but people are people and upvoting isn't limited to Bear users. I'm not even sure restricting toasts to logged-in users would make much of a difference.
No matter what, I'll keep visiting the most recent page every time I check the discovery feed. Showing my appreciation whenever I find something interesting. Sometimes linking to it in a post, like this one. Though I wouldn't be surprised if that post is already trending by the time you read this.
My advice is to just keep posting whatever tickles your mind. If your post ends up on the trending page, give yourself a quiet cheers and move on.
Don't kill your blog by going niche. Chasing the algorithm won't make you happier. If you write something that I find interesting, I'll read it even if it doesn't have a single upvote yet.
Keep on blogging. Keep being you.