I just opened the furnace, let me tell you why the "surrounding furnace" is a failed product!

"If you are an "author", don't take Matters as a platform for serious writing, you will only get more and more disappointed! Please compare it with the five-grain rootstock platform and Vocus , and you will understand the reason. "

I don't want to talk too much about this article, let's get straight to the point. (This article is purely complaining, cheating money, and insisting that the thing that can be learned is the above sentence, even if you continue to read it, I am very grateful to you.

(Speaking of the name of Wugu rhizome platform comes from @Allen shares what Mao, not what I thought, please support him if you like this name, creativity is valuable XDD)

🤨 No one wants to see the creations in Duo, how can you still talk about the value?

For me, regardless of whether your article has value or not, what is the value of a creation that no one reads, an article that no one reads?

how to say? First let's talk about value. When it comes to the question of value, I can honestly say that there is absolutely no one-size-fits-all answer , because everyone's definition of value is different. When applied to writing and articles, it is the question we have been discussing for a long time: "Is the article good or not? Is it worthwhile? Is it good or bad?"

Obviously, the value of the article cannot be jumped to conclusions in one sentence, or it can be directly defined as some kind of creation. And everyone has a different definition of whether an article is good or bad, and their favorite creative categories are also different, so there is no absolute good or absolute bad . But why are some articles more popular? It's very simple, because there are "universal values" in human society, and there are definitely some creations that most people think are great.

However, is it that no one reads my article, and it does not conform to the universal value of the public, that is, it has no value?

So here comes the question, back to the first question we asked in this paragraph: " It doesn't matter whether your article is valuable or not, what is the value of a creation that no one reads, an article that no one reads? "That's right, if no one sees a creation, if no one sees an article, even if it exists in your eyes, it can be said that it does not exist in the eyes of others. At this time, we don't need to discuss whether it is valuable at all. What we need to talk about is how to let readers see our articles.

That is to say, for me, the value of an article depends on the author and the reader. Both are indispensable. When one of them is missing, we don't need to talk about whether it has value at all, because that's the meaning nor. I named it a somewhat middle-of-the-road name: "The Axiology of Readers and Authors" . There is a specific category of "articles" here, which will be explained later.

And why do we want to discuss whether an article has value, has anyone read it? Because of my recent experience at Matters, I have a feeling of "why are such good works not seen?", let's continue to watch.

🔍 Matters big problem 1: There is no "pure reader" willing to support

Going straight to the topic, I observed a very interesting phenomenon.

Did you observe anything? If you have noticed, the screenshots of these two pictures are the official guide for readers and authors issued by @Matty . The interesting phenomenon is that the author's guide is much larger than the reader's guide in terms of reading time and clapping. I think this is enough to represent Matters users who care more about writing articles than reading articles. Or it may reflect that Matters has far more authors than readers.

You said it's surprising, the writing platform does not often have a lot of creative content, after all, it provides a place for authors to create. If you think so, let's take a look at the following example.

Please click into this article, and then randomly find a few people who have subscribed to the fireplace to see who the subscribers are. You can look at more than three of the fireplaces for observation.

One thing you'll find is that the duplication rate of the subscribers of Iok is quite high, and within almost every subscriber of Iok, you can find them in the other two. And I observed a little bit, the proportion of all subscribers who have appreciated citizens accounted for about 70% (I really calculated very roughly, so don't believe it too easily), and some were cancelled because of the revision of the citizens.

By the way, if you compare @Macao Xue No.16 's " Storytelling on the Border of the Empire " by the fireplace, you will find that most of the subscribers are still "Spacemen", but they are already the most powerful They are around the fireplace (I think), but their success does not come from Matters, but it is all about their own efforts to promote and operate on Facebook. And is it possible to reach this number of subscriptions for a perimeter that is only advertised within Matters? (The kind that voluntarily pays for) It's harder than going to the sky.

If you look at the above three examples and still feel nothing, then I can't say anything. But for me, after seeing the above two examples, it is obvious that Matters has almost no "pure readers" , which is a very important problem. Even if they did, they hardly ever gave out money to support them. Most of them were only willing to support other authors who were creating.

So, this is totally against my "reader, writer value theory", which I think is a very big problem for Matters. A creation that no one reads, an article that no one reads, what is the value of it? And a platform without readers (here refers to few readers and low willingness to support), how to turn praise into appreciation? Could it be that the creation that Matters expects is all about writing and having fun? Or just rely on LikeCoin?

All things considered, if Matters has no such thing as pure readers, but only creators supporting each other, it looks like a stratosphere heating up. In other words, Matters can't attract people who just want to read the article. The reason why everyone stays at Matters is not because the article is so good, not because they want to be readers, but because they want to be authors and earn LikeCoins . So, what is the reason why Matters has no pure readers? Is it because the articles are not good-looking? Let us cut from the perspective of the author and the work!

📌 Matters Big Question 2: The author only uses this as a blog

I believe that after reading the description of the previous paragraph, it is not difficult to find that the problem of Matters is obvious, that is, there are no pure readers at all, and most readers are unwilling to support the author, or those who will support are in the same stratosphere, but it is Just support each other.

And according to the "reader-author value theory" that I randomly named, I just discussed the part of the reader, and then I will discuss the part of the author. I believe that people who have stayed at Matters for a while, or you just came to this writing platform, will definitely not think that this is a "professional writing platform"?

What to say? The professional I mean here means that each article is published with great care, and it is a model in which readers and authors take care of each other. For example, categories such as writing novels and professional knowledge popularization. (I may not be a good example)

When I first started writing articles, when it came to choosing which writing platforms to join, I honestly didn't understand the difference between blogs and other types of articles. While writing this article, I learned the meaning of "blog" : "Blog is an online diary-type personal website , which records life and expresses emotions by posting articles, pictures or videos. or share information" (from Wikipedia )

So I guess there are a lot of articles in Matters, almost in the form of a "blog"? Many articles simply record their own lives . The difference between this and the type of articles I refer to as "axiology of readers and writers" is that writers and readers communicate with each other and must be held accountable to each other to some extent, of course. The author has the largest composition. Authors must care about readers' preferences, how to create articles that attract readers, and must be responsible for paying readers.

And what about "blog"? I think that compared to the type of articles that pay for professional knowledge, it is more about the author himself than the reader, and most of them are happy to write by themselves.

But is this consistent with the original intention of Matters? This question is easy to find an answer to. As soon as I opened Essence , I understood that @Matty 's preferences do not match the majority of "readers" on this platform.

That is to say, some of the platform’s creations are in the form of blogs similar to diaries, and readers are not very willing to support them, or they are all supported by fixed people. what is the reason? Let everyone think about it first, this article will not answer for the time being.

🤦‍♀️ The future of the Matters "Stove" product is bleak, but I'm still so stubborn...

If you thought that my purpose in writing this article was to point out the core problems of Matters and expect them to change, you would be wrong. Strictly speaking, maybe this is the case, but I am a little hesitant to even criticize the core problem, and I have not given any constructive ways to improve it.

Therefore, the two main purposes of this article are actually called "complaining" and "cheating money".

Therefore, the two main purposes of this article are actually called "complaining" and "cheating money".

Therefore, the two main purposes of this article are actually called "complaining" and "cheating money".

It's important, so I said it three times. You heard it right, complaining and cheating is the most important purpose of this article. Why suddenly want to write this article to complain? It's actually very simple, because I recently opened a perimeter. Before this, I had always heard someone say that the kiln would be a failed product, and some authors were destined to give up on the kiln; and then I heard someone say that if this knowledge payment plan is launched, it will definitely support me.

And after I have thought about many issues, according to the description of the above two major faults, you will find out why the Matters perimeter is a failed product. It has truly become a "kiln", and it has become the appearance of a few people who are willing to support each other to warm each other. However, the stratosphere and heating are not a problem, or more precisely not the core issue to be discussed. The biggest issue is whether the perimeter is consistent with the original intention of its establishment, and whether it really allows the author to make money and achieve "creation is valuable." "?

Obviously not. But why do I have to set up a perimeter even then? In fact, I don't know, maybe there is something wrong with it? Well, seriously speaking, it is difficult to get out of the stratosphere, so although I am worried about the perimeter, I still can't think of any way to change it in a short time, so I have to settle for the status quo for the time being.

When I saw that the results around the stove were not ideal, I had to write an article to promote it! As you can see now, any theme is trying to integrate into the propaganda. Because it's not easy to count how many supporters you have on the inside of Matters, so I also started to ask for the power outside the station.

A previous author @Mu Ziqingshinhan said that before joining Matters, I read " As a User, I Want to Give Matters Five Advice!" ", I am deeply impressed by this: "Even so, you have to join! (laughs)" So I think the main purpose of this article is to complain that there are still cheating money, but to force it out is educational, or What can bring you benefits is this sentence: "If you are an "author", don't use Matters as a platform for serious writing, you will only get more and more disappointed! Please compare it with the five-grain rootstock platform and Vocus , and you will understand the reason. "

I recalled the foreshadowing at the beginning of the article, but in fact I didn't say what I wanted to say the most, and I didn't point out the core issue. Is this the reason I want to leave it to you who read this article to think? Obviously not, I want to write an article to cheat money again. Because as long as you have written a few of these articles, you will know how easy it is to cheat money (laughs).

Regardless of whether the results are good or not, the recent opening of the furnace did make me suddenly realize Matters, and found that many of the issues discussed before were not the core at all. When I traced the context of various events, I would eventually come back to that point...

(Is it annoying that you just don't finish talking?)

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