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Since I joined the community, it has been a happy time for me. The curation might not be so high, but the interactions is what make the whole experience exciting. I HOPE the project keeps growing!

hi @stevenwood

Welcome to PH (project.hope) community :)

Hope to hear more from you in the future. 

hi @stevenwood

Welcome to PH (project.hope) community :)

Hope to hear more from you in the future. 

Resteemed already. Upvote on the way :)

Dear @stevenwood

Thanks for this optimistic and encouraging post.

Let me repeat it one more time: welcome to our community :) I really think you will fit this place very well.

> BUT, what could I do to disprove the theory that nobody, but nobody engages anymore?

Visit our community trending page and see for yourself, that it's not that bad. At least not within PH: https://steemit.com/trending/hive-175254

The problem i see is that most communities are focusing on rewarding content. And only content. That's encouraging only to post ... and leave.

In project.hope we've managed to create "economy" where authors can count on solid upvotes + traffic, as long as they are engaging with others and are active within our community. And it's working quite fine so far.

The problem I see is that majority users who come to Steem/hive consider themself content creators. Not content consumers. And we need more people who represent both groups.

> Firstly - Like most people I just love all that the word 'HOPE' encapsulates, 

Do you perhaps know history behind project hope? And why did we call ourself this way? Perhaps you can visit website to find out more: www.projecthope.pl

> My post was sitting at 0.46 cents pretty typical for one of my posts despite the fact it took hours to write and comprised between 2 and 3 thousand words.

That's partly the problem. You need to learn that average attention span doesn't last that long. If users cannot read post within 5 min - they will scroll it down. Simple as that.
It would be best to break such a post into 3 different ones. Connected somehow.

You would get more readers, more traffic, more comments and obviously more rewards. 

Have a great upcoming weekend,
Yours, Piotr

Hi @joelagbo How are you? Welcome to the community, it's a pleasure to have you here, I hope you like it, we are a community in which we support each other a lot, you are absolutely right in what you say, thanks for choosing us, I think you are very original, I liked your publication a lot! 

 

You are absolutely right when you say that money is not everything, the important thing is to feel good about what you do, so nothing will seem uphill!  Greetings!!

Welcome to our community!

For me is a pleasure to be able to comment and exchange ideas with people who have a passion for what they do, and actually I think that adds many things that just wanting to earn a few coins for a post. I hope that you enjoy the content as much as I do, and make sure We will exchange ideas on more than one occasion. 

Enjoy, learn and work hard, those are key be well in life, a warm greeting, I love very much that our community continues to grow!

@stevenwood in simple words i like to say engagement is the key to success , if you don't engage with people you will be left behind we have to take all together to get success.

Hello friend @stevenwood, greetings again.

I am pleased to read again words that reflect the reality of many people within this platform and any other where one can express what he thinks, dedicating some lines to our personal experiences.

I know that many agree with your words regarding when we are not valued for what we write but once we are here and as we like what we do, we simply continue, it is right many times it gives more personal satisfaction that they respond to our publication , with a good comment, instead of expecting to receive money, but it is worth saying that in some cases it helps a lot, (((I am saying it personally, Venezuelans are very helpful those few cents ..))), I have also gone through the same my publications before joining our project were not valued ..

But @crypto.piotr idea of ​​creating this project was something that changed the lives of many of us who are part of this great project.


I invite you to meet us [ProjectHope, a great Multidisciplinary team](https://steemit.com/hive-175254/@lanzjoseg/projecthope-a-great-multidisciplinary-team)


**Hope must never die and we must not let someone kill it.**


So based on hope we form this team and we encourage people like you and me, who are not valued, little by little we have grown but that is also thanks to people like you who give us the opportunity to interact.


Thank you for this excellent publication and for publicizing our project, which is more than a hope, it is a commitment to ourselves and to everyone.


We welcome you very cordially-

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My good friend .
Greetings from Venezuela a country that fights for your freedom.

It's really great to know that @project.hope is really increasing the level of engagement and quality contents on the steem blockchain and I am proud to tell you that you're absolutely in the right community 😊.

Also about your post which has to do with strategies for cultivating strong mindset and belief, I must say @project.hope is really aiming at this and this is actually one of the aims of project hope. Project hope is mainly meant for creating engagement and supporting great quality content posted on the steem blockchain.

>If we are to remain active in the wider blockchain community I believe we have a duty to create, foster and promote engagement ourselves and hopefully receive it in return... Seriously I believe it the only way we will ever prosper!

This really got me thinking!  Steemit community would have been more better if we have more users practicing this and I'm very happy most of this things are well practiced on @project.hope.

Thanks for sharing this great post with love from @hardaeborla and I hope you have a great day ahead ❤️💕💖💕❤️💖💕❤️💖

Project.hope is a good place to find writers who are dedicated and committed to the platform rather than those who are just concerned about monetary rewards.

Steem is a social media blog. In general social media like  IG, twitter and facebook the measure of marketing strategy to hire an influencers is engagement rate. When ones have high engagement rate  they will be caught by endorsers so social influencers can make money from their posts. What about steem? This is little bit different but I think the priciple is the same.

Hahaha good that you have had that good impression of our community, @stevenwood good to have you here, honestly reading a publication like this makes us much more aware of what mutual commitment means.

Thanks for this great post, welcome home.

> Together we are just better!

Definitely!

Yeah, I have also experiened how the comment field really is used on posts in the Project Hope community. And it sure brings for motivation for us as writers when we see and experience that what we write receives a response, and when we even get some votes with high value, then it gets even cooler. Glad to have you around and look forward to your future posts as well.

There are some really great values and interesting content posted here in Project Hope. That is what makes it amusing, and I always feel as if I find something new and interesting to learn about when reading the posts. And yes, it also inspires me as an author to create high-value content that will interest other people here!

You have the most accurate perception of how our community works. |Certainly, brainstorming in the comment section is one of our main goals. We always try to promote this activity.
Every time we notice that a new subscriber joins our community, we try to convey this spirit of collaboration and in most cases, the response is positive and widely accepted.

A valuable comment is a reflection of respect towards the writer, many times we can also complement the main idea of ​​the post. In addition to this, a feeling of friendship develops that promotes mutual commitment between members.

I once commented with Piotr that I always spent an hour a day checking my "Feed Page" and leaving various comments and upvotes. But now, for several months now I have only been checking the Project Hope front-end. There I get the articles that capture my interest and I can also exchange valuable ideas in the comments section.

With the curatorship activity in May, I again had to spend several hours "hunting" post outside PH. I had mixed feelings. On the one hand, I was very disappointed to notice that many articles published on steemit daily are "pure rubbish". The plagiarism levels are amazing.
On the other hand, I was very happy when I noticed that the best articles you can find on steemit are published in Project Hope.

Friend @stevenwood, I officially extend my personal welcome to PH. I have read your articles and really liked your writing style, I am sure you will be a valuable member of our community.

Your friend, Juan Molina. Project Hope's Co-founder.

I've always thought it's best when others interact with what you've written. By learning and sharing with others you can continually improve. 

One of the things I like the most when others read a post and comment on it for pleasure. In that interaction, friendships and bonds are born.

As you have said, it also happens to me that many times (not to say all) my posts only reach pennies, but what I like most is when a person comments to me. It's a very nice feeling. Because you know they have taken the time to read you.

I take this opportunity to welcome you to our  Project Hope Fellowship.

Enjoy your stay and keep sharing your posts with us.

Thank you for sharing ^_^