RE: Quality Standards versus Seeking Perfection
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Always before us, @gadrian, are questions of this type.
- First, on the title of your post, we are all different, of course. For me, I prefer the word "precision" over "perfection" given all we can do with online content. At the end of it all, though, I think the concept of whether or not you want your good name associated with your content is key. It is for me ...
"Then, at least on Hive, we often have seen situations when posts we were proud of didn't receive the recognition we thought they deserved, and other posts that maybe we thought were kind of average generated serious engagement or votes."
- Perceived value. One of the toughest hurdles to clear, to be successful "in here." It does not matter what we think of our own content. At least, if we are "in here," in our various attempts to monetize it ...
What matters is what the "market" thinks of our content. And, even then, there are a lot of permutations as to how that actually plays out (related to "quality content"? 🙄) on any given day ... As you well know, so I am probably ... "preaching to the choir" ... 😉
I hope you are enjoying a good day over in your part of our big, wide world! 👋
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Hmm, that's debatable. Even the greatest writers haven't come out only with masterpieces. For every prolific writer, at every masterpiece (if they even have one), there are enough failures. Some published, others not. Attempting to produce a masterpiece every time for most people (apart from a few geniuses, maybe) doesn't seem like the best choice.
In my interpretation, precision is quite different from seeking perfection. A higher being can be thought of as perfect (maybe?), but not precise. See the difference? So precision and perfection are distinct and can be achieved (or not) independently from one another.
Absolutely. But it's not always that. Sometimes curation habits of others or when you publish it matter. It can be a tiny thing that can make a whole of a difference.
I wish I did... more. But these days we're painting. Just moving stuff/mess from one room to the next. Hopefully, by Friday it's over! But these were some tiring days, on top of every other day dentist appointments I have after my surgery.
That sounds rather serious there at the end. I hope you are okay and on the mend, if not fully recovered!
During recovery. Still have to cope with surgical sutures in my mouth that haven't fully resorbed, and the sensation of wounds healing, which sometimes can be painful or, at least, uncomfortable.
Okay, well, glad to hear you are at least on the downward side and healing!
Thanks!