I always hate it when other people bitch about it, but it really is extremely annoying when you blog something and then weeks later someone else blogs the exact same thing and then it gets re-blogged a zillion times from them, meanwhile your original post is still sitting there all lonely and bored.I must admit, although I know it’s childish: my sentiments exactly. Come on, I can be a baby about something, and this is it. (Even more annoying: when it not only gets reblogged a zillion times, but shows up on Tumblr radar.)
Yes. On the other hand, having been in this “I got a website, and I put stuff on it” game for most of a decade, I can tell you that even though it feels immediately nice to get that sudden recognition for finding something, it doesn’t get you anything and it’s not useful. Best thing that happens is that you get a few readers out of it… which is nice, sure, but that could happen anyway. In fact, it’s probably better if it happens naturally, rather than you getting recognition for finding something. Let’s break each scenario down, and show the results in terms of emoticons:
Scenario 1) Natural audience attraction over time. ”Hey, three people found me over the last couple weeks and started following me. Cool!” Emoticons: :) d(^_^)b
Scenario 2) Sudden influx of traffic because of one popular post. ”Wow, that post was really popular. 45 reblogs, whoa!” *a week passes* “Two new readers? Wait, what about everyone else? Where did they all go? WHY DON’T THEY LIKE ME!!!@!@!@” Emoticons: :( D: (-_-);
It’s clear to me that you should not care about success in regards to a single post. If someone else gets the scoop at a later date, feel content with the knowledge that they will soon experience feelings of inadequacy and lingering defeat.
Or you could just realize that even though you found something sooner, someone else probably had to have found it before you did, YOU THUNDER-STEALER ZOMG!!!!! WTF. [Emoticons: (*-*); :O ]
Who loves ya, sugar?
