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What If There Were No Trending Page ???

immortal-tonguePosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago4 min read


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This is a question I've asked myself for about a month now, before I continue throwing words at you, I would love to mention that I had previously made an unpublished post about this topic but I can’t feed it to thebeast because I am on a self-compulsion to not post stale ideas, to feed my impulsive nature and to go planless. I feel this present post is not stale because I am typing this via a different lens entirely after I dropped a comment on the whaleshares’ pineapple-man's post.

How Often Do You Check The Trending Page?

In determining the effect of being “Trending-Page-Less”, the first question that presently emerged was how often people viewed the present trending page.

I have asked a handful of people; anecdotally, almost 85% of them happen to check the trending page at least once a day!. This is basically a form of assurance for self advertisement when you get up there trending the whaleshares cloud. Big Advertisement!. (Visibility Shoots astronomically).

How Often Do I Check The Trending Page?

Strangely, I can’t recall ever clicking the whaleshares trending page unless someone says to me; “Immortal, I am trending!. Check out my post, Yay!!”. (More or less).

The first time I visited the Trending page ever without being directed there automatically when I am not logged in on my PC was when Sir Grind told me about one of his post months back.

What am I driving at? Chill with me a bit.


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The Envied Trending Page?

Hey bro, you are killing it!---Anonymous

I never knew I was trending!… That was 25 days ago. I quickly jumped into the trending page to disprove this Anonymous whaler's claim. Lo and behold, I was up there in the cloud and looking down on some other magnificent lions and Whaleful Whales!. Did it feel good?. No!. No it didn’t change my emotions or view as a writer at that time.

Yet, what blasted me off the writers-emotional roof was the comments that came flooding!. That was what made a difference, maybe. For me though. The comments did!... I guess it was due to the post itself (because I have seen a lot and lots of Trenders with sparse comments)

A handful messaged me via dm as well and being so happy for me because I made the trending page, that was when I realised that to a great extent, the all Golden Trending Page was a high fucking rank, envied by those who slept at the basement of upshares weight, those who were mid way there, those who had been there back-to-back. All people like myself!. But then, that thought only came to my mind “consciously” after the conversations I had with people about the trending page.

I don’t really care about the trending page per say, because I view it probably once in an eternal eon and for other reasons being that I want to deep dive into the class and rank of Others who are rarely recognised by people who view the Trending Page constantly. My Tongue is salivating...

What if there were no trending page? ??

I am at the point of answering this question and I would most likely betray my self-compulsion of posting only fresh contents for thebeast!. So, I shall hold my peace for now. But I shall leave you with two thoughtful questions; “ Would I have found you if you weren’t on the Trending Page?”. What do you think will happen if there were no trending page?, how often do you visit the trending page?.. Ponder on these for a moment and you can leave comments too. I would love to see many more post filters that are customisable here on whaleshares, I can't wait to see some features that are a bit close to that feel.

I shall share some of the things I think would happen if there were no trending page soon(exact date unfixed), even from a curator's perspective, a whaler and via an onlooker eye. I shall share the perfect, the good, the bad and the very very ugly!. Stay tuned... This is a whaleshares' social experiment by my humble Tongue.

Whalefully Yours,
Tongue.

Typed On A SmartPhone That Isn't So Smart :joy:


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