π Hey there, I am Waylon Walker
I am a Husband, Father of two beautiful children, Senior Python Developer currently working in the Data Engineering platform space. I am a continuous learner, and sha
I'm guessing that the short-form content effects your viewer totals though
My highest performing content (view wise) is some of my shortest. I think catchy titles, topics that appeal to a wide audience and writing something that the right people want to share have the most effect on view count. For the most part I am writing about a lot of topics that don't appeal well to the heavy webdev focused DEV community.
This is one of my top-performing posts (4596 views). It actually came directly from a LinkedIn reshare where I maxed their character count for a post. I almost didn't even post it to DEV thinking it was a bit short, but figured I why not.
This one is my #2 most viewed, bu #1 is actually a discussion thread
As far as I can tell, most of your "followers" on Dev.to aren't your followers because they said, "Oh, man! This person has amazing content and I want to mash that FOLLOW button!" Most of them were kinda "auto-enrolled" under you. I'm not complaining about that. It doesn't bother me. But I think it's good to be realistic about it.
I can't agree more. I have made some of my greatest personal connections through DEV, so they arent all that way, but I think quite a few are. I sometimes look through their profiles and see quite a few that have never posted (post or comment), so they are either lurkers or set up an account and don't really come back. I am trying to pull over the folks who really care to my email newsletter. I am not exactly sure where to keep those who really had that "Oh, man!" moment, but this is what I am trying at the moment. I really don't want all followers there, but the ones who really care.
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My highest performing content (view wise) is some of my shortest. I think catchy titles, topics that appeal to a wide audience and writing something that the right people want to share have the most effect on view count. For the most part I am writing about a lot of topics that don't appeal well to the heavy webdev focused DEV community.
This is one of my top-performing posts (4596 views). It actually came directly from a LinkedIn reshare where I maxed their character count for a post. I almost didn't even post it to DEV thinking it was a bit short, but figured I why not.
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Waylon Walker γ» Feb 19 γ» 2 min read
This one is my #2 most viewed, bu #1 is actually a discussion thread
I can't agree more. I have made some of my greatest personal connections through DEV, so they arent all that way, but I think quite a few are. I sometimes look through their profiles and see quite a few that have never posted (post or comment), so they are either lurkers or set up an account and don't really come back. I am trying to pull over the folks who really care to my email newsletter. I am not exactly sure where to keep those who really had that "Oh, man!" moment, but this is what I am trying at the moment. I really don't want all followers there, but the ones who really care.