Clean enough to cookie off
hive-168869·@tarazkp·
0.000 HBDClean enough to cookie off
<div class="text-justify"> For something a little different this Sunday, my wife and daughter made some gingerbread cookies. These are made from a gluten-free ready mix (neither of them can tolerate gluten) and aren't the greatest tasting cookies in the world, but they are not "too bad" in a pinch. The main thing was of course, the actual "making" of them with Smallsteps, as she loves all of the processes of cooking and getting her hands dirty.   https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/tarazkp/23zGksZzYaathemh3hTnUhJCZDa3Nc5W7utrqEF9Lq22Vf1rD5fgsmXCz6W3JmGnivG3T.jpg speaking of dirty, as you will realize from the pictures, a lot of the process was performed on the floor, which is probably not exactly up to the board of health's standards, but since we are the only ones eating them - *who cares.* It isn't like we haven't eaten food that has dropped on the floor before anyway. The main reason was just so Smallsteps could get some more pressure on the cookie cutter, but it was nice to have the space and it made it more of a game. *Our floors are clean, but we had a cutting board underneath.* ### Rock on!  It looks like she had a very hard Saturday night....   I think this is a bit of a cute shot of mother and daughter baking - and of spending time at Mummi's place having her nails painted.  There were plenty of stars, hearts, bears and foxes made, but the most fun was going freestyle with the left over dough. Smallsteps always asks me to make something for her and due to her two-year long mouse obsession, it was *another mouse.* I should have taken a photo because it was sublimely disappointing as a mouse, but she didn't mind.   These kinds of activities are always a lot of fun, as it is outside the norm for us, making it a special event. I like them because it is actually going through processes to produce something and Smallsteps definitely feels the connection more when she has been involved in the making of something, as we all do.   These days, it is quite common that we don't actually create that much, something I think will change as the creator economy comes online and a lot of people are able to earn on their skills. Creativity is definitely a market differentiator and it is well worth getting in the habit of developing and practicing skills that can add to what one is planning on delivering. Having some supporting skills like photography for example, can help develop a more unique and personal perspective, adding more differentiation into the mix.   Cookie cutter content really doesn't get very far as a way to build up an audience, although it can attract views as people end up tailoring their content for SEO. This is all well and good for selling adds perhaps, but it doesn't build the following for consistent reward - SEO seems to get a lot of focus, but it actually just helps the data collectors make more money. People don't look at it this way though, as they think getting "hits" is all that matters. It isn't - the quality of those hits matter too.   When it comes to quality of audience attention, numbers matter less than the real interest of the audience. We see this on Hive and perhaps I will write an expanded post on this, but number of followers is meaningless, quality of followers is meaningful. Look at it like lead generation for a business. The business will only pay for high quality or converted to sale leads, not *all leads provided.* If they incentivized all leads, the focus of lead generation would be on quantity of lead, not quality and as such, a lot would be paid on leads with little conversion potential. Companies don't do that.  In regards to content creation and developing for attention for an audience, it is good to remember this as well. It is generally better to be highly appreciated in a niche than lost in the crowd of generic, but we have largely been blinded by the centralized social media to chase numbers, as it is *They* who distribute the value, and they will reward those who provide *them* with value. They don't care if the audience gets value or not. On Hive, where people own the platform value and are able to personally distribute it as they choose, the importance isn't on the numbers of randoms, it is on whether those with value, see value in what they are reading. This fundamentally changes the way things are rewarded and ultimately, will favor the content creators who are best able to attract the attention of real people who enjoy what they do - not anyone for advertising revenue. In practice, this means that the content will become far more personal and unique, and far less clickbait fodder for the masses. I believe this creates a far better incentive and reward model, that leads to a healthier content profile too. Leave the cookie cutter for the cookies. Taraz [ Gen1: Hive ] </div>
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