More rambling about content creation

Not too long ago a ton of thoughts regarding content creation were floating around in my brain.

Let’s talk about them.

Hey fellas, it’s Matt, your favorite Cy clone (or bass Cy) and welcome to Matt Rambles About Content Creation More Than Any Human Being Ever Should. I’ve made a b the past about other topics, such as the amount of effort it takes to get featured compared to other Aminos, and the amount of content creators we have.

This blog is going to be more focused on me talking about some pet peeves I have when it comes to blogging and what people say about content creation, as well as a few other things. With that being said, let’s get into this blog about blogs, shall we?

Personality

One complaint I hear often about the blogs here is that many people lack personality in their blogs. While I can see where they’re coming from, I really don’t think blogs need to be filled with personality to be considered good. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to see people having a lot of fun with their blogs and humorizing them, but it isn’t a necessity.

For many people, the main goal of writing a blog is to inform, rather than to entertain. I’m definitely one of those people. For me, the most important thing about my blogs is that they contain all the information I want to include. Anything else, such as aesthetics and personality, are less important to me. That’s just how I do things around here.

Some people just prefer writing in different ways. I enjoy writing long blogs packed with information just as much as someone else may like writing slightly shorter blogs with a good amount of useful information, with a sprinkle of personality and humor. And that’s perfectly fine. At the end of the day, how you write should be how you want to write, rather than how other people think you should write.

Originality

One pet peeve I have is when I see people complaining that blog topics are unoriginal and overused. If you ask me, originality is another thing that doesn’t matter. If there’s a topic you want to write about, you should just write about it, regardless of whether it’s been done before. Whether it’s something you’re really interested in that someone else has written about before or something you have a new perspective on you want to share, go ahead and write about it.

Imagine if no one posted any blogs about topics that were talked about by anyone else in another blog. 2 years and 85,000 later, we would have almost nothing being posted whatsoever. And unoriginal topics can still make for good and interesting blogs. Like I said, people may have a different perspective about the same topic that they want to share.

I a while ago, before I was really considered a CC, a bunch of people were making blogs sharing their thoughts on whether Smash is a fighting game or a party game. And a lot of different arguments can be made for several different viewpoints. Just off the top of my head, if you wanted to argue against Smash being a fighting game, you could say that it doesn’t follow the formula of traditional fighters. Where in other games you have a stamina bar and the first player to run out of stamina loses, the goal in Smash is to deal as much knockback as possible or use other means of sending your opponent to the blast zone. While we’re at it, you could also say it’s a party game rather than a fighting game because that’s what Sakurai intended Smash to be, while competitive play took a back seat to casual play at first.

If you wanted to argue that it is a fighting game, you could say things like you fight your opponents to try and kill them, so it is a fighting game regardless of whether it follows the formula other games in the genre before it set. You could also bring something like the Mario Baseball series into the argument. At first glance it’s clear to see that Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Super Sluggers are very different from normal baseball games like the MLB The Show or MLB 2K series. Items, stadium gimmicks, monkeys batting with surfboards, oh my. Regardless of this, it’s still baseball, so it qualifies as a baseball video game. The same way Mario Baseball messed around with the formula of baseball games, Smash messed around with the formula of fighting games. You fight people, so Smash qualifies as a fighting game.

Or you could argue that Smash is a mix of both, but hooooly crud this section is longer than I meant it to be.

Got a bit carried away there. Sorry about that.

Who knows, maybe someday I’ll make a full blog on this topic. My point is you can come up with original arguments and statements to include in a blog with an unoriginal topic. And even if you’ve said things similar to what’s been said before, you should feel free to write about whatever you want. You’re not going to get in trouble for plagiarism for discussing a topic someone else did before you, and you should be able to write about whatever you want without worrying about originality.

Making good content

As a content creator, I absolutely love seeing new people try their hand at blogging.

HOWEVER.

One thing that bugs me is when people think that everyone should be held to the same standards of content creation. Everyone who makes posts should aim for the featured feed otherwise they don’t matter.

This is not the case, ladies and gentlemen.

s are free to post almost any kind of Smash-related content they want, and they can choose how much work they want to put into them. If they want to make a poll or ask a question, let them. Not everything needs to be a revolutionary blog to go on the featured feed.

Side note, why do some people have so much of a problem with people making polls and question posts? If they have legitimate questions, they should be able to get answers without getting flamed for simply having a question. If you ask me, I think polls should be re-enabled for lower level s, because they should be able to ask the community things like higher level s can. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Not everyone is going to have the time to make feature-worthy blogs nonstop. But some people will still contribute to the community with lower quality posts. And they really aren’t hurting anyone, so why not just leave them be? We shouldn’t hold everyone to such high standards, because some people just aren’t into writing that much, but still want to make short posts for kicks and giggles. Heck, there shouldn’t be any standards at all. Just let people post about the game however they’d like.

Plus, featured blogs aren’t the only way to contribute to the community. Smash Amino has been fairly oriented towards high quality content for a while, but it’s not a necessary part of contributing positively to the community. Yes, it’s nice to see new people making quality blogs, but we shouldn’t force people to make feature-worthy content or make nothing at all. Even then though, no one is obligated to contribute to the community if they’re in it. People are free to do things other than blog, such as take part in chats, start discussions in the comments section, start a team, or any number of other things.

Consistency and frequency

Posting blogs consistently and often doesn’t really matter. Yeah, it makes it easier to get your name out there (especially if you’re getting featured), because you’d be making content often, meaning people will read your stuff more often, and they’re more likely to you as a blogger. And I can understand that. People want to become well known on the app, and that’s completely fine. And if you enjoy blogging often, that’s great. But if you get to the point where you’re not having as much fun blogging and still force yourself to post often, that’s where I have a problem. You should blog because you enjoy blogging, not because you want the attention that comes with it.

I my friend Griff (aka NaCl) and I were talking about blogs and whatnot in DMs. During this conversation, he told me that you shouldn’t have a schedule when it comes to blogs, because it makes Amino feel like a job. And well, he’s right. Most people use this app for fun, but forcing yourself to post blogs regularly can take the fun out of it. So don’t hold yourself to a schedule. There’s no need to be consistent. And if you don’t want to blog anymore for whatever reason, you’re totally free to take a hiatus or quit blogging altogether. It’s not a problem at all.

Conclusion

Welp, that’s my little ramble about blogging. Blah blah blah how does one conclude a blog again?

Uhhh lol bye.