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I started writing in April last year, and that’s when I joined.
At that time, there was a very popular article called "Yeah, I broke up with you because I thought you were poor." At first I thought it was a headline-grabbing article, but I found out after reading the article. It's a story, not chicken soup.
The story is written very realistically, without being exaggerated or pretentious, making people cry and making people cry.
When I read it, it had 180,000 reads, 7k likes, more than 2,000 comments, and more than 120 rewards.
It is this article that makes me believe that the number of active readers is not fictitious, readers are discerning, and good works can really be recognized.
I followed the author of that article - Qimao.
At that time, self-media was the busiest time.
At that time, Mimeng was already popular, but not for long.
At that time, it was easy to attract traffic, and a popular article could bring in many fans, often tens of thousands.
At that time, there were many talented authors and many in-depth articles.
I have personally witnessed that many authors who are now big Vs stood out at that time.
Some people even made public accounts popular with just one explosive article.
Of course, if you want to remain invincible for a long time, you still need to have extraordinary talent and insight.
What cannot be denied is that those who caught up with that trend were indeed lucky and did seize one more opportunity than those who came late.
I often make this analogy: From the end of 2015 to August 2016, it was a chaotic time in the self-media world, a period when heroes were easy to emerge. After a big war, The pattern has basically been set, with the winners taking their own side, and ordinary people cannot easily shake it.
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Despite this, we do not have to blame everyone and others.
She kept crying to me and said that if she could start earlier, if she could catch up with the good times, she would have hundreds of thousands of fans, and she would have received soft articles. When he becomes soft-hearted, he has already become famous in the self-media circle.
I didn’t question her words, but I really didn’t want her to stay immersed in such negative emotions.
Later I advised her to be more open-minded. There were many people who seized that opportunity, but not many succeeded in the end. There were also many who missed that opportunity. People become famous later.
Regardless of whether it is a trend period or a bonus period, readers’ eyes are sharp, and the final battle is content and quality.
I got off track, let’s go back to Mimeng and Qimao.
I am a fan of Mi Meng, but not a crazy fan.
What I like is her humor and occasional domineering attitude.
Her writing can make me laugh until my stomach hurts.
Her articles are very refreshing and refreshing to read, especially when she criticizes the kind of people we hate.
Some time ago there was a topic about "Mi Meng's fans cannot marry". I would say it is a bit extreme.
I just like her humor and erudition, and do not agree with all her views.
Even some of her views are self-contradictory.
I envy her, her fun, her erudition, her intelligence, and her ability to cash out.
I don’t think she deserves so much criticism, and I even suspect that many of the people who criticize her are jealous colleagues.
Accepting advertisements and writing soft articles themselves should not be criticized.
Should the person who writes the article be selfless? Don’t you live?
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Mi Meng has never turned on the appreciation function, and has never asked for money from readers, but often Carry out collections and distribute benefits.
The soft articles she writes are also very special, and they always turn around at the end.
If an article can not only benefit readers, but also benefit themselves and promote products, why not?
Isn’t this equivalent to asking advertisers to pay and let us read the article for free? What’s wrong with a win-win situation?
Among the articles criticizing Mi Meng, I agree with one thing. She will lead and influence some people.
It’s really not good to use foul language, even though she always said that’s how she was originally, and although we really enjoyed reading the article.
Among her fans and readers, there must be those who are still young and whose three views have not yet been formed. There are also some whose three views are not too hard and have no independent judgment. The ability to right and wrong is easily incited by others, especially those who are blindly worshiped by their own idols.
These people will really be affected by her, which is what those who scold her say are poisonous.
But it is not as exaggerated as some people say, "If things continue like this, the country will no longer be a country."
After all, children also have time to grow up. After all, people's three views cannot be determined by one or two people.
Last year, I followed more than 30 public accounts, but now there are only 9 left, and there are four more for personal writing.
We-media is a place where individuals can express their voices and a place where the myth of grassroots counterattacks is born, but after all, it cannot be separated from commercialism and profit.
Because the threshold is low, there is a mixed bag.
Some authors do not deserve to be called authors, let alone writers.
The more I see, the more I like Qimao and the more I admire Qimao.
She is a breath of fresh air and a pure land in the self-media circle.
She lived out what I always wanted to be.
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Qimao’s explosive article came at the height of the storm, and that article served her well His official account has attracted tens of thousands of fans and thousands of people have given tips.
At that time, as long as she took advantage of the opportunity, as long as she made a chicken soup every day, as long as she ran it a little bit or even entrusted it to others to take care of it, she would definitely be a well-known big v now. Number.
But she didn’t. Her profile clearly stated that she would not accept advertisements.
I have said that accepting advertisements should not be criticized, but when there is an opportunity to accept advertisements and real money is placed in front of you, you can still refuse because of your own principles. Yes, it is worthy of admiration!
She said not to come to me for advice on relationship issues. I don’t have that much experience and everyone’s situation is different.
She said that making money is a lifelong matter, and if you practice good writing, you can make money for a lifetime.
She said she wanted to keep her official account intact.
When it was the most popular, when chicken soup articles were most popular, when a few sentences she randomly added would be regarded as truth by many people, she started writing stories for ten days. I only update the article once every half month.
She said: "My life will not change anything because of the attention of tens of thousands of people."
I have seen an author who was "killed" by advertising. I liked her articles very much before. I have to say that she is indeed very talented and has ideas. She also persisted in writing for several years when she was in poverty, and finally managed to keep it up. See the moon and finally become famous.
So she started to receive advertisements crazily and continuously.
This is an era where talents are recognized and knowledge can be monetized. She did not steal or rob, and that is indeed what she deserves.
However, her food appearance is too ugly and she accepts all advertisements. One thing is obvious: she has never used some products herself!
This is what offends fans the most. You can make money from us, but at least you have to be somewhat responsible to us.
I watched helplessly as her articles went from the previous article worth 100,00 to the later one that barely reached 100,000 every now and then. The quality of the articles was also great. It's not as good as before, because she started to please the readers, lost her own unique vision, and only wrote what the author liked.
I turned it off silently, and she finally disappeared from everyone.
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Some people scolded Mi Meng while imitating her.
Some people speak dirty words, and their titles are full of words like "bitch", "low pussy" and "bitch".
Some people are sensationalizing and saying “I’m very expensive” all day long under the banner of “pseudo-feminism” and want to scold all the men in the world. Bloody head.
Even if such an article becomes popular for a while, so what?
Even if it can attract attention and attract some fans, so what?
I wonder what the author’s mentality is like when he writes articles with obviously distorted views?
Do you want to get angry when being scolded, grab a handful quickly, and leave when you have enough?
Or is this their outlook on life?
Compared with the two, I prefer the former, because if it is the former, it can only mean that they are unscrupulous, but at least they can distinguish between right and wrong. It's no problem.
I'm afraid they are the latter, and that's what they really think.
This is a very scary thing to think about, it is really scary.
Even if we cannot be called writers, at least we are considered authors.
At least we should have a hint of "writer's temperament", have the minimum respect for words, and have some responsibility for readers.