As I mentioned in one of my articles here, one way for me to find new articles to read on the site is by checking out a person’s profile page and seeing what kinds of articles they write about.
But what will get you to check out the profile pages of these people in the first place? For me, there are a few ways that this can happen.
Another is when I encounter a comment made by a Persona Paper member on an article I'm currently reading. It doesn’t matter if it’s on my article or someone else’s.
If I see a comment that is detailed, that I agree with, that is significant, meaningful, or relevant to the article in question, then that might get me to check out that commenter’s profile page as I think something like, 'hey, I agree with this person’s words.
'It sounds like we have something in common. I wonder if this person writes about things that I'm interested in reading about too'. So what about you? What gets you to click on a Persona Paper username?
Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:
acelawrites wrote on August 2, 2014, 5:13 PM:
"I agree, profile page will give the reader some information about the author. It can widen our networks of friends on the net too."
FreyaYuki replied to acelawrites on August 3, 2014, 3:12 PM:
"Yeah. The profile page is where you can really see the kinds of articles that a person writes, what subjects or topics they like to write about, etc. It's a good way to see if you have anything in common with the author based on the kinds of articles that they write or based on the comments that they've written."
Fractal wrote on August 2, 2014, 8:12 PM:
"After reading a couple of articles from anyone, I will check the Profile page just to ascertain 'who' it is that writes. In most cases I gain little. I just learn the geographical location of the writer... whoopee! Does it help? No. :)"
FreyaYuki replied to Fractal on August 4, 2014, 4:41 PM:
":). When I look at a person's profile page here, I mostly pay attention to their list of articles to see if they write about things that might interest me or if we share the same interests. Their geographical location, if it is listed, is just a plus."
BarbRad wrote on August 3, 2014, 12:30 AM:
"I click for the same reasons you, do, but I usually click on the profiles of those who follow me to see if I want to follow back. I'm much more likely to do that here than on that other site, since everyone here is literate in English and is not likely to be a cheater."
FreyaYuki replied to BarbRad on August 4, 2014, 5:29 PM:
"I take a look at the profiles of those who follow me as well to see if they have any articles that I might want to read. Yeah, I noticed the same about people here being literate in English. I haven't even seen any spam so far, which is great."
*Notes:
- Image is by kaboompics (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- This was previously published elsewhere
