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Four Week Rule

A change is as good as a rest
A new perspective, perhaps for the best
Return to the fold with eyes wide open
Catch up with the feed it's not how I was hoping

Even though I thought rank didn't matter
Its only now that sound bite is more than just patter
Quantity kicking down quality's door
Bubblegum life advice thriving more and more

So now that I'm watching from a place down the field
I feel released from the machine, an addiction revealed
Feel strongly that I dont want to return
So my pieces will stay for a month before they burn.

Burrfoot

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Comments & Feedback (29)

Are you seriously leaving? ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

@sjw no! Just gonna delete everything older than a month ๐Ÿ‘

Oh cool..I mis-read ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜˜

๐Ÿ˜ข I agree that there's a lot of...junk on here, twitter-type nothingness, but there is also real talent and great writing, albeit not as much as there used to be. I, for one, will be sad to see you go. But it's your choice Mister, and if you don't enjoy it here any more...๐Ÿ’”

@Irrational_Kimmi I agree and I think it is a case of quantity over quality sometimes but there are some great new talent too...I hate the twitter/fb type stuff ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

@Irrational_Kimmi I'm no going! Just gonna keep my posts to a four week rule.. As soon as they get older than a month I'm moving them away.. They never really get read after that anyway ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘ yip still a lot of quality on here and I'm only starting to catch up.

@Burrfoot oh good ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š I was quite upset when I thought you were going!!! ๐Ÿ’œ Yeah I tend just to read my feed these days @sjw or try to filter the junk out, but it's hard when people don't categorise their work right...

@Burrfoot the poem has some words i dont understand, but it seems such an amazing poem about something so simple ๐Ÿ‘ giid

good job**

@comeonskinnylove thanking you ๐Ÿ˜Š

@Burrfoot could you please check out some of my writes? i need a good opinon

@Burrfoot no worries, could you please check out some of my writes? i need a good opinion and yours would be greatly appreciated!!

@IrrationalKimmi @sjw @Burrfoot glad your not leaving lol @IrrationalKimmi I'm following some peeps on here who do twitter statuses (annoying yes) but for some reason I'd feel really mean in following the

I agree that it's frustrating to see dross attaining high ratings because of quantity, it must be even worse for the creators of Opuss to see, I am sure it's not the way they planned it to go. The only answer is for the real authors to keep posting and I hope the rest get tired. I couldn't tell you what rank I am, probably 367 or similar - do I care? Nope! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜˜

I forgot to ask, why are you deleting old posts? I often go back and have a look at someone's old stuff, just wondered. ๐Ÿ˜ถ

@crowncottage yes I sometimes have a wonder through old stuff too.

I used to only look at my feed but I now look at everything more as there are some amazing new writers coming up and I want to read new stuff. But it's the ranking system. It has to go. I noticed the other day I was 4 and thought how did that happen. There are authors in here that are far better than ill ever be. And now there's someone who just posts quotes from the Internet in the tip 5 it's ludicrous. Grrrrr rant over

@crowncottage totally agree .. Before my hols I had a clear out of old posts that weren't any good or just status type things.. Then during my hols decided to only keep thing for a month because they largely get neglected and I want to have a manageable backlog instead of hundreds of posts.. Also got a bit paranoid and I'm going through a phase where I want to post, share then record it privately again.. It will prob wear off again ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜‚ finally I want to stay out of the ranks but still post a fair bit so getting rid of the older pieces will keep me away from top 20 ๐Ÿ‘

@eddie12309 I've always used the open feed and it's got me into a bit of bother now and again ๐Ÿ˜‰ but I like to read new folk too.. Ranking system is what it is but not my thing.. @crowncottage forgot to mention another reason to delete old posts and record them for myself is that I can't imagine how Opuss can continue without ads or using our stuff.. So I'm limiting the chances of losing stuff.. Kinda

Oh I understand now. It is fairly interesting for someone like me to look back over the things I have posted, for Tom and even my own. I am not organised enough to keep them together myself! ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜

@eddie12309 I like looking at new writers too. I can't see Opuss changing anything on here, ranks etc, because they still have no funding or help. I am glad it is still here, ignore the ranking! ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜Š

Ah that's a good point. Re old posts. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

@Burrfoot oh I see, yes I suppose that makes sense! ๐Ÿ˜ฝ

Understood, you're an awesome writer

@ACrawl many thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

I've enjoyed reading these comments as well as the write, I was thinking the same there seems to be a lot of people constantly looking for followers to rather than just writing and enjoying. I'm getting to know a few people on here and love the chit chat that there is x

@tetti2 cheers, it gets a bit desperate at times.. But it can give quality giggles when I'm bored ๐Ÿ˜‰ I may have to revise my goal though as it takes ages to scroll down my feed deleting things!! ๐Ÿ˜‚

Yeah I've been doing this for a year mate I always delete loads of posts and I only write something if I'm in mood, but I always come on here to have a little nose at what's going on.

I can see you point & also agree with quality over quantity. I'm not saying quantity = crap, it's just not my bag to churn them out, even when I was on here regularly. I've still written less than 100 post & have no intention of deleting any. As for ranking, well, I think you & I raised that issue some time ago. However, it doesn't affect what or when I do/don't write-just enjoy posting & catching up when I can ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ˜˜

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