I joined DEV in June and started doing what I have been avoiding for a long time. Now and then, I hit the publish button and closed the DEV window tab.
Sixteen posts went out that way. They averaged 1.6 reactions. Several of them got none at all. I told myself the work was good and the readers would find it, which was the comfortable thing to believe while nothing was happening.
Fast forward to 24th July, I started actually reading other people's posts and leaving my thoughts in their comment sections.
The twelve posts since then have averaged an increase in reactions and followers.
Then this week, DEV granted me Trustee Member status. I did not ask. I researched what this actually means. I found out their guide lists three ways it happens, and two of them are things I have never done. The one left I suspect is that somebody noticed.
