there was a ponzi scheme that hit Nigerian last year. It turned men to boys and women to girls. I too was affected. At first when I heard of steemit, I thought it was another ponzi so I rebuked the Idea. I am very thankful to @jaff8 who went as far as to cash out just to make me believe. I created an account in October, but became active in November. My introduce yourself post gave me $20, but my friend whom introduced me to steemit said to me that my next post might not be as high as this but I should not be discouraged. Indeed when I made my second post it didn't give up to 10 cent.

my achievements so far with steemit.

Steemit has helped me in many ways. I was able to get my self a new PC. This week I am going to be launching my snail farm (I am going to share it on steemit). My dad has just retired and all I have to do is to keep on making quality content and commenting to support my family. Above all steemit has changed my mentality and way of thinking. and I believe it has also changed the mentality of some of my fellow Nigerians. There was a scenario where a fellow Nigerian was to sell me some SBDs. I made the payment late and when I was back online, he had already sold to another buyer. He asked me for my account details and refunded the money. I was very surprised. This is very rear in Nigeria. So I am really glad that steemit has not just changed only me but my fellow Nigerians.
Thank you sir @damarth for making it possible for us to share our experience so far.