I had planned on Saturday being a lazy day on Steemit, browse around, catch up on replies, FINALLY write that post on the winner of my Let's Talk Superheroes! contest (sorry guys) and perhaps meet one or two new newbies. All was going as planned, until I came across @paulag’s Steemit is NOT a Social Media Platform - So What Is It? post. Instead of making a lengthy comment on her post, and trying to hold my top 11th ranking in @abh12345’s engagement league tomorrow, I decided to write a reply to the topic via a post.
I enjoyed reading @paulag's viewpoint on Steemit as an online blogging platfom. She makes some valid points which I agree with but our viewpoints differ on some things.
A little about Me
The few friends I’ve made on here would know that I have been quite lazy to write lately. I am not a social media person by nature. I am not a blogger at all. In fact, @qurator denied my membership when I initially sent in my enrollment fee. The $2 SBD that @davemccoy graciously gave me for the Qurator membership was refunded with a kind response to try again in 2 weeks. Perhaps I did not meet their 10 posts requirement. I’m not sure if it is because I finally made that 10th post or if it is due to @davemccoy putting in a good word on my behalf that resulted in my membership. Or if they determined my posts are of quality afterall.
Quality is subjective to the reader. My supporters are the friends I’ve made on here who adores my charming personality. I think they get a kick out of reading my posts now and then. OK, Qurator is obligated to upvote my post since I am a member, but for all others, my supporters are those friendships I’ve made along the way.
Are my posts of quality content? Are my ‘Let’s Talk’ contests deemed to be of value to a publishing platform? Or does it belong more on a social media platform?
As mentioned, I don’t write much. I write when I am interested on a subject or if I am passionate enough on a topic to express my thoughts or viewpoints. My time spent here have been engaging with others, newbies, and answering questions or helping with what I can.
Yesterday I spent my allotted Steemit time on the newbie contest held by @greetersguild. The rest of my time were spent corresponding with two artists, one new and another established. Both not receiving much traction on their posts despite delivering some awesome artwork on here. What is funny about it all is, I have no artistic talent whatsoever! I spent the time answering their questions because I want to help with what little bit of help I can give.
Today, I spent my time looking at a Steemit bot post by @davemccoy (so many comments!), a photography post by @leeart, a funny love post by @desmonddesk nudging the guys to adore their gals, and a personal story by @chineyes, which I then submitted to @curie for review (although I am not a Curator with them).
Yes, quality is subjective to the reader.
What Steemit means to me?
Here is where my viewpoint differs from @paulag. Keep in mind that differences in opinions and beliefs does not imply lack of admiration or respect. That is why I strongly disagree in flagging others for voicing their opinions, even if I admire the individual themself.
I respect Paula very much. In fact, I wholeheartedly support @steemcommunity as a witness, since the witness account is a joint effort by @abh12345 and @paulag. Both are admirable Steemians in my opinion!
Paula’s viewpoint of Steemit is of an online blogging platform. This Paula's viewpoint (the irony of it all) of Steemit is a combination of a social media and blogging platform.
Here is Why
Snippet from @paulag's post:
If all of your friends do not want to be blogger and authors they why are you voting for them? If you believe Steemit is to reward great authors and content then the issue of supporting ALL friends is solved. That is not what Steemit is for or about.
Paula makes a good point here. However, what about the community members on here whose intentions are to engage and help others, not simply on being a blogger or author?
What about the Steemians on here that are extending their reaches to help others succeed on here?
The community leaders and members that value engagement and support.
The Steemians that spend their time hosting contests and sharing their SBD worth with others.
The individuals that spend hours helping others on Discord for Steemit-related issues, where monetary support cannot be 'upvoted'.
Should these individuals not be rewarded for their efforts?
If they should, how does one reward such an intangible action? Do we upvote their posts even when it is not deemed QUALITY material? Do we upvote their comments, because here lies the conundrum, are comments quality content?
Many may not be talented authors or content producers, but they sure spend more time and effort on here extending kindness, generosity, and guidance to many here on Steemit. Members of communities like #newbieresteemday, #newbiegames, #greetersguild, #asapers, and #helpie.
Many of the members in these communities have selflessly shared their time, SBD, and SP to help newbies on this platform. They extend beyond their own blogs to help newbies with questions, greet them as they come onboard, mentor, and even keep an eye for curie worthy posts. Steemit Inc is not paying them for their services, not for their time and effort. It is with the support of other like-minded Steemians on here that drive the community efforts.
Our viewpoints vary on this point because I believe Steemit is much more than a blogging platform. There are so many beautiful voices and talented artists that simply go unnoticed.
Yes, the author could market themselves on other social media platforms, but why should they have to do so? The problem with having to market oneself elsewhere, you have to SELL Steemit to people outside the platform. They may be your biggest supporter, your husband or wife or best friend, but you first have to sell them on the idea of joining Steemit before they can come support you. On top of that, they will likely not see any support of their own, so would likely give up themselves. There goes your support system.
Community efforts are the support system on Steemit. Why should they not be recognized for their talents? It may not be with writing a $20 worthy post, but that does not mean their value is of any less on here.
Only way I believe we as a platform can continue to thrive is to start viewing Steemit as more than a blogging platform. The support is not there for (new) authors. You really have to rule out the popular, more established Steemians because they already have a support system in place. New authors are lucky to break out of the $1 payout value if they don’t have the support from high ranking Steemians or if they don’t avail themselves of the promotional services out there.
What Contents Are of Value to Me?
Here is another big question. What is deemed quality content? Does it have to include a number of words? Say 300-500 words with quality pictures? My content would likely be ruled out. I write simply for the joy of writing because I know @curie will never come lurking my way since this is a team account.
Are Utopian, DTube, Sndbox, or Curie posts we as Steemians should look upon for quality measures? It is these posts that receive the higher payouts. Let’s exclude the posts that make it to trending.
I know I spend my time on here looking at different content. Sometimes it is a post on contests, or how someone came up with their Steemit name, sometimes photography, sometimes Steemit-related and sometimes the post is Newbie Resteem initiative related. I can’t say that every post I’ve upvoted are quality content, because here is where the social media factor comes into play.
For me, Steemit is both a social media and blogging platform. Some may disagree and say take your thoughts to Facebook. I am there too (rarely), but there is where I share family photos or catch up with the lives of family and friends with my privacy settings. Here is where I share my writing skills and charming personality with the friends I’ve made thus far. If not through a post, then definitely via a comment that might be made minutes or days later. 😉
Image Sources:
Laptop, Steemit voice from @paulag's post, Coins, Rock
Beeyou image by@seaslim
Newbieresteemday giphy by@amariespeaks
Well, I clearly see where your day went now after reading your well thought out post. Steemit is definitely social media in my opinion. The platform is just centered on providing something more than others. To me, it's better to be great at something than to be an average one of many . I really enjoyed reading your post and look forward to seeing more. Btw, thanks for the shout out to qurator. I think they do a remarkable job.
Hi @energyaddict22. My apology for the late reply. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I appreciate it, I'm just behind this week.
We both agree on the social media factor of steemit. I think there has to be aspects of social media involved since the the author's earnings is based on someone else stopping by to kindly give their support. It is definitely beneficial to have high ranking friends on here and those are social media attributes. I'm sure not every upvote are simply support given for quality content. :)
Since it is the weekend again already, I hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks for replying. I'm looking forward to reading your future posts. I appreciate the originality and effort. All the best to you.
I think Steemit is both a social media platform and also a blogging platform, plus I think it is also a showcase platform for quality artists of all kinds. In addition, as I described in my bot post, it is also a bot gaming system too. You could also focus on using it as a steem/sbd "pair" trading system and a curation system as well.
You make very good points and I think the "what are we" question is something that will only be raised more as time progresses. The beauty of the platform is that it can be many things, but the key to it fulfilling its potential will be up to the people that we choose to run it (the witnesses). That's why I am happy that we are starting to have those questions asked, because the more they are discussed the more engaged people become.
While you are correct Dave, I do feel that, besides the witnesses, the user will decide what Steem will be.
Like I did write in my comment to beeyou, people do look for people on facebook, while people do look for information on steemit, but do find people :)
I agree with you on that point too... Over time I do believe the users will decide, I just hope we don't churn through too many of them before we grow some roots! ;)
Time is indeed not always at out side. We must hope for the best and in the mean time trying to educate new users, get them interactive and keep them from using bots too much!
It is interesting reading other people’s perspective on the platform. Branding is important in marketing the product and I wonder what people would think if we say, Steemit: Where Bots Come Out to Play!
absolutely a great idea... You are right about having a tagline... That would make a great post... Showing off the new logo and tagline :P :)
I see you are catching up! Great job, but you need to sleep too ;)
Heading into my dreams now. Hope you have a good night and not hearing any siren songs. The magical world of dreams should be calling you too. See, it is Steemit.
haha... yes my magical world of dreams is calling too! Finally caught up though! :P Good night!
Hi Beeyou,
It could be both but I do see a look a differences. I like to compare Steemit more with a blogging platform than with facebook. While d.tube could become a competitor of youtube and maybe zapl with twitter, I'm seeing in the close future steemit to become a facebook competitor.
Lots of reasons why but the most important ones are:
This makes that people search for people on facebook and maybe find some information.
Here on steemit people do look for information, guides or content an do find people!
I have never read an article on facebook which made me think about my future! Here on Steem this almost happens daily.
So, I do see steem more as a blogging platform, which some kind of facebook features, but both couldn't be more different. Not only based on the technology but for sure how people do use it!
I'm going to sound like a FB advocate in the next sentence, so let me make it abundantly clear—I'm not.
However, I have found some thought provoking articles and posts on FB. I have learned something and I have thought about my future. I've even found things I would be interested in purchasing or learning more about.
That said, it's one thing to be a social site, and another to be a social site with the express and primary purpose of collecting life data of the participants, without having really told anyone that's what you're doing. It might be tucked away in the user agreement couched in legalese, but there's no banner announcement pinned anywhere saying, "We're a life data collection site. That's what we care about."
And all the existing social 2.0 sites do it to some degree or another. So, while they facilitate socialization, that's not their primary reason for existing. It can't be, because in that particular business model, free socialization doesn't make money.
So, in the truest of senses, I'm going to say we've yet to discover what a social site is, and maybe, just maybe, Steemit et al becomes that site.
To be honest, I don think that collecting data was part of the first business plans of Facebook. In the beginning it wasn't so clear that data gathering would be a gold mine. It was, according to me, a natural process :)
I suppose. It is kind of hard to believe that college student Zuckerberg and pals weren't so insanely smart and forward thinking that they didn't actually come up with the life data collecting idea until someone came to them and said, "How much for the data?"
That, though, makes them sound like sellouts rather than diabolical masterminds bent on world domination or destruction of civilization as we know it. Take your pick :)
I still will go for the fact that is was a natural process. Okay maybe a little naive of me.
Still facebook was a great invention and change the world a little bit. A change for the better and the worse!
I agree. Facebook has done quite a bit of good in connecting people, particularly friends and family that don't live close to one another. And outside of some kind of subscription service, or somehow selling a product, there wasn't much of a way to monetize it or make money off of it without selling advertising to companies who wanted access to so many potential paying customers.
If it had all ended there, without data being collected and then handed over to businesses and other organizations, then it may have been okay. Unfortunately, that's not where it stopped.
But we can blame the same to Google.
Which once started as a great algorithm, which opened the internet for as all. Did change in some kind of dictator- and censorship!
Thanks for the comment @fullcoverbetting. While the feature of Steemit is as a blogging platform, but the behavior on here is not. People come on here to read articles but there are also community involvement and engagement. It is these community support that keeps people engaged, entertained and motivated. I think blogging platform alone would be very boring without a social media aspect.
Now, if Steemit teamed up with Discord and we have our very own friends list on the side, now that there would definitely define Steemit as both. I think that would be a great idea if Steemit Inc chooses that path. Then Steemit would be a true competitor to FB.
Hi @fullcoverbetting. I replied to some of your other comments. Now replying to the main one. :)
I like how you said you see steemit as a blogging platform with some kind of facebook features. Exactly! We can't have one without the other, at least I don't think so. You have to have the 'relationship' that is prevalent on social media sites incorporated into aspects of steemit, or else people would just leave this blogging platform when they get penny earnings.
Edit--I just realized you are one of the ones I've already replied back to on the main comment. That's what I get for being days behind. Oh well, you got a double reply from me. :)
If I look at the core functions of Steemit, just what the UI provides, I see a monetized blogging platform with social capabilities or potential.
The Steemit UI doesn't have a chat, so unless you're going off site to do that, it means the socializing is taking place within the comments. I know that happens (I'm a participant in it more and more), but often, it is actually within the confines of the post topic. Stories about lives get related to make a point, or to explain an opinion, people share like or even opposing experiences with the same event or object.
So, if someone says this platform isn't social, well, I don't think that's true. It might not be optimized for that, but that might all be changing with the communities update (whenever that happens).
From what I get out of it, people have been making Steemit into whatever they think it should be. Those who socialize socialize, those who blog blog, those who curate curate, those who delegate delegate, those who spam spam, those who flag flag those who steemclean steemclean, and those who bot bot. I even ran across a bank a while ago loaning people STEEM/SBD, and I guess there's more than one.
The answer to "What is Steemit" is going to be different to different people based on what they like to do, what they can do, and where they find the most value. And maybe, therein lies the way forward. Trying to find someway to coexist without seemingly threatening the very existence of Steemit and the welfare of the STEEM ecosystem anytime anything is deemed out of whack.
I believe posts like this are a step forward, and even more so are the discussions being held here. And in the end, what we should end up with is a multi-use platform.
That said, some things might not be in keeping with the spirit or long term health of that platform. A consensus on what those things are and what to do about them needs to be reached. There are good people on all sides here. We just need to work out the roadblocks help as many as we can find their niche so they have the opportunity to succeed.
Then, let the chips fall where they may.
It would be wonderful if people start seeing it as multi-use platform @glenalbrethsen. I agree that people are using this platform to best suit their interest. The communities feature would help with identifying the brand of steemit when it comes out. At least I hope so, but until then, we will continue to use it as deemed in our minds.
I too have come across a bank on here. Steemit mimics the real world very much, so why shouldn't there be banks? Someone has to fund the economics of Steemit. It's just a matter of who will fall for the shark-bait. If it is worthwhile of the interest in the person's opinion, then definitely a perk to have on here for someone.
As for long term health of the platform, that too will depend on the behavior of the mass. There was a psychology study done once about rape. I believe it was found that people are more inclined to take action when they are the sole person at the scene. When there is a group of people there, they are less inclined to take any protective action because they expect the other person to do it. I believe the same mentality applies here. Many people don't expand beyond their own blog.
Perhaps it may have been a more engaging post if it didn't take me so long to reply back to people. My apologies, life gets busy and next thing I know, it's the weekend again!
Seems to me like there was plenty of engagement going on here. People just kind of did it. :)
We all got to do what we got to do, and we only have so much time to do it in, so no worries. I think the topic here was good enough to get the conversation going, so people jumped in and kept themselves occupied.
I think we're all looking to communities to do something good. I just hope it meets some expectations, at least. The more I hear about it, the more I'm getting concerned that it won't be a fix, or that it won't cause other issues. Not that there's a precedent here for that or anything. :)
We seem to live in a world of unintended consequences, and Steemit in particular is good at that. Someone might argue that unintended consequences are just consequences that weren't accounted for, or that were dismissed, or that might not be so unintended, but I feel better when I give people the benefit of the doubt with their actions and don't automatically consider them incompetent, arrogant or evil (or all three). :)
I definitely know I need that same mercy extended to me. Still, it would be nice for things to do what they're supposed to do, and on top of that, people be happy enough with it that they don't have to come up with ways to circumvent it.
I am so happy people engaged! You definitely are contributing with your thoughtful comment, which I appreciate.
I haven't looked into the communities features although I hear it's supposed to be on the wavelengths or reddit and solve all our steemit world hunger. ;) Will see what consequences will follow.
btw, do you know what gentebot is all about? I see it upvoting some of our comments, but not sure why.
I have also been the recipient of the gentlebot, but I have no idea how or why.
Just checked. It hasn't posted or commented in six or seven months, but is earning a healthy amount of rewards through curation, so it's only upvoting, and probably mainly comments. It's not a bid bot that someone paid that I can see, but it is receiving a 50,000-plus delegation from smooth, which is one (and probably the original) of a few accounts I've seen with smooth in the name.
Smooth's account was created in March 2016, so they're one of the earliest adopters or part of the original STEEM team, while gentlebot has been around since June 2017. So, maybe it's just smooth's way of going around and rewarding engagement. :)
Phenomenal @beeyou. Did you say you are lazy to write? Maybe that was in the past lolz.
A lazy person for all I know can not and will not write this lengthy informative exposition. Alright! Maybe from my definition of a lazy writer.
And we don't need to call ourselves bloggers to be bloggers. My opinion. Maybe we check out the definition of a blogger once again.
For the fact that you spent time connecting with others on this platform whether through commenting or simply going through their contents makes this place a social media.
I hope you are having a great day!
We met last weekend and it is now the weekend again! Hi @desmonddesk. Thanks for stopping by. :)
See how lazy I am to write? It took me this long to get back to my comments. Sounds like the consensus is steemit as a social media site or so hybrid of it. We will see how it evolves.
I hope are having a great day!
Smiles... I guess I now see it with you.
Lol, sometimes I can get back sooner. Enjoy this beautiful weekend!! :)
What a great honor, to be going through my notifications, and to see somebody as wonderful as you has decided to follow me. I am truly in awe. This is very gracious of you. I look up to you, for all that you do and for who you are. I really do believe that steemit will become something that is amazingly wonderful. Probably beyond anything that we can imagine. I also believe that it will take a large group of great leaders to get there. And while I may never be one of those leaders, I will gladly do everything I can in the background to fully support them. I could talk longer, but it seems like as I reply to Notifications more just keep coming in. And it's already past my bedtime. 😁 So thank you again for this great honor. Sending you all of my love until we meet again. And may our Creator bless yous.
Hi @johndoer123. Don't be so impressed. ;) As you can tell, it takes me forever to get back to people nowadays. I'm flattered you took the time to look me up though. Thank you, it means a lot to have others want to know the person you are.
Don't rule yourself out as being one of those leaders. I don't believe you have to be a leader to everyone. Even if your voice helps just one person, then you are a leader. You seem to be extending your bedtime hours later and later I see, with answering to all the notifications. It is difficult to catch up sometimes. Remember, find balance and don't get burned out.
Happy to meet a new friend on here! From what I can tell so far, you have the heart and passion to help others. Steemit will be a better place with individuals like yourself. :)
Have a great day!
So you've noticed my bed times? Are you stalking me? 😁 And yes bedtimes have been being extended. It's hard not to. I'm still new here and still on my "Steemit high". I'm sure after a while I'll slow down a bit. And thanks for all the great compliments. I will do my best I can do. I hope that you have a good day and all my love until we meet again.
I think Steemit shouldn't have to fit into a box or adhere to any code.. why can't it be both? and more.. there is opportunity for all to make money doing whatever it is they love and are interested in and the also turn around and support people who are making awesome stuff you like? Whether it's a blog, vlog, educational article, photos, artwork, sculptures - I've seen coffee mugs and all types of stuff for sale on here.
If we just focus on making quality connections, sharing what you love and supporting the stuff you like it works out. Once people start trying to put up boundaries and exclusions that's when people get turned off.
Don't get me wrong I love to write.. I write a ton of posts and I actually read a lot of posts too but if "the man" starts telling me Steemit is a "bloggers only" site.. that's when I have an issue.. it's a free and open platform for all types of interactions and it shouldn't be sculpted and limited
wow... always the great insight @amariespeaks! Yes I don't think "the man" should tell us anything. I'm sick of "the man" too... I think its time we become each become "the man" over just our own lives and lets keep away from any government like institutions... (with rules and restrictions meant to keep their power over us)
That's why I love this place... If we get enough power together, I think we will be the types that will not abuse it like happens everywhere else!
ps.. I like the pic too... very cool... I like homer :P
You got a 100.00% upvote from @bearwards courtesy of @unleashpower!
lol thank you! and yes that is exactly why I love this place too! It's a paradise compared to the real world lol ;-)
I saw this one on giphy and couldn't help myself LOL
Hi @amariespeaks. We forget the marketplace aspect people are turning steemit into which you've mentioned as well...coffee mugs, logo designs..heck, I even saw an advertisement making steemit into a place where you can offer your companionship to others (chat daily with them, say nice words) for a certain number of SBD. I thought it was funny!
Exactly. We already live within the confines of rules in the real world. If steemit is supposed to be a past-time where you can have fun, marking boundaries will only make me feel it's another workplace. No need to add anymore of that into my life.
Always love your rants! I do so too as you know already. ;)
See how behind I am nowadays? 6 days to get back to people, my worse ever!
lol no worries! yeah Steemit could work as many different types of services - I would like to see more payout for good work but maybe that will start to happen over time. I hope ! :)
If steemit were a "blogging" only platform, then no individual would be making any money other than by self voting. If it were a "social" platform only then it would be as toxic as facebook only with money, and half the votes would be down votes so no one would earn a dime. When you add in "audience" platform, then you have "steemit", and when the blogger, the socialite, and the audience member are treated with respect, then you have a successful "steemit".
I agree with you on all @bashadow. We can't just be one because there are already existing platforms out there with just 'one' feature. Great points!
Bloggers, and Crypto-people, often forget, if no one is there to read their post, it just sits, me I am more of an audience member, I like drama-sometimes, I like novels-sometime, I like to learn things-sometimes, and I like eye-candy - sometimes. No one only goes to the movies to watch Dancing in the Rain with Fred Astaire, some people like Purple Rain with Prince.
Awesome post @beeyou. Steemit has many user types, which I did not bring up in my article and you are quite right. The actions of community leaders are of such importance to steemit. All the contests all the initiatives. These all play a part in Steemit.
When it comes to defining good content, well this is also very subjective and each of us have our own interests and likes.
This has been a very interesting discussion, reading the comments both here and on my post shows the diverse range of user needs that steemit has to cater for.
Thank you for continuing the discussion :-)
Hi @paulag. I appreciate you stopping by! I really should have accounted for time-management to ensure I can get back to everyone before making a post. Or perhaps I should have just replied on your post. :)
I also agree good content is subjective to the reader. Even memes can be deemed quality content if we base it on upvote value. 😏
Thanks for an engaging topic!
that was part of the answer I gave to the post by paulag, when I was very interested in its title.... with a lot of respect for all opinions, I feel that subjectivity has a leading role in this issue... the important thing is that we act in a fair and kind way with everyone and this platform will have a great future.
Hi @melvadg. You left a great comment for paulag's post. Subjectivity is definitely in the eyes of the reader! I also agree that we can all make steemit a better place by being fair and kind to everyone. Many people on here forget the values of real life because they are anonymous. So perhaps their behavior here is not how they are in person, but that is the demon with anonymity and decentralization. Two sides of a coin.
In life I learned that nothing is perfect, so learning to deal with things we do not like is part of the journey, my technique is based on giving more strength to the positive and forget the negative, so I have learned to be a little more tolerant, if we surround ourselves with positivism, we will have harmony in our lives.
I love that outlook in life. I surround myself with positivity too. There is already so much negative in the real world, why add to it here. Hope you have a beautiful weekend!
I think your avatar's smile says you're much more positive than you say you are! Thank you so much for being so kind, blessings.
I have to agree on this being both and the obvious answers were pointed out by @fullcoverbetting and @davemccoy in addition to what you have said.
According to Google search the definition of social media is
That speaks clearly for itself. We socialize and interact thus creating a network. Blogging is within the context of social media.
We have the same mindset on many things @leeart. :) The definition does put steemit into the social media realm.
I whole-heartedly agree with you :) I think that all people actively engaging in the community here in a productive or helpful or kind or whatever - way deserve to be rewarded. Also, I particularly can relate with your correlation between Facebook and here. I have been slow to convince my real-life friends to join Steemit and, as such, here is where I practice my writing skills with my small group of friends who I've actually never met. Half the time I don't even know their real name or have any idea what they look like.
Whereas, I still rarely use Facebook, but when I do, it's to share things/connect with people that I know out there in the real world. They have two entirely different uses.
Great article :)
Hi @herbertholmes. Your name looked familiar, and it is because I saw in the Curie discord room that your post got curied. Congratulations!
Thanks for sharing your insight. I too approached many real time friends to join Steemit and received the same response..we're too busy to blog. I am too, tbh, but I try when I can. As for practicing your writing skills, A++ to that since you received a curie vote. ;)
We do share the same thoughts on FB and Steemit. I would never spend this much time writing on FB. I don't even think my family and friends would even spend any time reading!
I apologize for my late reply. Life get in the way sometimes.
No worries! I know how that is, I've been trying to figure out a way to balance my time here with real life; it's tough.
I've been getting a somewhat more positive response lately. I've been getting more of a damn, I'll definitely look into it type response lately. But then that's the last I usually hear from them on the matter. So, I guess that isn't much more of a positive response, at least some interest is there. I hope for the day when my friends are on here and by some chance I have an impactful vote to help them with their projects :)
As for the Curie vote, that was such an amazing surprise! Such a great thing to wake up to. I received another one a few months ago, when I was pretty new here, and it really has helped me tremendously. I wish I knew how to show my gratitude to them :/ I put a lot of time into my posts here and I appreciate the appreciation haha!
Thank you for getting back to me :) See you around!
I am sure you will build up your VP so that it is impactful by the time they come onboard. I still don't see any positive response on my end, but it's okay. I am making many new friends on here and I enjoy chatting with them daily (or when I can get back).
The beautiful part about the written words, you get to know the people behind those words. It's very obvious when there are the overly excited commenters or the disinterested parties. You get a sense of the type of person they are by the tone and underlying depth of the words. I have followed many of people because I enjoy their sarcastic sense of humor! So we make new friends and build those friendships too. There is room for all kinds of friendships in life.
As for curie, I am sure you were tagged in Asher's post (abh12345) if you received curie support and am not supporting them as a witness. Don't get me wrong, I believe everyone should decide on the witnesses they choose to support. Support from curie should not dictate a witness vote back from the recipient. But you said you wish you knew how to show your gratitude, so just letting you know to check out Asher's post if you haven't done so yet.
Have a beautiful weekend!
I was not tagged, but I did see the post. I believe he tagged people who had received a certain amount of curie votes, a number which I was under. But, I do follow Asher, and I read the post and it reminded me of the importance of witnesses. I'm still learning all the technical aspects to the platform, so I've felt somewhat uneducated on what witnesses do. Anyways, my point is, Asher's post reminded me that I do need to start looking into who to vote for witness. And, I actually meant to vote for curie at that point, and I'm not sure if it ever went through(I'm pretty sure I did? But now it shows I have no witness votes). Anyways, thanks for reminded me to look back into that. They certainly have my support :)
Edit: thanks to you and @abh12345 , Curie has received my first ever Steemit witness vote! Thank you for reminding me
I agree. Steemit is a social media blogging platform. It's not a one-size-fits-all kind of platform. Anybody have a right to be here, whether they can write an award winning article or not. I've met some people here who have amazing stories to tell, it's just that they do not speak English well. Does that make their stories any less important because they can't phrase them properly? So, yes, quality is very much subjective. Also, there's nothing wrong with wanting to support your friends or support those who support others as long as there's nothing abusive about their content.
Btw, thank you for reading some of my stories and leaving such encouraging comments. It inspired me to write more stories. :) This is also why we should keep on supporting newbies so they do not quit even before they could even start. We should encourage them to share more. And instead of pulling them down, why not give them give them words of encouragement to help them improve?
Steemit is not the only social media blogging platform nor will it be the last one, but what makes it stand out is that it has a group of people who goes out of their way to support newbies like me. If it weren't for these people, I would have probably quit on my 2nd post. The only way this community can thrive is if we help each other.
Hi @chineyes. I appreciate you stopping by!
Definitely not. Although for some curation guild, they do knit-pick those details. In my opinion, everyone should be supported since steemit is a worldwide platform. As you will learn though, community is a very big aspect on here.
I too believe the only way any newbie will stay and grow on this platform is with the right support. I joined the Newbie Resteem initiative because I feel many of the individuals in our community truly do care about helping others. We may not get around to helping everyone, but we try to help with what we can.
As for your writing, you are really good. Although your last post didn't get curied, I already know some curators have their eyes on you. So continue writing great content. Just remember that curie likes long posts, polished formatting, and all i's are dotted and t's crossed. ;) They also look to see if the author is posting often so try to dredge up some writing time in between mommy time and produce a kick-ass post every couple days.
I'm glad you didn't give up!
Hmm. If we're talking about curation guilds then, yeah, I agree that the post has to be polished...and it would be really nice to get curated by one of these curation guilds. lol
Thanks for the encouragement and support. I do try my best to squeeze steeming in as much as my son permits it...meaning when he sleeps. haha
I'm glad I didn't give up too. :)
This is a thought-provoking piece and initially I only planned to drop this image for you to feel pressured about doing the steemitnamechallenge
But I ended up also reading it from start to finish and you have good points.
The way that I saw steemit first was it was like Facebook, upload a picture, talk about why you liked it and boom get upvotes for it. Sadly it was not.
I then changed and made deep philosophical and psychological post still nothing haha.
Then I learned to be out there and engaging and that was the missing link in what I was doing. I got to get to know a lot of interesting people and instead of just followers I have engagers who go back to my posts and make comments.
I then started getting some attention from curation guilds, dolphins even some whales from time to time mind you not a lot or I would be rolling in money haha.
Now content quality is indeed subjective. It is what brings value to a person. To someone who likes doing photography I might not be a huge fan of those as I prefer written words better but it doesn't necessary mean its a shit post. It is just not for me.
Now the games that you do is a great way for engagement and its not for everyone but it has a lot of value here in the platform.
Those philosophical and psychological posts probably got lost in the spam, memes and photography posts out there! Thanks for providing some insight into your journey here. Engagement is definitely key, because the individuals you engage with are your biggest supporters.
There are so many subjective topics. If only steemit was monochromatic and in blank/white only. That would make it easier to identify good content from shitty ones. My posts are only interesting to a select few followers. I find myself writing about steemit-related topics or newbie initiative. Topics that are not interesting to many. That's ok, I'll write when I feel like it and don't when I don't.
See how long it took me to get back to you and everyone else on here? This is the reason why you can't peer-pressure me into writing one! I'm simply too behind.
I will still keep trying hahaha
Why is that guy saying do it? ;)
Because you need to do the #steemitnamechallenge!
Excellent post
What made you think so? Can you elaborate more on that?
Can't speak for aaccee040 (so hopefully they will), but my guess is, it's @beeyou's writing abilities and charming personality that they find so excellent to begin with, and then if I may, I would imagine it spills into the actual topic and points made. Otherwise, there wouldn't be much of a sound reason to comment. Especially on a post saying Steemit is a social site.
What do you think? :)
I believe so. I was charmed by @beeyou's smile when I first saw her picture. Yes, yes. The more I think about it one would be dumbfounded that there is nothing more to say. I am awestruck a lot with words and photos here that all I can sometimes say is nice and keep it up. Words fail me too.
Mhh, after reading this comment, I have to take a look at here picture. :)
Haha! Have you seen it yet? Excellent, isn't it? :D
You are a troublemaker! Haha
Haha @fullcoverbetting. Don’t listen to @leeart’s charming words. He’s just being sweet and playful. 🙂
I wont but I will 😎
Always trying not to look at avatars or profile images because they could create a prejudgement and I like to know what the author is about nit how good she is looking 😇
Yes, don't but listen and focus and you will believe lol!
Lol @leeart. You charmer you! You just brightened this old gal’s heart. Keep it coming! 😊
Haha! You see what your effect on us? Just a comment like that from
aaccee0040 and we had an interesting talk about you :D
He is commenting on my charming personality and writing skills. You know, I find that I CAN write a decent post now and then. If I feel like it. Most days I don't feel like writing much.
Or commenting. ;)
Has to be my charming personality @glenalbrethsen 😉.
Btw, nice running into you outside the writing contest by freedomexist. I remember both you and jorlauski from there. He is thinking of starting a similar contest himself. The good’ol days when writing was fun.
You know, I haven't even gone back to see how that writing contest was doing. I think I liked it better when freedomexists was leading out with the first part rather than letting someone else 'tell their story' first. First one in is always in the unenviable position of either coming up with a good idea or taking the first crack at his good idea, so either way, it's not always the best spot to be in.
Is that still going?
Are you saying the good ol' days of just a couple of months ago? :) Does that mean you're not having fun now?
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding. I know I've seen you all over the place, either leading davemccoy around or vice versa (it's been hard to tell sometimes), so I hope it's not burnout you're experiencing. That's never fun. Wouldn't blame you if it was, though.
You're still welcome to hang around, though. :)
I stopped when freedomexist starting having others tell their story. Not sure if it is still going. I have noticed he started powering down months back, so who knows. It was challenging enough trying to find time to be 'creative' so adding that curveball just made it more time-consuming for me.
Lol, yes, just a couple months ago. I remember having the 'free time' to explore my interests in the earlier days. It was boring without the interaction and friends, but it was definitely less time-consuming. I could stroll around steemit without having a gazillion messages in gina to get back to. After a days work in the real world, sometimes I only have the energy to respond to a couple people, and my night is over. I don't have much time to stroll around like I used to anymore. Finding balance on here is important, just like in the real world.
As for Dave, lol, he likes poking fun at all of us. The friendship on here is definitely my reason for staying.
Aside from a fairly big streak of independence (or loner mentality, take your pick), I've not joined in with communities (Asher's league the exception), in part because of the time commitment. When things that are supposed to be fun and rewarding feel like work, then in my case, it's time to dial back. So, there definitely is a time management issue for me, since I would much prefer spending my time posting, commenting and curating. Which is why the leagues are perfect.
I have Discord open for GINAbot, basically. People can talk to me there if they want, but I've really only used it to make conversations that really don't need to be on the blockchain private. Freedomexists was actually someone I talked to on Discord, along with steemchiller of steemworld fame, and arcange. That's pretty much it.
I meant to go back, to see if freedomexists was back to starting the story, but I haven't. It's fun, and I like to have the creativity flowing as much as possible. Maybe after I figure out how to streamline my time here and still be productive I'll try it again.
I guess in the end we all do what we must, and when it's too much, we find the way to get back into balance. There's plenty of more meaningful things to find off Steemit, so I wish you only the best in that regard.
Good ol' Dave. He gives so much, including the ribbing, I like to give back to him. Just the ribbing. :)
Better late than never on reading this one I guess! :D
I agree it is a bit of both and even more than that. A bit rough around the edges (steemit.com more so than busy.org) in many areas, whether you look at is as a social media or blogging platform, but this will come in time.
Bang on!
This is why I have delegation (curie) and witness votes (curie ocd.witness) in place as both these teams have a focus on the newer talent.
The goal for the big players (which has been lost somewhat with the bots), is to surface the best content to Trending that advertises this place as awesome. Development projects (dtube, decentralised crowdfunding apps, open-source dev apps) are popular as they promote the Steem Blockchain.
And yeah, unless you arrive with one of these (like @elear did with utopian), it's going to take a while for you to get your stuff noticed. (fat pile of cash to invest excluded).
It took me 3 months to get a $5+ payout, things take time, and a small investment helps for sure. :)
The Steem Blockchain is wide open for applications to sit on it, it's up to us to make a positive thing for all.
oh, and if I chat with someone on discord who helps me out with something, I'll find a blog/comment and stick a vote on that :)
Yay for these posts, I could read them all day - well, if I had all the days :D