Throwback Thursday: "How I made 7 cents in 5 posts and you can too!" and Steemit Millionaire
I was reminded just the other day when Steem breached $8 USD that at one point I had written about being a Steemit Millionaire. It was one of the very first posts I ever made. It was actually a challenge to find it because you can't scroll back in condenser far enough. So, I dug in through steemd.com/@aggroed and found this baby.
Now remember I didn't start on this platform as the useful person you know me as now. It took a while for a love of this place to kick in, but again for some important and life altering reason $8 Steem reminded me of that post. There's no way I'd imagine the story ark I've been on for the last 3 years, but it's been pretty amazing. I'm not sure I can tell everyone it's bound to happen to them. That's probably not the case, but I do think that Steem can pay off in spades if you stick with it.
Bo Burnham tells it better than me
I dreamed about that million. I was envious when @trafalgar wrote about it. Pretty amazing watching this place blow up!
7 cents in 5 posts
I see some minnows who are new to the platform that are upset that their content is only earning a handful of sbds when they post. It's hard to keep perspective on that. It's like listening to my now deceased grandfather about living through WWII and the shortages of everything. I mean, this is only 1 year ago, but again, internet time is like dog years on steroids. So, here's a throw back post about how I made 7 cents in 5 posts. If you think it's hard now you can't imagine how hard it was to get started under free for all exponential rewards and a terrible distribution.
Now I feel like an old man
Cue the Angry and Deranged Old Man Voice:
"Back in my day we didn't have linear rewards you ungrateful shit. We had to earn Steem by fondling whale balls every second of the day because we couldn't upvote worth shit. You know how long it took me to get to a 2 cent vote? 6 MONTHS! Fucking 6 MONTHS! Here's the post I made celebrating that fucking milestone. You god damned kids! GET OFF MUH STEEM!!!"
@stellabelle
One lady I like quite a lot on the platform is Stella. She's old school as far as Steem goes. I like her vision of a tribal gift economy. It sounds so much better than the shit fiat world we live in now. Some people aren't giant fans of hers, but I've always liked her. I mean that literally. Check out my steemd.com/@aggroed. The very literal first thing I ever did on Steem was follow her!
Anyway, I'm just reminiscing about the past
Follow your dreams, have fun, earn Steem. Spend a life in crypto. I think there's life and happiness to be had there. Also as a teaser to my next post I'd like to thank the central bankers of the world for being such terrible shitty economy riggers... I'll explain later.
Where do you see steem going? $1000 or not that far? Definitely won't stop at a $100 in my opinion.
I was dreaming about $300 per Steem the other day. If it ever goes that high I may literaly need to wear diapers again. I'd be EXTREMELY happy with $100 per Steem though!
@aggroed awwww, nothing like a stroll down memory lane lol. I do plenty of those hehehe. I'm still with the spark of making it big, I think this are great times we are in. Thanx again for the shout this morning. Loved it, and locking in the moment in my memories. For some time now, I had dreamed to be able to incorpoorate my hobbies/interest/and passion together but didn't know how. (drums!) Then I was introduced to Steemit, my life will never be the same. This is an awesome place to be. This post is great! We all need to be reminded that you have to start somewhere, the only way is up. Patience and dedication is key. Thank you. Best wishes to you always :)
Starting out always takes work. Participating in a platform that you see potential in is risky. It's a lot of time to put into something that might not get big. In hindsight it's easy for all of us to say we would have loved to have been the first on the bandwagon, but at the time no one would have known it would become what it is today. It could have been time wasted. The early bird gets the worm!
It's true. Early adoption does have its advantages, if things eventually take off. Kudos to ya'll who had the foresight, fortune, etc., of getting in early.
That said, getting in now, with STEEM and SBD seeing a spike in price isn't so bad, either. I need to show something for my efforts, but I don't need to be a millionaire in six months to a year. As you say, starting out does take work. Also, based on what's been said here, it sounds like bugs, kinks and just bad implementation of different things made it hard and frustrating. There's something to be said for patience and jumping in when a lot of things have been solved.
Even if the rewards are incremental at this stage, that beats what I've accomplished marketing and building a brand on Facebook or Twitter, combined and drenched in liquid gold.
Okay, maybe not that last bit. :)
Tell us, @glenalbrethsen, just how large of a following have you built up on your various fakebook and twitter accounts, or are you not ready to reveal that yet? Haha!
You said Fakebook!
I have no problem revealing such information my esteemed Minnow #24,775. The only Facebook page worth mentioning, has as of this moment 18,897 page likes. The twitter account I was referring to has 1,573 followers (I have 19,700 tweets on that account!)
Yes, the spelling was on purpose. ;)
You have a very nice following on facebook. I hope you recruit them all to Steemit.
Stage 1: what the heck is this, fake money for a posting on some kinda Reddit clone? I'll stick with Facebook.
Stage 2: Ok wait you're saying it's real money? Where does it come from?
Stage 3: Ok this seems pretty cool, let's see, I'll just write up a quick into post...
Stage 4: wtf no one is upvoting me, my upvote's worthless, these whales are so greedy...
Stage 5: Hmmmm, I guess I do have a few more steem now, I wonder what would happen if...
Stage 6: ????
Stage 7:
you'll see the extra stages soon!
I will never give up even if there are days I may feel like it :) Resteemed!
Inspiring to see the humble beginnings of one of the whales of today :D
Tell us aggroed, how does it feel to change from “fondling” balls to have yours “fondled” hahahhaha
And I am just using your words xD
it's breathtaking!
I really enjoyed reading this post (despite the foul language, haha) and was just telling my real-life friend @glenalbrethsen (my first real life friend I was able to convince to sign up for Steemit) about how long it took for my upvotes to be worth a couple of cents. I remember not long ago I was very excited when my vote was worth 4 cents. Life was much improved. And then HF 19 happened and the rest was history.
Can't wait to see what this year brings. We sure are off to an amazing start.
This was priceless! Back in my day, we walked up hill, in the snow for 10 miles to get 3 cents on Steemit! AND WE LIKED IT!
Lol.
:)
Learning is the most important occupation of every period of our life ... We are a little bit more mature with every word we learn. The ways are much more accessible and much easier than in the past. Exhibitions, biennials, museums, films, books ... All waiting for us to learn and learn.What are you waiting for the steemit family? @aggroed
I can totally relate to you! (At a minor scale off course) . I came to Steemit two months ago and was blown away by the bunch of opportunities you can find! . Off course i was making cents for each post (now i make a lot more than that) and even though i am not a whale nor a Steem millionaire, i have learned quite a bit from all the time spent in here. I learned about crypto, I learned about art, about markdown, improved my music skills, my writing skills and this is just in 2 months!! On top of all that learning... im making money!! And making friends all over the world!.
There’s great value on Steemit. I so grateful I found it! I can see a better life happening to myself thanks to it. I can see myself leaving my dreams because of it!
Thanks for sharing your experience! It is an amazing place to be! Happy New Year , by the way!