Arsenic Lullaby Blog/rant- It's about the content, stupid.

I'm scrolling through my newsfeed on my beloved Steemit, and I'm seeing people yakking about steem being up .10 or down .10 or it WAS this and now it's THAT...

Stop thinking like an insect.

Who gives a fuck about the steem value at this point? No one with the big picture in mind.

I have lasted as an indy comic book publisher, publishing dark absurd material, far longer than most people thought I could. I have outlasted and beaten other publishers who had more money, more connections, more experience, and in some cases more talent. I have because I am diabolical and I always keep my view on the big picture. The big picture here is GROWTH and growth will come from one thing CONTENT.

Facebook grew because content creators went there, brought along whatever fans they had at the time, and put great content worth seeing there constantly. and THAT is ALL we should be focusing on right now. I came here because I wanted a new platform where I could post content without dealing with some dumbass algorithm, having to compete with paid ads, or worry about censorship. AND I wanted a platform where I could express an entire thought and not have it be an eye numbing wall of text. Check, Check, check...AND CHECK.

and what I am going to do now...is get everyone I can on board. I'm confident I can get 50-100 quality content makers here, probably I can get a lot more, but let's say I only get 20. That's 21 (counting myself) quality content makers contributing great content worth seeing. Multiply that by ALL of us and no one will have to wring their hands about steemit being up or down .10.

Content is what builds platforms, period, the end.

I'd advise us to all take advantage of the platforms advantages in doing so. Anyone can post a meme on FB...but they can't post a meme and explain why they did, and add their own personal thoughts on whatever the matter is the meme is regarding. Anyone can post a pic on instagram, but they can't post several progress shots and interweave explanations of how they did it, what was a pain in the ass about it, what they think turned out well, what they struggled with, ect. Anyone can post a song on youtube, but not with an explanation of what the song means to them, what was challenging about it, ect...or if they do no one will see it because it needs the "see more" tab clicked.

This platform allows us to add a whole lot of personality to our posts that we can't add on the other older sites. Understand this, if you are an artist, a musician, a comedian, what you can do is like strange magic to the people who can't. You and how you do things is far more interesting to people than you realize. Use that.

AND...we can't grow this thing in an echo chamber. We can't grow this by telling each other how great it is. We have to go back to the sites we left and raise a little hell. Post exclusive content HERE...tell people THERE that it is HERE. I'm going to be more active on Instagram this week, for the sake of appeasing that fucking sites algorithm, then on Saturday (because that's a busy day there...and it being the weekend, give people time to fuck about on the interent more than normal)I'm going to start plugging Steemit there. I'd say it'd be more effective if a whole lot of us did the same thing.

We can grow this place real easy. There is a TON of talent on here. I wouldn't say that if I didn't believe it. (as it in fact pains me to ever admit that anyone is of equal talent to me...my ego bristles at the thought). We need only let the rest of the internet know, and not be shy about it. About how talented WE ourselves are , or how talented our fellow Steemians are.

I've already been mentioning it on FB (although that place is heavy with Luddites)...here's some examples that seemed effective.

also...I think this modified Steemit logo I've been using as my profile pic is pretty neat...I added it along with a link. Give that a whirl.

The point is you have to keep putting it in peoples faces. Coca Cola has been around for like a hundred years...and they still advertise, because they know this.

Today I sent out a mass email to my email subscribers.

and I'm going to keep doing this, until the next time I search my newsfeed there's nothing but cool stuff to see and no people yakking about what the market is doing ( YAWN).

It would be nice if using the search engine here wasn't like trying to put your dick through a cheerio, it would be nice if instead of a wall of vapid tags there was just a box to type in a tag. It would be nice if there wasn't a week or so waiting period to get in. It would be nice if the crypocurrency aspect wasn't so confusing...if would also be nice if a million dollars fell out of the sky into my lap. Steemit is as steemit is, and that's still better than the alternative and I ain't waiting around.

No one's gonna build this place for, right? Especially not the types counting pennies when it's still in beta mode. and if you are one of those people...you, and your wallet, would be far better served by reposing something cool, than droning on about what direction the market is going to take with one cryptocurrency or the other, because the 18 zillion people out there on FB, Instagram, and Twitter, that the rest of us are trying to get over here...dont understand a word you are saying and don't GAF.

...let me add an asterix here, I have seen some blogs about crypo that explain some things in an interesting way, and were informative...but we don;t need 18,000 blogs about it every fucking day. Just...just take a look at this...the number on the left is how many posts have been made with that hashtag just in the "new" section of the hashtag list

I'd say we have it covered...I think there's enough. and this doesn't even include blogs with the hastags -bitcoin, bitshares, blochain, or whatever the hell else. AND MEANWHILE THE HASHTAGS " COMICS " AND "COMICBOOKS" AREN'T EVEN ON THE MAIN LIST?!?!. Uhm...I'm sorry...was last years hit movie about blockchains? or what is about COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS?! WHAT...THE....FUCK? WHY....is a hashtag that covers the main subject of interest in the entire pop culture for the last ten years not on the main tags list? WHYYYYYYY???????

...anyways....

If we keep putting content here that is worth seeing, and keep telling others it is here, Steemit WILL grow. and if we don't, than it won't. The price of Steem has nothing to do with that equation...it is a by product of it.

See you tomorrow with new comics, and Wednesday with something else new, and Saturday with an Exclusive.