Why I expect to fail on Steemit
I've read a lot of posts on Steemit over the last week (yes, I'm that new here) and it looks like the ones that gain attention are focused on answering the question "what's in it for me?", which makes sense. I gravitate towards that content, too.
I tend to focus on the question "what's in it for society?", which includes the 'me' people, but may not resonate as strongly with people whose values are focused on themselves or their families.
I use "fail" in the context of how other people may measure their success on this platform - getting attention. I'm naturally an introvert. I'm not a professional marketer, I'm not great with aesthetics and I'm not here to make money for myself (so there will be no kitten videos).
I'm going to be a failure in the short term. I expect that because I haven't seen much content by people who share my interests and values. I'm not saying that I'm only looking for people who agree with me, but for those who would engage in a conversation about something that matters to everyone.
In the long term, we need the Steemit community to grow. That's how we'll all achieve a certain kind of success.
Upvoted to encourage you to spill your guts out on this platform,
don't expect it to work...make it work. There are 1000s of like minded folks here, but if you don't have a message to share....don't won't know when they do find you!
Encouragement accepted!
I think the way this platform has been gamified with crypto will make it work. Fingers crossed that it will evolve into something that directly competes with Facebook (and wins).
It's important for the health of a community that its members are thinking of how they can contribute rather than what they can get.
There seems to be a certain kind of content that is more rewarded than other types. Putting "block chain" in the title seems to help. But it's not surprising since it's a young platform that's rooted in a community around that.
I think that the community will diversify with more mainstream adoption and other kind of contributions will also have room to grow.
One good example of rewarded contributions based on its greater benefit is the @utopian-io project. I've already posted a bunch there and contributed to the steemit platform itself.
I liked your "My Worst Nightmare" post. It reminded me of the time my best friend and I were going to watch a video (VHS in 2003!) and had to get the VHS player out of his closet. I won't go into the details, but he left his turtle in there to hibernate and, well, it died. I flushed it down the toilet. We turned on the TV and put the cassette into the player and white noise appeared on the screen. I expected to see an image of a toilet bowl appear, and then the turtle crawling out of it and coming through the screen.
I didn't mention that the turtle's name was Sadako - the name of the character from the Japanese version of The Ring. She was given that name because they both crawled in the same way.
Anyway, I don't think that I can that no animals were harmed in the making of this post.
Haha, that was a pretty messy story. I cherish all my memories, good and bad, because they've taught me a lot. The bad ones taught me things more often than the good ones. But the cringe worthy ones I try to take out as seldom as I can from the dark corners where I keep them :-D
Cringe humour is too much for me, so a dark corner sounds like an appropriate place to leave them.
Now I'm having flashbacks to when I had to walk out of the room while watching the UK version of The Apprentice.
Just wait and watch
Do what your passion on steemit.👍
Your posts look interesting, so I've followed you. Keep it up.
You should join discord and the @minnowsupport channel(PAL), I just submitted you for a @minnowsupport upvote.
Thanks for the recommendation - I've joined the channel and will read through the #start-here section after my daughter has gone to bed. And thanks for submitting my for an upvote.
One week and you already have a 38 reputation, your doing something right.
I've seen people who've been around for the same amount of time and have been considerably less active with reputations in the 40's. There's something that I could be doing better.
Very good and catchy title, and a natural flair in your writing @penston. Keep pushing your knowledge and experience here on Steemit, your journey has just began. Steem on!
I've up-voted to spur you on to write more, also since you are just beginning, add to your quantity as well as quality. You will surely succeed here with your invested talents and persistence!
In Your Support,
DrSMWong
The quantity part is something I have to be careful with. I come from Ireland, which is a land of great writers, not great readers. I wouldn't say that I'm either, but I don't want to give anyone a headache with too much text.
You just need to keep doing what are doing and eventually, more and more people with similar ideas will follow. Don't give up and keep creating the content that you want to share.
I'm optimistic in the long-term.
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