Finally Reached Dolphin Status! 3 Reasons I Doubled Down On Steemit!
It's been a pretty wild ride here on Steemit, but I finally achieved a long standing dream of mine of becoming a dolphin. Why make the decision to invest in Steemit you ask? Here are three of the main reason for why I decided to take the plunge!
First mover advantage
Although many new social media blockchains are popping up every so often, Steemit was the first to establish a presence, which will mean a lot when more money starts flowing into crypto again.
Last year during the bull run we all saw the price of Steem rally to almost 10$ while SBD was a concerning 15$. Although this is not guaranteed to happen again, I believe that this bear market won't last forever and Steemit's first mover advantage and successful growth through SMTs and other DAPs will give us a good shot to have another rally like we saw in 2017.
Passive Income
This is kind of a sore subject to talk about because I've been a minnow for over a year and a half and hated how the larger accounts just blindly delegated their funds away.
A big reason for why I moved and powered up a large amount of my savings and power up was because I believe in the future of Steemit.
Another reason for powering up was to have my money work for me and generate passive income to help pay off close to the half million in student debt I am going to owe after dental school.
I plan to still give back to the community and have a few ideas in the works, but most of my time is going to be spent studying, so It makes sense to put my sp in a place that will allow it to grow.
Establish A Presence On Steemit
When I first joined Steemit, I was in love with the idea of blogging and making crypto and instantly became addicted to the process of establishing connections and growing my brand. I eventually started to notice some cracks in the foundation that steemit was built on and realized that it was almost impossible to grow as a minnow without the constant support of larger accounts.
Then came voting bots and delegations and you all know the rest. I made post after post preaching about the toxic culture in our community, but every time nobody heard me until I just up and quit Steemit all together.
Obviously I believe in the future of Steemit, which is evident considering my recent power up, but we are far away from establishing our "ideal community". I'm hoping I can make some change now that I have a larger stake.
Hopefully my story helped me properly introduce Steemit's new dolphin and maybe motivated a few of you minnows to invest and power up as well. Until next time, this has been a message from your friendly neighborhood #spiderblogger!
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Welcome to being a dolphin!
Thanks you 😁
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Congratulations! Whoot. Welcome to being a dolphin.
Thanks whatsup!!! You’re posts over the last few days actually convinced me to commit and invest in our community!
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That is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me!
There should be a congratulations post for every new dolphin. It's a rather elite status in our community, with only just over 2000 accounts at that size or above.
I just looked at @arcange's stats, even with the low activity these days, we've had 22 new dolphins in the last week. In other words 3 minnows become dolphins every day.
Thank you and wow I didn’t realize how few of us there were!
That’s a sick stat! I’m planning on sharing my story on how I saved up enough to become a dolphin tomorrow!
Hopefully it helps!
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I totally agree about the congratulations posts!
And to your point about new dolphins, that is great news.
Hey @whatsup you mind making a post about how to succeed as a dolphin? I’m trying to come up with ideas to build my brand and wealth, while being a responsible member of the community.
Figured I would ask a vet lol
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I will! I'm always looking for post ideas, is it okay if I give you credit for the idea, so it doesn't come off as me being braggy or anything.
Oh no need to give me credit, but I would definitely appreciate the exposure! Excited to read it!
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https://busy.org/@whatsup/congratulations-to-a-new-dolphin-and-my-advice-to-waphilip
Congratulations. I hit Dolphin a couple of months ago.
It's a nice place to be for sure!
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Appreciate it thank you! Already feeling the love and excited to join the pod! (Googles what a group of dolphins were called lol)
A pod - I didn't know that either.
It's easier being a dolphin. Or as us cynics say - money comes to money!
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Sheesh, I didn't know we could have had a party for you too!
We need to figure out how to have a big celebration when people hit Big MileStones!
No worries!
I wasn't in a party mood at the time anyway.
But I guess a few bells and whistles to mark the milestone would be appreciated by most people!
Setting up an alert and even a bot for such purposes would probably be a doddle for a techie too.
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Congratulation ! more dolphins more fun !
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Haha thanks elgeko! Happy to be apart of the pod! “100% just googled what a group of dolphins were called lol”
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beautiful!! ☝🏽☝🏽
Congratulations!
Woah, @exyle in my comments! This is crazy haha thank you!
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I , for one, welcome our new dolphin! :)
Thanks steemitqa! 😁😁😁
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Big congrats on the amazing milestone and keep on swimming :-)
Thanks SM! Was always (still am) a big fan of yours! One of my first days on steemit you had a milestone post that got me pumped be apart of Steemit!
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Oh wow, that really means a lot! Thanks for letting me know, you just made my day, hehe :-))
congrats dude.. its a big step, right? welcome to the club!
HUGE step! Thanks it’s great to finally have a stake!
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Congratulations!
Thank you!
YAY! Congrats, I was sent over by @whatsup in support of a great decision you have made. However, it was your sincere sentiment of your words that I vibe with and have seen myslef. I’m here 11 months and have had to stop purchasing but so would if I had the means. totally feel exactly as you have stated, I have not powered down or left. I won’t either. Many congrats on dolphin status and dental school.
Hope to see you along the way,
Eagle Spirit
Thanks ES! I’m planning on sharing a way I managed to save some spare cash over the last year and a half tomorrow! Hopefully it helps!
Thanks for the support! Keep grinding and it will pay off once the price of Steem explodes again!
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yay! cant wait to hear from you about what you did to save money. i realize it may and i can only hope.
I wrote the post yesterday check it out!
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i'll try i support a lot of planktons and today i have to post ...