Why am I still on Steemit?

in #contest6 years ago (edited)

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Unlike most stories I’ve read, I didn’t get here from other people’s comments. I actually was searching online about ways to earn dollars or crypto because as many people know but most don’t, Venezuela has one of the highest inflation in the world and well, even if you worked three jobs a day, still wouldn’t be enough to live good. I found some articles from forums and other blogs about a social network where you could earn money just by interacting. Of course, I thought it was too good to be true so I didn’t pay too much attention to it.


Later, searching for very specific information about travelling between countries on bus, I found this article of a Venezuelan girl explaining how she did it and she even talked about the specific thing I was searching for. I then began to check out steemit profiles and found some interesting articles and even short stories. So then, I decided to create my account.

My confirmation SMS didn’t arrive so I asked a friend on other country to receive it for me but I lost that account because I didn’t save my password. So I quit the thing for a month. But I think Steemit was hunting me because every search I made, the first results were from there. So I asked the same favor to another friend and voilá! Here I am!

Let me say that when we begin here, it is extremely difficult to get noticed if you don’t know someone who can guide you and/or help you. You have to read a lot about how things work out here. So that’s what I did, since I hadn’t anyone inside this platform. And after three or five posts, I got my first big upvote! It was from @Cervantes. They upvoted a short story I write about a very common and painful situation we live in my country. So I went from 0.01$ to 18$ and I thought Wow, I’m on the spotlight! Maybe this is actually that good and true.

That was on april and right now, on august, I have just received two upvotes from them. I know, there’s more whales and dolphins in the sea, just that they’re the biggest spanish community, my first language. But yeah, I have received a lot of feedback, upvotes and more important, I’ve had real fun here.


So, after my long story about how I got here and all that:

Why am I still blogging in Steemit?


Because I have fun here. Because I’ve always wanted to write and here I can do it and receive feedback from actual writers. Because in here I’m more likely to keep learning about cryptocurrencies and the blockchain. Because Steemit compiles all the social media in the blockchain: we have our own Instagram (Steepshot), our own Crowdfunding site (Fundition), our Youtube (Dtube and Dlive), our blog (Steemit), our Soundcloud (Dsound), our own meme sharing site (Dmania) and even our own Porn site (Dporn) and they’re even better. We can monetize without involving ads!


So yeah, I think this is the best thing that happened to the internet and I don’t have to get rich using this platforms to know it.

I could be on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter reading people’s dumb stuff and sharing that dumb stuff only wasting time between a few laughs. But I’m on Steemit because here, I can read actual authors from which I can learn from, sharing actual great stuff and get paid for it. Even if I just earn pennies, I think is worth it!


How about you? Why are you still here?

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Interesting how Steemit kept popping up as the place to go to @kimbygrr so glad I have met you in a couple of places here including @kryptonia really look forward to your future content.

Have a wonderful day and good luck.

I'm glad too! And thank you for your kind words!

Have a wonderful day!

Hi! I was personally looking for a better place to post my art and photography. I was also looking for my Tsu friends and a serious place to maybe someday make some income from posting.

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Muy interesante historia sabes estoy pensando seriamente en escribir mi primer post propio aquí aun no lo he hecho por algunos inconveniente que he tenido me gustaría enfocarme en un tema muy especifico y que llame la atención y que bien me alegra por ti saludos desde Honduras! :)

Espero leer ese post pronto, jaja. Saludos desde Venezuela.

Love your story and how you write. I hope you get big upvotes still. You earn it. I gave you what I have in 100 percent.
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Do you also mining or other ways to crypto then blogging?

Yes, I use Earn.com and sign up to every airdrop I find. There are other pages pages like Neobux, Btcclicks and some faucets, but I think they require too much time, at least when we're new there and the rewards are so low. Maybe for someone that doesn't have a job and can spend some hours just working those pages it's great, but personally, I don't have that time.

I tried earn.com but could not get my mailadress confirmed. I like airdrops, Byteball was awesome but I like hunttoken also (airdrop now). Keep on collecting coins - I will follow you. I am also a collector but doing it just for fun. (From Sweden so my english is not so good)

My english is not that good either, I'm hispanic. I mailed Earn support and in a few days they verified my mail. No need for private domain. I used my gmail for it.

Thanks. I will absolotely do that.
Thanks!

great post. beautiful to read.

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