As a newer user to Steemit, I like many other minnows have been plagued by the dreaded "bandwidth issue". You might think this is going to be a post complaining about it, or asking why it happens, or even explaining what causes it. That isn't the case though. If you do a quick search, you will find many other posts that do just that. Instead, my post is going to talk about why for me it is a good thing.
This is how my average day goes... I get to work around 6:30 AM and I sit down at my desk. I check my email, get my applications started that I am going to need for the day and start working. I may be resolving issues that have come up, or working on my department budget, or whatever pops up that day. In between those tasks I log in to Steemit and I start working on my daily routine. Post my pictures with a short blurb for the photo competition I participate in as well as post my comments to other peoples pictures. By this time I might have maybe a half hour of time left to start working on my main post before I know my bandwidth is going to hit the negative numbers.
I start pounding away at a frenetic pace on my IBM Model M keyboard (if you don't know what that is Google it, they are the best!) and work on getting my main post for the day ready to publish. I move in my pictures, get everything formatted the way I want, decide which tags to use, click "Post" and BOOM "bandwidth limit exceeded". This I posit is where the real magic begins though. Now that I have time to waste before I can actually submit my post, I go back and re-read it. I find things that aren't quite right, mistakes I might have missed the first time through, things I want to word a little differently. This system-wide throttling of Steemit has actually made me write better posts. I actually have proof too. I recently had the honor of having one of my posts highlighted by
@ethandsmith in his latest episode of The STEEM Engine Express. If you visit his profile you can see he posts some really great stuff and not to toot my own horn, but his Weekly episodes gather together a good glimpse of some of the interesting stuff on Steemit. I am humbled to be include with so many other great Steemians.
Next time you hit that bandwidth wall, use it as an opportunity to tweak and fine tune your post. Read it through once, twice, three times and make it the best it can be. In the end your writing is really representing you right? How do yo want the world of Steemit to see you?
This post was part of my first homework assignment for #dolphinschool
I like your attitude and the way you handled this (annoying after all) issue 😃
Never had a problem with bandwidth myself thou...
Great selection of Steemians to suggest. And not just because he selected one of mine posts recently either ;)
I liked your post, it was a creative way to get the message across and utilise a supposedly negative and turn it into a positive.
Awesome. Thanks for your comment. I am going to follow you and check out your blog.
Haha I have the opposite problem - I re-read 50 times and still can't push post - great writing :)
I have heard it gets better. It used to be just from 9 to 1 EST but the beginning of this week it was horrible.
Hey @bozz. Good luck with the Dolphin School thing. I had not heard of it until you posted about it, so I'll have to check it out.
It was my pleasure to include your posts in my podcasts, so I anticipate that your future blogs will be just as great!
Thank you. I will do my best!
@bozz
That is very positive thinking, forwardly thinking on a problem most people don’t even realize they have! Thank you for the insight!
@jeejee
No problem, thank you for the comment.
Great job on your first assignment. Ugh, the terrible bandwidth. Although I do like your look on it! It most definitely gives us time to proof read multiple times and tweak as needed.
Yes. I am trying to learn to embrace it until I have enough SP that it is no longer an issue. After that I will need to find another way to remind myself to re-read my posts...
Those are some very true words. I'll be on the look out for a future post about it so I can get some tips lol
Thanks for the tip... and revelation of the Bandwidth Wall. I'm really new to Steemit and didn't even know it existed.
Though, I haven't done any posting yet. That probably explains it,
That could be it! Thanks for your reply.
Thanks for the info. You can check my post too
https://steemit.com/dolphinschool/@solomon507/dolphinschool-bootcamp-day-1
Congratulations on finishing assignment 1. For the past one week I get a stop everytime because of the bandwidth wall, and my last post i wrote and edited it as i was waiting or the bandwidth to come back again, at times it can be a good wall.
Thank you. Glad I could help a little!
@bozz, this is a great post. You've tackled a tricky subject and given it new light. I like your use of image wrapping, and your tag was very naturally placed. You didn't have to tell them what it's about just popped it in, also, the link at the bottom. Very subtle. You managed to do your thing, within the framework of #dolphinschool, nice! Now, for the critique. Beautifully written, nice pace, but huge blocks of text are a turnoff to modern readers. Try creating more white space. Not by eliminating words, but by double spacing between paragraphs, dividing them into shorter paragraphs. Also, headers, subheads, italics, maybe a quote from your chosen steemer would give it more visual interest and make it more scannable. All in all, an excellent post and you fulfilled the assignment perfectly.
Thanks, I realized after I posted it that I should have used some headers. Guess I need to listen to my own advice a little more on reading it through three times. Thanks for the feedback!
Don't feel bad. Seriously, the white space and text formatting was THE weak link, otherwise very, very solid, and trust me, there is no way I do everything I know to do in every piece of content I produce. Unless the others are very strong, I think this will be part of the first revenue split post. Nicely done.