Urdu community | s2w1 contest | how steemit is better and beneficial than other social media networks, by @ishayachris

Greetings to all the steemians around the world. How are we doing today?. I believe we are all in good health, and we are enjoying the challenge. Today, I welcome each and everyone of you to season2 week1 challenge, and also to my blog where I will be sharing with you the social media I use the most, and how it have been beneficial to me. Before I proceed, I will love to acknowledge the beautiful effort of this wonderful community for coming up with such a beautiful contest, and I also appreciate the effort of every participants for making this network lively and interesting.

Introduction

Its not a news that social media have become so global that that almost 70% of the world population are into it. Social media have now become a platform were humans do learn and interact with other people around the world. Through social media, we easily get to know what is happening within and out of our environment. One of the advantage that social media came with, is the fact that it makes us to spend less on recharge card, because we easily get in touch with our friends and families through social media platform.

Write about the social media you use the most daily and why is it beneficial for you or not?

Talking about the social media I use daily, as you can see from the picture above, I have several social media application that I make us of, but the social media i prefer using on daily basis is steemit.
Steemit is a decentralized system which was found in the year 2016. In steemit, the users get rewarded for making post, voting and commenting on other people's articles. More to that, steemit has made it possible for it users to have two blogs. One of the blog is where the articles of the user can be stored, while the other blog is for saving articles made by other users. In addition, many communities have been created on steemit in order to help organize and moderate various contests and challenges, in return, each participant is rewarded with crypto currency according to the quality of the post.

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why steemit is beneficial to me

The value that steemit have added to my life as a person can never be overemphasized, because steemit have shaped my life in various ways. Below are the few benefit I have gain on steemit.

S/n	benefits	explanations
1	free plagiarized contents	Before I joined steemit, I hardly write a content that's free from plagiarism, because even when I was in school, I only do my assignment by copying directly what I find on internet and textbooks without even citing the authors, but steemit have taught me how to write a free plagiarized articles.
2	reading habit	I was a lazy reader before I joined this platform but, now I can read more than 20 articles and still drop a valid comment on each.
3	financial support	Financially, steemit have helped me a lot and its helping me solve most of my needs. As I write articles, I get paid in return. With what I get from this platform, I Carter for my needs
4	friendship	Ever since I joined steemit, I have made friends from different part of the world as a result of interacting with each other on this platform
5	educational	Through this platform, I have learned the culture of various people around the world, and I have learned thing from different educational fields.
6	application of markdowns	With the use of this platform, I have learned how to apply markdowns to my articles in order to make it well arranged and easy for reading.

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Why do you think spending more time on steemit than on other social media platforms can help you grow in life?

Like I mentioned, the importance of steemit in my life can never be overemphasized. I joined steemit this year, but the value it have added to my life cannot be mentioned. First of all, I have learned about the cultures, beliefs, and the norms of different people across the world. I have also gain financial support from this platform. And since this platform has come to stay, I believe I will continue learning from different users on daily basis. More to that, this platform will continue to help me grow in area of writing a presentable content.

In the end compare Steemit with other social media platforms by talking about their advantages and disadvantages, and give examples from your personal experience.

Advantages of steemit over other social media's

S/n	steemit	other social networks
1	steemit reward it users with crypto currency	other social networks don't give any reward to it users
2	user have total control over his or her account	despite having your password, the account can still be access by the central body
3	steemit review users contents	other social networks don't do any review
4	there are guidelines on how to write and what to write on steemit	on other social networks, users write whatsoever they want and any how they want it
5	steemit check plagiarism	other social networks don't check
6	steemit give room for contest where it users can learn from each other	other social networks don't engage in contest writing
6	users can easily get in touch with other people around the world without considering whether he or she is following you or he is on your friend list	on other social networks, you can get only in touch with people on your friend list
7	steemit account cannot be hacked	other social media's account can be hacked, and I have been a victim on two different occasions

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Advantages of other social networks over steemit

S/n	other social networks	steemit
1	there is privacy in other social networks	everything is open to everyone on steemit
2	other social media's account can easily be retrieved when password is misplaced or forgotten, on several occasions, I retrieved my Facebook password after forgetting it	steemits keys cannot be retrieved when missing. I once lost my steemit account because I forgot to save the keys
3	users have the liberty to post anything on other social networks	there is a restriction on what to post on steemit

In conclusion, despite some of the challenges on steemit, it still remain the best because it add so much value to us as humans. It educate and support us even financially, Unlike like other social networks where we only chat and entertain each other but, there is nothing to gain or write home about. I can testify today that steemit have affected my life positively, and as such I will continue to steem as long as I live. I also want to use this medium to encourage each an everyone to hold firm of steemit, because its a life changing platform.

Finally, I want to thank each and everyone for reading through my post!!

I invite @tangwe-rene, @fredquantum, and @temitopef to participate in this contest.