RE: Altcoins Face Sell-off, but Outlook Remains Optimistic
The mentality indeed was different and I remember well how #alldutch fell apart but I was helped/kind of adopted by great Steemians. They became good friends although many died but I still speak to a few.
I never had my certificate but what they told me to do I did and it became a habit. One I think now I should change. I saw it as a normal to do my share but although I am older now and Steemit doesn't look so strange and difficult anymore I don't feel welcome in most communities.
It's true, like minded people are hard to find let alone honest, loyal ones.
I don't believe there's much to lose if you talk with others, say your opinion or try something new.
I like this platform and I am open minded but that doesn't mean I accept everything. If a stranger lies it's fine but if there's a daily chat, I inform, offer help I don't understand why I am fooled and treated like an idiot. I have no problem to talk about whatever bothers and I can handle it if it's said straight forward.
But... Out of experiences I do believe people cannot be changed.
I agree that if there are too few like minded it's hard to change something but also to do good. Since those who come for 1 dollar (only) turn out to be never satisfied and find it normal to be served.
Btw: Those few are still around but they post in their blog or in communities most of "us" never visit. They want to be left alone and a part lost the motivation to build Steemit together.
_Why is it we never receive an upvote? Is good original content no longer wanted, _I was asked.
The answer we all know. Staying in the own circle is more comfortable and guarantees the dollar upvote and more. Why search for a new face, new voice, why read, translate? Can everyone be a moderator or curator? I don't think so. You can't if you don't like to read, comment, lack time, hate it to translate or remember names, that's my opinion.
Thanks for sharing yours. I wonder if the solution is a "split" where like minded take part and work together or is this an utopian idea?
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Even now, I try to find new faces despite the experience that the effort doesn't warrant the rewards. When I do find somebody who might be interesting, it tends to coincide with them giving up.
I think that the "split" has already happened in many regards. There are pockets of communities outside of the Learning Challenges. Often these don't overlap, occasionally they do. "My Bangla Blog" seems to be well run. There's "Italy", "Steem Venezuela" and "Steem SEA".
I'm struggling to decide what Utopia would look like now. There were serious plagiarism problems when I joined but there felt like there was a lot more "personal" perspectives and articles. Articles that were of interest to me. The lands feel dry now and I wonder where these authors are now.
With my own account, I did find people writing and being kind of lost. I must say out of them most are very active today and post in different communities. A part no longer talks to me but that's fine.
Out of those (new) ones upvoted by the team in September, I noticed many left after one month. Also, others left before summer started because? Can be they come back once it's winter or there are holidays or.. it's not always clear. I do notice that if I am active and comment, answer questions and give a hand (even if they don't ask me but no one answers) they are more motivated to join and figure out what to do.
The good writers? I came up with a club from a different platform where I was asked to write on Steemit. They all went back. The good ones I met here? A part died and others are still writing on different platforms or are ill and can no longer write (who knows they come back).
I try to connect with people and give them a hand and with a part I have contact outside of Steemit and lately I see some come back who were very active and are good writers (some just need a push into the right direction or a pat on the back).
I am not sure if Italy is a split or more not accepted and therefore decided to go their own way or decided to stick to their own rules but the atmosphere is overall good which makes it easier to post for someone like me (no community for my nationality which I would never join again, and there are plenty who made clear that I don't belong to their country and my ideas are not appreciated to make the community grow.)
I once wrote about Steem Venezuela or Venezuela Steem and although many joined my contests in the past there never was a click with them and there's no support back. I once explained that it looks to me like those communities are all the same and I can't tell the difference (I don't speak Spanish which can be the reason but I also see the same faces being active). So if it comes to them and My Bangla Blog they indeed are a world on their own. A world where you easily feel an intruder. Btw there are plenty European and Western (American) writers who kept writing but they aren't in the mood to join all the fuss. After all those years they taught themselves to write and do it when I felt to it and next to that a big part is an investor.
Utopia.. most likely it is what we (personally) want it to be. Is it possible to check everything that is posted? I am afraid that's not possible and in most cases, all one can do is let it go and let (if there is a moderator) let this person deal with it.
I can only speak for myself but I see a huge loss of creative writing, story writers, artists, creativity. Here these words are just words attached to every text. I miss that and the fun we had but I keep searching and if there's one new motivated person per month I am satisfied.
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There's not much I can add to that!
I'd be happy with 1 per month. The reality is it's less than that.
I believe that person is around but hard to find unless you have the time to non stop search for them.