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RE: SHITPOST YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS 🥇NEW Steemit-Exclusive Series • Lesson No. 1 • Letting go of quality for profit
OOOO man i thought you were a sell out for a moment, and nearly hit that unfollow button.... glad I spotted the humour tag and kept reading 😀
I twigged early on that it's not a level playing feild and quickly changed my outlook on why I use steemit, started for money not going to lie, got mouths to feed, but found a few great people to follow and see thier content thats well put together and meets my interests.
I'm pushing for more interaction with the community where i can as the meaningful comments (not your "nicejob" sh*t) carry more value than the upvote (unless your a whale then shitpost in my comments and up vote away 😂) Thanks for sharing @gro-pro had a nice chuckle at this one!
😂 aw man I am glad you read enough to ID my ridiculous and 'non-traditional' delivery. I have seen quite a bit in my days here and this is one thing that makes me laugh:
Steemit advertises as a platform for making money and there's a belief that somehow people coming here for money or monetary gain are the enemy.
@jackmiller and I often chat and this topic is one we have dissected a few times. When you have a sign up page that directly states you should sign up to earn and a community of early adopters touting that Steemit is not about the money (since when?) it creates a great divide. There are many people who feel they should earn but not everyone puts forth the basic requirements. That doesn't mean you can't earn on Steemit. It also doesn't mean anyone should feel guilty for coming here to earn money as that is the sole purpose.
Removing monetary gain, this is Facebook or Twitter with a character length set by bandwidth. Seriously, this is not some miracle worker community of people changing the world single handedly as some wish to believe. It's a mechanism of economics that married social media and had a baby. Steemit is two years old and has the track record of a milk-drunk toddler. It is still finding its legs, for sure.
The two real reasons people come to earn money on Steemit:
Don't be fooled by those who proclaim to be here for any other reason. Even those who bring money to the table here are absolutely expecting a return on investment. That is not to say that there are none who are genuinely here to provide support and to see this community grow and thrive. However, a large portion of the population are robots - owned by those who have invested - Steemit is naturally inflationary and it is no wonder why these people wish to vacuum the rewards = it is protecting their investment capital. Who doesn't like to keep the money they made, right?
We can't expect a utopia and accepting some level of inefficiency is necessary to achieve a 90% success. I'm not saying we flip the game board like a child, but rather seek a little more balance. That'll take a butt-load more honesty, in my opinion. Still too many people with unrealistic expectations.
We all make the experience here and I really appreciate you all who've made my time here more enjoyable than painful. I have to say that even the bumps and bruises I take here are worth the connections I have made. Money can't buy great friends and this platform has afforded me the opportunity to meet a few really incredible humans. Thanks for your support and sharing your thoughts, @digitaldan. I have mapped out this miniseries BUT I have my usual intensely long content still on the calendar 😆🍻
@grow-pro great reply! and I agree its hard not to come for the money they way its portrayed from the outside. Looking forward to the rest of the mini series 😀
NO BULL!
What about the laughs?
Nothing can pay for the laughs that this series is going to bring about!