Why some minnows remain the way they are
As usual, I start off with a quote
Direction is so much important than speed, many are going nowhere fast
In my chat with @thecryptofiend yesterday, I realized something. So many people want to get to the top, become leaders and all that, but they forget one key step which is essential and this is first becoming a follower.
@thecryptofiend made me realize that so many whales we see today are simply enjoying the reward for their hardwork, loyalty and consistency. There was a time when then price of steem was dangerously below a dollar, yet, these whales stayed and built the vision from ground up.
Statement of the problem
Skipping a step
Credit
So many people want to skip the first step, want to trend but they often forget it is one step at a time. Always being concerned about your inability to trend as a minnow in my opinion is a misplaced priority, as solely focusing on a trending page shows there might be issues with dedication to the vision.
What many people fail to understand is that steemit not only promotes creativity, but brain power, loyalty and patience.
The main mission should not be to trend immediately, should not be to pull in the big bucks, it should be to develop the vision.
Ask not what your country can do for you, rather what you can do for your country.
The country in this case is steemit.
Priorities
CREDIT
Another major problem with minnows is some do not understand the value of priorities. We often perceive steemit in this order
Register-->Make cash-->Trend-->Build a following-->Make more cash-->Increase in reputation score
When in actuality it should be:
Register-->Understand the concept-->Build a following-->Increase in reputation score-->Support the community-->Make cash-->Trend
So the question is why are the minnows in a hurry to achieve in a day what took the whales over a year to achieve?
The thing most minnows fail to understand is, whales were once minnows too, they built each other up
Right now minnows do not want to build each other up, the don't want to follow each other because they believe the whales will make them whales instantly, so they resteem whales and overlook their fellow minnows. They upvote and comment in whale's posts and skip those of their fellow minnows.
Steemit is designed that votes, no matter the reputation score, are counted and those votes alone will get you to the top. Most whales won't resteem a minnow because they expect you to figure it out and earn your way to the top. But, on the other hand, a minnow will most like resteem a fellow minnow who resteems him and before you know it, you get more votes, higher chance of an increased reputation score, more following which means more recognition and cash after some time.
What is steemit to you
Is it a money making venture? a get rich scheme venture? a way out of all your problems? Or a vision to be shared with others?
For a minnow to succeed, you have to answer this question truly.
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Don't forget to UPVOTE
RESTEEM
FOLLOW@ehiboss on steemit for more
Steemit is like a baby. You have to nurture and then it will grow to take care of you
you'll make a great parent with this mindset
Or a terrible one. Look at it go at the keyboard!
lol...we learn everyday
Ah :)))
deffo
I think it's part of this culture of instant gratification. Growing organically is hard work. It takes time and effort to post a good blog post, share a meaningful comment, grow your following. You get it though, and thanks for sharing.
Rome wasn't built in a day...time and patience is what some need.
Exactly
Very good article mate I'm very new to this never been on any social network site before only started because of Greg mannarino don't even know how to resteem yet and what's trending thanks mike
focus on helping the community as a whole first of all and post on what you love
I'm on here too due to Greg @marketwatch. Good luck!
Steemit will only take care of you as long as you take care of steemit....it takes a lot of hard work and determination and not giving up...if you set a goal for yourself then you just go for it. Do not become discouraged. Hard work ALWAYS pays off. Just give it your best every day..and then some more...just don't stop.
Thank you and brilliant remark
Let's see how you think after hf19..
elaborate
From what I gather is that votes will have a truer weight based on SP & VP. This I suppose, is intended to garner higher quality posts from content creators in addition to giving a User a more relative clout when voting on a post. If you search HF 19 there are many articles about it from quite a few witnesses.
There is voting power and there are total votes for reputation score. I believe that is the modus operandi
don't forget favoritism ism..
Very good advise. Thank you.
try to adhere
Will do.
okay
Hey man, great post! To me being on steemit is a way of challenging myself and proving that creativity is not spontaneous, but something that comes from hard work. I am also a visionary, and I hope that steemit will be the place where I can discuss interesting topics with other like-minded people. Also, we live in such a world that some extra cash would come in handy :)
Exactly, creativity is the key..
So, you're telling me my credit score should have three digits? ;o)
please elaborate
Upvoted, but on the other hand I don't want to be too critical of minnows.
Those of us with $1000 of Steem or more may be committed to the platform, it is hard to expect someone with $10 worth of Steem to be. I like "Ask not what your country can do for you, rather what you can do for your country." in our case, because Steem is not a centralized state, it really is a decentralized community, and commitment to the network benefits everyone with a significant investment. But still, most minnows do not have a significant investment.
To become invested in the first place, you will have to either put money in, or do work that larger stakeholders find worth rewarding. It is a kind of tiered society, where it takes work, money or existing social capital to break your way in.
When you have broken in, you will have more incentive and power yourself to try and help raise up those other minnows who are contributing value to the network.
thank you! useful comment!
thank you,perfectly said.
This the problem of our world, we want all right now, like fast food.
Exactly and we cannot get everything right away