RE: #newbieresteemday Steemit Comment Challenge - Re: Why am I Such a Failure on Steemit?
@malloryblythe I can relate to so much of what you wrote. I also put a lot of passion into my art, and the monetary reward overall (I'm not talking about steemit, too early to say) has been less than zilch. But I won't settle for doing a half ass job with something I'm passionate about. So I hear you with your frustration, I'm trying to not put anymore energy towards being annoyed but that takes a lot of self control. I'm trying to sell my art on some of those print on demand websites where they make custom clothing with your art on it, and the same thing there. Some wannabe artists slaps some cheesy piece of clipart on a shirt and it gets promoted and a bazillion likes. Wtf is wrong with people? Don't sell out though, I'm with you. You just left a comment on one of my art pieces and you followed me. I dig your writing and your attitude towards creating art, which writing is a part of, and I follow you back.
For what it’s worth, things got a lot better here for me since I wrote that! I found a few communities and made some friends who helped me out. One guy gave me a generous delegation. I’ve actually become a much stronger fiction writer as a result of getting involved with the @freewritehouse prompts, and I had never written fiction before I got here. If you have Discord I can give you a more detailed play by play and introduce you to some people. I’m not like, rolling in cash or anything, but it’s been a much more rewarding experience than I had anticipated.
To be blunt, the fact that there is so much crap here that appears to do so well (and actually, many of those are paid votes), is a major advantage for people like you and me who are actually contributing stuff that people want to read or look at, and that the people most invested in this platform want people to contribute. You have a ton of talent and I mean it genuinely when I say that you could do really well here. I stumbled on you because I was scouting stuff to submit to a curation channel for people to vote on and your art jumped out at me because it was so extraordinary. It’s really just a matter of being noticed by people with some clout, and it’s a much smaller community than you’d think. I’m going to share your post around a bit and see if I can help you get some followers.
Also, steer clear of Jerry Banfield and his tokens or whatever he’s peddling... the guy is a bit of a known opportunist. I’m not that plugged into that community but some people I respect and think are morally sound in their behavior on here despise the guy.
Hi, thank you, I appreciate your insight and your offer to help by sharing my art, etc. One doesn't find this very often nowadays, especially not in a place where you never know if someone really means what they say because there could be a little cheddar earned. Geez, are people willing to make jackasses of themselves for a few pennies, it can be so fucking pathetic.. I'm glad though you found some good peeps that gave you a little boost. You're right, sometimes all it takes is one decent contact and you're on the roll.
Thank you also for your encouraging comments regarding my work, of course being a vain and approval craving artist, feedback like yours goes down like butter. I must say that I enjoyed reading your eyebrow dude short story a lot. It reminded me how much fun reading can be and I have to make more time to read your other works. I think you have what it takes to grab an audience with your fiction stories because I was hooked after a few sentences. It has a bit of a pulp noir edginess to it that I love.
Regarding that Banfield feck I'm totally with you. I followed him after watching one of his Steemit for newbie vids on youtube and soon found out that he strikes me as one of those spineless MLM crooks, a vibe that I get a lot from most of the popular coin gurus, and that I'm not very fond of. I tried to get rid of that repost I have of this guy on my feed, stupid rookie mistake and sorry ass attempt to rush into being successful on this platform, but as always when I don't honor my instincts I made a regrettable choice. Screw it, who cares.
Hatred aside, I believe there's good to be found on Steemit, you are the best example, and I just have to get out of my comfort zone and work through the birthing pains. Not that easy when you're stuck with the typical artist ADD attention span, but I have the best intentions to make it work. For now, lol.
Cheers, stay lit.
You couldn't pay me enough to make a total jackass of myself on a site where you can't delete stuff after a week. I'm way too self conscious for that shit. Anyways, as for the selfish aspect, this place is very much a Pay It Forward economy. When you're new, people will take you under their wing and help you out, and then when you've been around for a while, I'm sure you'll feel compelled to do the same.
I'm just now starting to find that the monetary rewards are beginning to snowball (albeit slowly), and that's after a few months of work. I just kinda had to put the rewards aspect out of my mind and focus instead on enjoying my time here and getting to know people. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.
Anyway, thanks for reading and for all the nice compliments! I try to keep entertaining.
Yeah, you're absolutely right, forget about the instant gratification humbug and just have a good time, it'll come across as more genuine and at the end that is what people are craving. Some real connections and an attitude that comes from the heart and not the greedy, fearful mind. And that'll earn more rewards in the long run, either monetary or paid in some other form of energy.
Again, thanks for being my mentor. I know all the left brainers have such a big head start and most of their ramblings confuse the crap outta me which is annoying. I just have to find a way to cancel out that crypto noise until I settle down and understand the rest of the dynamics here.
I think I already offered this somewhere, but if you have Discord, I can give you a way more detailed run down and all sorts of links to resources and tools that can help out. I'm malloryblythe#8139 if you want to add me there. I did not have Discord before I got here but it's really helpful to have because that's where most people congregate for private chats and communities, plus you can set up Ginabot which is a notification system.
GINAbot??!! Rawr, you got my attention now. I have no clue what discord is but I'm gonna check it out now.
Yep, Ginabot! You can check it out here > https://steemit.com/@ginabot