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RE: That Fake Exuberance Over New Projects you have NO Experience With!
Just out of curiosity, what do you tell people to expect here in terms of timeline, effort required, and realistic rewards?
I am very hesitant to jump onboard new trains these days after succumbing to FOMO several times in my past... even on Steemit I have decided not to invest any fiat.
In general, I tell a very specific niche of people (old bloggers I know) that Steemit is a bit like sites we used to use 10-15 years ago, and it's cool because as you create and interact, you can "build stake" in the platform, which we never could "back then."
When they ask "about the money" I tell them they are almost 100% sure to make more money than they are doing posting to Facebook and then we have a laugh about it. Then I tell them to not think of it as income but as a sort of automatic savings account attached to a blog, that allows for a "slow dribble" of rewards to build over time.
That is a great way to look at it. I have found that keeping my expectations extremely low has been crucial to my enjoyment of the platform thus far.
As much as anything, I enjoy precisely what I generally enjoy about social media and blogging: The interactions with interesting people, and the exchange of diverse ideas. The rewards are just "gravy."
I'm grateful that I built enough stake early on that I can generally reward worthwhile comments and conversations, and interact quite a bit without worrying too much about running out of voting power.