^{Some steemians explained about Steemit platform to young people}

It was late afternoon. The sun set. But, the front court of Ismail Marzuki Park, Jakarta, Saturday, April 14, 2018, began to be crowded. Food merchants wearing wheelbarrows arrived. Students and young workers came.

This place is a favourite meeting point for young people in the afternoon, especially Saturday night as now. It's the right time to promote Steemit.

I @blogiwank, @willyana, @musismail, and @apilopoly greeted some students we knew. Some people began to approach us and asking many thing.

^{@musismail showed step by step to register on Steemit in his smartphone}

"What is this, bro?" one of the youth asked.

"This is Steemit, a new social media platform like Facebook, like a blog," said @musismail.

"I've also been blogging," he said.

"Well, that means it's easy to understand this. As with blogs and Facebook, Steemit rewards the authors," said @musismail.

"Do you know the LIKE feature on Facebook, right? Well, Steemit has such LIKE. On Facebook, you LIKE somebody's post just make the author happy, but in Steemit LIKE give reward to you and the author. The reward is worth and can be exchanged to US dollars or Rupiah," I added.

@musismail then explained the steps of registering to Steemit and reminding about passwords that must be kept secure. @apilopoly described the blockchain-based Steemit system and its relation to Bitcoin.

^{@willyana showed Steemit website in his smartphone}

On the other hand, @willyana explained Steemit to some girls. He explained slowly while pointing to Steemit's example on his smart phone. The girls listened with enthusiasm.

Steemit was a platform that had not been popular in Indonesia. The promoters should gradually explain it. The easiest way was to start explaining from what people knew first. For example by comparing it with Facebook and Twitter, two social media platforms which were very popular here.

Also worth noting was their resistance to the Steemit system. Promoters needed to explain truthfully and clearly the system, including the importance of irreplaceable passwords, the need to build communities and the importance of quality posts.

Interestingly, these new members of Steemit were interested in bots @ steemcleaners and @cheetah who oversaw negative contents. This feature had not been available in Facebook or Twitter. "Well, it is interesting, so someone is watching the content here," said one of them.

This was not a massive Steemit promo but a small step to introduce this platform to the wider public in Jakarta.

Welcome, new friends.

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Promo Steemit di Taman Ismail Marzuki

^{@musismail answered basic questions on Steemit from some students}

Hari sudah sore. Matahari mulai tenggelam. Tapi, pelataran muka Taman Ismail Marzuki Jakarta, Sabtu, 14 April 2018, justru mulai ramai. Pedagang-pedagang makanan memakai gerobak dorong mulai berdatangan. Mahasiswa dan pekerja mulai tiba untuk kongko di sini.

Tempat ini memang jadi pusat keramaian anak muda di sore hari, terutama malam Minggu seperti sekarang. Ini waktu yang tepat untuk mempromosikan Steemit.

Saya @blogiwank, @willyana, @musismail, dan @apilopoly menyapa beberapa mahasiswa yang kami kenal. Yang tertarik mulai mendekati kami dan bertanya sana-sini.

"Ini apa, bang?" tanya salah seorang pemuda.

"Ini Steemit. Platform media sosial baru seperti Facebook, seperti blog," kata @musismail.

"Saya juga pernah nge-blog," kata dia.

"Nah, berarti mudah untuk memahami ini. Beda dengan blog dan Facebook, Steemit memberi reward bagi penulisnya," kata @musismail.

"Kau tahu fitur LIKE di Facebook, kan? Nah, Steemit punya LIKE semacam itu. Bedangnya, kalau di Facebook, kita LIKE hanya membuat senang penulis. Tapi, di Steemit, LIKE itu membuat senang penulis sekaligus ada rewardnya. Baik yang menulis maupun yang memberi LIKe sama-sama mendapat reward. Reward ini bernilai dan bisa ditukar ke US dolar atau rupiah," saya menambahkan.

^{@apilopoly helped a girl to register on Steemit}

@musismail kemudian menjelaskan tahap-tahap mendaftar ke Steemit dan mengingatkan soal password yang harus dijaga keamanannya. @apilopoly menjelaskan soal sistem Steemit yang berbasis blockchain dan kaitannya dengan Bitcoin.

Di sisi lain, @willyana menjelaskan soal Steemit kepada sejumlah gadis. Dia menjelaskan pelan-pelan sambil menunjukkan contoh Steemit di telepon pintarnya. Gadis-gadis itu mendengarkan dengan antusias.

Steemit memang platform yang belum populer di Indonesia. Para promotor harus pelan-pelan menjelaskannya. Hal yang paling mudah adalah mulai menjelaskan dari apa yang mereka kenal dulu. Misalkan dengan membandingkannya dengan Facebook dan Twitter, dua platform media sosial yang sangat populer di sini.

Hal yang perlu diperhatikan juga adalah sikap resistensi mereka terhadap sistem Steemit. Promotor perlu menjelaskan dengan jujur dan jelas soal sistem ini, termasuk pentingnya password yang tak bisa dipulihkan, perlunya membangun komunitas dan pentingnya pos yang tidak berkualitas.

Yang menarik, calon anggota baru Steemit ini tertarik pada bot @steemcleaners dan @cheetah yang mengawasi konten negatif. Ini kelebihan Steemit yang tak dimiliki Facebook maupun Twitter. "Wah, ini menarik, jadi ada yang mengawasi konten di sini," kata salah satu dari mereka.

Ini bukan promo Steemit yang besar-besaran tapi langkah kecil untuk memperkenalkan platform ini ke publik yang lebih luas.

Selamat datang, kawan-kawan baru.

@willyana dan @musismail juga menulis pengalaman mereka dalam promo ini. Ini catatan mereka:

• Pojok Steemit di Taman Ismail Marzuki
• Pojok Steemit, Promo Steemit dan Meetup Kecil

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