Steemit Greek Meetup #3 (Vasilopita, Drinks And So Many New People!!)

in #promo-steem7 years ago

Yesterday it was a really amazing day as it was the third Steemeet of the Greek Community so i had to go! My place is about 1 hour far from the meet up so i had to wake up early catch buses and trains to go but i am not complaining, other came 5-6 hours long with bus. This time i had a friend with me who i introduce to Steemit a month ago after i attended to the Second Steemeet and that friend is no other than @unshakeable !

When we arrived we found @rouketas and @tkappa at the entrance posting signs for everyone in order to guide them through the entrace. I asked how many have already come ( it was 11:45 and by 12:00 everyone had to be there) and the answer was about 5-6. The last time we were about 10-14 people so i expected the same plus 2-3 more. As we were talking downstairs @Alinak15 showed up with a man, i knew i have seen him somewhere but not exactly sure whether i am right or wrong. 

Turns out he was the one and only @onceuponatime 

imagine how i felt finding out, for a moment i wanted to say give me an autograph but i played cool and buried it inside me :P

The whole Steemeet #3 was an initiative of @greek-trail and more specifically of @skapaneas @rouketas @otsouvalas. Those people organized the whole thing and they did a pretty damn amazing job, i really didn't expect all of this. 

Except the fact that the guys asked you what coffee do you want? ( free coffee, note that too) they had amazing cookies as well as a really tasty Vasilopita made by @loveisintheair

that espresso woke me up for good!

While i was talking and laughing with @unshakeable and @tkappa i noticed that a significant amount of people kept coming in, like there was a bus stop outside and they keep on coming. The place was crowded with more than 30 people have come so almost 3 times the people we are a month ago ( just a month ago) and all of these people came through the world of mouth and they own research. 

It was about time to cut the Vasilopita. Basically, at the end of the year or at start of next one in Greece we cut a cake we call it Vasilopita in which we have a hidden coin and the winner earns mostly good luck :P but this time the winner earned 600$ worth of Steem ( not bad ha?)

So wanna see the winner? Here you are!

the Winner was @annadeda


After that the ''party'' started and all of us tried to talk with each other, answer to any questions newbies had regarding steemit and cryptos and i even learned a lot from them too. Also we made some ''deeper'' conversation about the future of steemit and how we can grow out Greek community. 

Everything was amazing, the whole atmosphere was magical, i really and i say once again, i really didn't expect so many people to join us and the best part for me ( except the cake :p ) was that all of those people gathered in there and i talked to, seem like genuine and good people ( i can accurately judge others by just the look or a small talk). This is very hard for every community out there to have and find people like those. They didn't only care about the money aspect but how they will be better and how they will make steemit better to!

that was before the place was bombarded with people

A last thing i wanna say is that everything that provided there as i mentioned before mostly (as in 95%) was from @Greek-trail so i can't thank them enough from what they did!

Some of the people in there were:

@alinaki15 @tkappa @unshakeable @filotasriza3 @annadeda @minfflight @akriviblack @antitrp @ariann-qu @rouketas @loveisintheair @nikosnitza @juki @otsouvalas @zkalemiss @chrisgr @dimitra @anna89 @andyblack @trumpan @ruth-girl @onceuponatime @mariaentela @skapaneas @alx.magentio @nikoleondas @evimeria @nikossa1908 @iliasdiamantis 

You can also see other posts of our Greek members about yesterday through their eyes, just click on their names below and the post will pop up:

otsouvalas                                                                                                                       ruth-girl

                                                                      skapaneas

annadeda                                                                                                                        mariaentela


NOW I AM FIRED UP FOR THE NEXT MEET UP!!

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Ηταν μια πολύ ωραία συνάντηση, χάρηκα πολύ που σε γνώρισα απο κοντά @filotasriza3!!!

παρομοιως και μ αρεσε κ αυτο που λεγες που κανεις με τα coins, οποτε θελετε για κανα καφε μου λετε και το κανονιζουμε αλλιως σε κανα meet up παλι!

Ναι, οποτε θες στειλε μου στο discord του greek trail και κανονιζουμε...

Great initiative and by doing this you just moved the fire in us, creators of content on steemit platform, from the virtual place to the real life. Involving others, helping newbies to enter this wonderful space is the most sane way to do it, just organic and natural. I am putting thoughts in spreading the word about steemit in a similar way in my country, so thanks for sharing this experience. And the cake surprise is just one more culture share and smart idea to use to motivate new people to adhere.

haha i liked the image! if you don't mind me asking, which country are you from?
Also, it's really really great to meet new people and new people that are good guys, that feeling is really unique!

I am from Romania, passionate about cryptocurrency and that is how I found the STEEMIT community and all its wonders. Great job and initiative and keep it going. As we grow together, we grow ourselves!

exactly! so we are Balkan neighbors! somewhere i have seen other Romanians in here so you may find others too. For now in your city you can just go mouth to mouth to friends and people you know in general and tell them about steemit. Like that you will start creating a small community but keep in mind those people to be people that you trust and you believe they will bring value in the platform!

This is a great post and is very well done. Meeting with others is always a fun time and a lot can be accomplished.

I'd love to have you take a look at my content and see if it is something you'd vote on. I am striving to provide valuable and informative content but it gets buried so fast in the feeds that no one is seeing it.

Thank you,
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thanks for your comment. i checked the link you provided. My advice to you it to try and build your own ''audience'' and friends. i totally know what you mean by buried content i have witness it myself too. Try to find people you are interested in their posts, read them and make comments ( not the type of follow me follow you and good post) and at the same time try to make quality posts like the one you linked me and you will definitely succeed but i will take time and you need patience!

Yes, it does take time. I have been working to comment on roughly 20 other posts each day and that has really increased my following. The trouble is that not many of my followers vote on my posts. In time, they hopefully will.

Growth also takes a team of people to help you out along the way. I have seen people who join and within a week they are making double digit earnings on their posts because somehow they get whales resteeming them.

It would also be nice if a lot of high-ranking people took the time to report spammy posts so that good content would be noticed instead of buried.

hmm you seem like a good person or at list a person that is interested in growing! i will follow you and check on you through time. if you wanna talk more in general hit me on steemitchat i got the same name here as well!

I hope others see me as a good person. It is for them to say, not me. Thank you. I look forward to following your posts and seeing your comments on mine :)

man this looks so interesting and helpful, meeting steemians offline and networking. i truly believe you when you say the atmosphere was magical !

it was indeed, maybe the progress that had been done made it more magical. from 10 to 30+ people in less than a month without any commercial or promotion is something!

that's amazing. i bet you guys could feed off energy from each other. if there were something similar where i live i'd definitely go.

high quality post my friend :) thank for sharing

thanks a lot!

These cookies look amazing!!!

and believe it or not it was the only thing i haven't tasted :p

What?! Noooo

We had a Steemians meetup last month too in Malaysia, it must have been great meeting the local steemians and interacting with everyone in person!

so you know the feeling! it is indeed great and us more people are joining the better it becomes

Κρίμα που δεν μπόρεσα να ρθώ! Περιμένω την επόμενη! :)

οντως κριμα, αρχιζαμε κ αναρωτιομασταν, εγω το χα και σιγουρακι.... παντως ενταξει οπως ειπαμε κ στο post σου αν ερχοσουν θα κλαιγαμε ολοι την επομενη μερα :p

Σας γλίτωσα από το κακό! :P

thanks for your comment keep it up too!

Χάρηκα που σε γνώρισα από κοντά @filotasriza3 ! Ελπίζω την επόμενη φορά να τα πούμε περισσότερο!! 😊😊😊

εμ φευγατε, κ 1 λεπτο που μιλησαμε ηρθε γρηγορη ενημερωση ποιου αδερφη εισαι :P (περιμενω να σχολιασει κ εδω!). Αμα θελετε για κανα καφε παντως πειτε

Αχχαχα... Ετσι για να ξερουμε με ποιου το σοι συναναστρεφομαστε εδω μεσα χαχαχα

Χαχα εννοειται!! Μέσα στο επόμενο διάστημα να κανονισουμε!! 😊

8a sinenoi8o prota me ton aderfo sou :P

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