Should Steemit Shutdown....?
Is very pathetic to hold a stick for a snake to bit you. Why am i saying this? Am not a fun of this kind of post but i must share my experience to help others. I waked up this morning, exercising my only franchise that pay my bills; the financial franchise on steemit. I came across a post "Goodbye Steemit! 🤙 Thank You Minnows" by @lifeinspired, so i passed by to read the details. All that @lifeinspired is saying is that, his post attract low rewards so he is quitting. And the fact is, he has deleted all his previous post. He has given points backing his reasons for quitting. He is going home with the statement, "Steemit just isn't the social network I thought it would be". This prompt me to make this post.
Majority of the people on this platform face this problems of low rewards and put the blame on @ned and his team. The fact is, we lack education on this platform. Many do not read and understand the welcome statement nor Steem/Steemit white paper. I was a victim till i tried to read more and understand this platform and am still learning.
Steemit platform is unique and successfully created as a social network by @ned and his team and there is no doubt about that. If your post is not rewarding, then check yourself by asking yourself this basic questions.
1. Do I have Steem power?
2. Have i promoted my post?
3. Have i voted for a post today?
4. Is my content salable?
What makes Steemit social network is the vote from individuals on a post. Post rewards also depends on the vote value from individuals. Vote value depends on Steem power. So as your account is successfully created and you failed to powerup and i equally did so, are you expecting my vote to give you high reward on your post?
Some Steemains also abuse their voting power ending up with valueless vote. Example, someone with 15SP votes on your post at 31% voting power, add no value to your post.
This is the advice a gave to @lifeispired as comment.
And he replied by saying;
The fact is people invest in their post at facebook for likes. What is wrong for investing in your post for rewards that can pay your bills at the end of the month? This platform is unique and perfect. Steemit witnesses are doing great. The problem here is people acting ignorantly and do not take it as their responsibility to buy Steem power and vote on other people's post too.
The social network holds if each and everyone here power up and bare the responsibility of voting for others. Do not expect @ned to bare the responsibility to vote your post. Minnow helpers are doing good but, i will advice them to educate steemains to power up at least some minimum value before they can support them. This will clear that conscience of people quitting base on low rewards on their post.
Steem blockchain is doing amazing. Rapid growth with great platforms like @dtube, @dlive, @utopian-io, @steepshot, @dsound and much more. If your article is not salable, then post videos @dlive or images @steepshot. There is no excuse quitting Steemit platform.
My account statistics is not encouraging but this month is the second time i paid my bills with Steem Dollar. I lost my job and run into debt, so am actually broke financially but am still earning from my 0.01 value of vote, comments and my personal post. My wife will soon post pictures @steepshot as am looking forward to get her a new phone since armed robbers took her phone. All my expenses comes from Steemit account. So if Steemit shut down, most of us will be in hell. Much love
May Peace, Love, Awaken and Awareness be your guide.
The one who endure, only the one who endure.
😀Well said.
You are mostly right with your assessment of STEEMIT. The fact is investing in the platform is the fastest way to get moving. I have purchased over 1000 steem and powered up. I have also dedicated computer hardware time and rackspace at my colocation facility to run a STEEM witness server. And if all goes well I'll have a backup server and my seed servers running by Sunday. I spend several hours a day researching blockchain technology and writing about some of it. Also looking over others post like yours here that actually offer value in it's content and commenting on it also help move the marker forward.
You offer good insight and advice about Steemit. Thanks for caring enough to be open with your opinion of the platform.
One thing to keep in mind though. STEEMit is still in beta, so for those that leave before it's final release .... don't let the bandwidth hit you in the ass on the way out the door.
Thus great steps you have taken. Running witness server is very great investment and comes with great rewards. I have followed you and will be checking your updates. Thanks for the resteem. Am most grateful.
Truth is that most people are quitters.. if steemit were easy then everyone would be a whale.. the truth is whales put in their time as minnows too! Now they have grown and get to reap the rewards of that, its how life works.. people come to steemit expecting to get rich fast, but thats not how it works, not in life and not on steemit. Thats actually the best part tho, anyone can become a whale if u just dedicate urself to it! But it takes time and effort! So dont give up ;)
Very well, making money on steemit is not easy, is little bit easy when one power up; at least you vote for yourself.
The quality should be the deciding factor and not your investment in voting bots.
People who use promotional service have a much harder time to get my vote.
You are one of the few who cherish good content. God bless you much. Those with good content can't even promote their post. Keep the good work up. Good content make the platform unique and time wasted here result great lessons and knowledge. The garbage content is horrible and increase blood pressure.
I appreciate your writing and contemplations. I am trying to grasp the whole concept of promoting and using votebots. I found this article to be helpful. Upvoted and resteemed.
Great! am most grateful. Thank you
I agree that the lack of education is a big problem. I see posts in which people ask where to start pass by every day.
Steemit does have a steep learning curve, and it requires dedication and hard work to get somewhere.
There are a number of initiatives set up by individuals to help those who are new to the platform, which I think is great.
Also, as an answer to all those ‘help’ post, I’ve just written a post about the SteemIt FAQ-page. It contains loads of useful information, but up until yesterday I didn’t even know it existed :-;
Thus nice and great information at FAQ page. Nice sharing it here.
The other thing a lot of people miss is that you have to engage the community at large if you want to build a community of followers. Those followers are more likely to comment, resteem, and upvote.
Without building out that network of followers that engage you, you simply won't get the growth you're seeking. Building out a social network takes time.
Thus right. Is very great point. Someone with 19400 followers post accrue more than $500 within 24hrs. So network population count.
What have you done to build your network?
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Yes it is difficult when you post is in 0.01 for 6 day strate . But I see hope in the plataform as long you invest in steem and steem power . 🤔
Surely, you can also help your post with Steemit bots. You can check the details here; steembottracker.com
Yeah I been investing bosting my post @jossylink thanks . Don't give up I will vote for you.
Thanks 😀