What keeps you at Steem?
Since there are a lot of issues with Steem that every one has some opinion on, I thought I would ask the question:
What keeps you at Steem?
There is already a growing number of competitors out there often cited that offer alternative approaches to Steem. There are platforms claiming better and fairer distribution. There are people here who say it will never work, there are people who say it is almost guaranteed. There are users who speak loudly but act small, and others who act big but are largely silent. There are a myriad scams as well as many many projects developing. There is the coming SMTs, Hivemind, Resource Credit pools and Oracles but, uncertainty surrounds them. There are those among the world's richest and many among the world's poorest. Some live off Steem, others are collecting for a possible future. There are many ways, many people, many views, many opinions, many realities.
- Do the reasons change if you are a developer or a user?
- Does it matter if you earned Steem or bought in?
- Do current or past rewards change your opinion?
- Do your real world conditions affect your perspective?
- Does it matter if you are part of a community or not?
- Does where you live affect your views?
- Why be part of something when no one is forcing anyone to be here?
- If you don't know why you are here, why would you stay?
What I am hoping for is that a few people will potentially answer the core question and give their opinion on just Why they are here, posting, commenting or doing anything at all on Steem. If some share this and a wide enough selection of users take a little time to answer, it could make for a very interesting read to see opinions collected together as to why some people stay.
What keeps you at Steem?
Is it a hard or easy question for you to answer?
Taraz
[ a Steem original ]
The vision of future power an money, hope to gain capital - money that make more money.
I do not want to relay on selling my work to make living. I want to work for projects interesting to me, disregard monetisation. And capital can give me money with no work involved, to be free for my own life to live.
I think Steem Power allows for a lot of future potential revenue streams that can help both build and personally earn. It is an interesting way to fund projects in my opinion :)
Good questions T.
For this Knight, Steem has always been about FREEDOM. Freedom:
Steem cannot fail T. It has too much of a headstart and there are too many of us here that will make it work. But this is not to say that some will not exit prematurely and lose their stack.
And... should Steem ever drop below 50 cents - there are many like us who will be buying by the truck load.
I am... SirKnight.
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It is interesting that so few people are actually exploring the opportunities of the place. THey focus almost solely on SteemIt it self without realising they are free. Society's programming keeps us caged and while complaining about the bars, the door is open.
few months ago @apsu asked the same thing "What's the thing which is keeping you all here?"
My answer was:
"Passion. Few people that I like. Inspirations. Models. Optimism. Curiosity.
I have never been outside of Lithuania and before steemit my connection with foreigners was basically limited to occasional comments on some let's plays. So I guess that this place also has some symbolic/ sentimental value for me."
My answer remains nearly the same. Perhaps I would add few words like dreams, fears and habits
Edit, memoriesEdit.Besides that I lack interest in cryptocurrency and even technology so I don't know about most other platforms. I created whaleshares account but I haven't posted anything yet. If I will use it will be just like with steemit- to showcase my creations. Maybe to find a few rare friends.When Dr.Watson told Sherlock Holmes that earth revolves around the sun Sherlock responded with:I didn't knew this. Now when I know this I will try to forget it as soon as possible.
I am no Sherlock Holmes but I also can't afford to keep track of all these(SMTs, Hivemind, Resource Credit pools and Oracles but, uncertainty surrounds them) things. Perhaps they will matter to me one day. Then I will learn about them. For now I simply want to create the best art I can create, somehow find ways to sell it, and interact with people that I like.
Why hold onto the unnecessary?
Greetings, @tarazkp
I am one of those who users who have been growing organically. I can't afford to invest on Steem more than I wish. I can't buy more than I get publishing content or via curations. If the venezuelan crisis weren't so severe I would be able to invest whatever money I'd make back in Steemit, but that I can't do at the moment.
I can't say I live off Steem because cashing in one or two SBDs a week is not a significant help even for venezuelans (inflation is devouring every dollar), but it provides some oxigen once on a while.
So, i am here more because of what Steemit has done for me.
It has provided me with a community of people with whom I can share what I do and get useful feedback and from whom I can learn on multiple areas or disciplines.
Steemit has kept me emotionally balanced by allowing me to vent some of my personal concerns in ways that have become therapeutic.
I know of other platforms, but I don't see why they would do better that this, and I can't handle the stress of being here and there (assuming one creates community there too and gets involved in projects, etc). If it were just about posting and waiting for the cash to come... But we know it does not work like that.
So, i am being very conservative in putting all my eggs in one basket, just because i can't afford the time and energy devoted to multiple projects.
I am rooting for a definite takeoff of Steemit as THE platform.
If I knew of a more interesting place to spend my time learning from smart people, I'd be there instead.
Not many places out there yet are there? there may be some better to earn on but that will provide a new set of issues for those platforms too. No matter what they try, unless imposing highly authoritative practices, they are all going to face similar issues. I think what many users want is to be put back in the cage so they don't have to see or deal with reality.
Yeah, the general public has been absolutely domesticated by centralised platforms; no doubt.
I had a friend feed back concerns about how difficult his password is to remember, and how he lost it, and couldn't get back in, etc. He said if we just fix those things, we should be right.
That's not what this place is. You're not meant to remember your password, or be able to reset it with an SMS, it's not permission to ask permission to interact with the database; it's a key.
You own the only copy. You don't get authority without responsibility.
You own the only copy. You don't get authority without responsibility.
People want the trappings but don't want to do the work to get there. They want freedom, but want it granted.
Cutting out the middle man means doing all the stuff he did.
If you want zero censorship, you need to make the user the only actor with the power to add and remove content.
Cutting out the middleman is going to be painful but if we can continue to build alongside, the technical switch itself can be largely pain-free.
I started to make money, but I realized soon enough that it wasn't that simple. Now I know that Steemit may never make me rich, but I stay for the community. I met loads of cool people here, and leaving Steemit would be like leaving them also. I can't even imagine that. It doesn't stop me from joining other platforms however, because they are not mutually exclusive. Some also have loads of people from Steemit, so it's just like an expanding family =)
This is the perfect attitude for Steem evecab - if everyone came here just for community and fun, you would be surprised at how rich us early adopter would eventually become.
Rarely is makign money simple, otherwise everyone would have it :)
Many travel all over to try the competition or to attempt to be one of the early adopters and take advantage of the future. There are so many from Steem because they understand there is potential in creating community.
have you tried any other platforms @tarazkp? I'm on whaleshares and scorum also. Lately I'm less on scorum though since it's mostly centered around football and soccer (I prefer martial arts), but whenever I have a fitness post, I put it there also.
I play around a little on smoke.io to see how it goes. It has 50/50 curation which I find interesting to watch as it changes behaviours and interaction on the platform quite a lot.
2 reasons. Free media from large corporations and profit.
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I love the community but most of all I love the journey. The possibility of making a decent amount of money once I grow my account is definitely one of the top reasons, no point in lying.
But I trully love the journey and I love seeing how my Steem Power grows every day, even if it's just 0.001 SP in form of a curation reward. I enjoy the grind.
Also, I believe in Steemit and STEEM and even 2018 hasn't treated cryptos that well, I thing that good things come to those who wait.
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Before starting to interact with steemit I was related to platforms to generate income but the profits that were generated were very small. I also related to a social platform in which I lost money.
After enrolling in steemit and starting to publish I have managed to start growing financially (even if it is slow) and have the satisfaction of expanding my friendship ties and of course my creativity is considered.
I just hope that this platform will eventually consolidate and we can all grow together for a better tomorrow.
Receive my affections.
I stay simply so I can watch my enemies suffer
Indeed. And the immutability means it can be relived all over again.