Ask Me Anything Wednesday (AMAWED) Exclusively For Newbies #1
Hi Newbies. Today is ask me anything Wednesday (AMAWED) organized by @redfishpillar project.
So, If you are a newbie (AKA redfish), who have been in steemit for less than 3 months, especially those who have just been on-boarded, this program is for you. Feel free to ask your questions about steemit beginning from 10.30am - 11.00am central European time (CET), which is coffee/tea break time. Do not hesitate to ask anytime you come across this blog page today or even during the week until the next episode (13/09/2017). Please note: response rate to your questions would be fastest during the set 30 minute program (10.30 - 11.30 CET), fast at other times on Wednesdays when I see your question. It's AMAWED remember!
Happy birthday to @turpsy!!!
Stay tuned for give away Thursdays (GAT) tommorow. I would ask one, two or three questions. First newbie to get the correct answer will receive free steem or steem backed dollars (SBDs). Don't forget to join us in discord, https://discord.gg/uRVtjaX .
Image sources 1, 2 . The photo shot is mine and original. It was taken with my friend's i phone 6.
Kind regards from your host,
This is a great project that enables newbies like i to know more about steemit,well my questions goes thus
2.how does earning on steemit works
Thanks
Welcome to AMAWED, @bollutech! Thank you for your questions. I like the way @surpassinggoogle responded to your questions. To add to all what he has stated, my response to question 1 would be to sincerely willing to help others who are in need of assistance. Find people in your niche, read their posts and leave valuable comments there. There are lots of advantages of being on steemit. Let me paraphrase what @surpassinggoogle stated. You had a vision and a life before steemit, bring your vision and life unto the steemit blockchain and sell it to as many who believe in your vision. They'll help you run with it . A little caveat, though would be for you to first work on building a good reputation here. That takes a while. So, don't hurry. Personally, it has taken me (@maryfavour) about 6 months to build my reputation to about 60. My response to question 3, if I understood it well, is that you would't need to spend much on subscription . Maybe you mean data subscription. Well, there is nothing good that doesn't come with sacrifice.
thank you so much , i so much appreciate your answers to my question by emphasizing more on what @surpassinggoogle has stated.
Hi @redfishpillar that is very true nothing good come from a silver plater there must be a lot of sacrifice on it interms of time,money and energy capacitated by persistent.
It is free. Don't pursue it. Draw it in. Shake steemit, influence it with you, you vision, your presence, your substance, the spanlessness of your mind. It is like real life. If you are girl, catwalk that walk and halt the room, cos you walked in and your presence filled it. So pace thing, mine with your mind, grow in your substance and shine. financial earning will meet you half way. If you had a vision before steemit, play it out on the blockchain! you have mirrors in the form of reputable great minds, feed off of their feedback and keep building that dream or keep your dreams alive in dream-bits and rehearse them till fruition. This is life!
Tap in to this too. #steemgigs or #steemgig. Hone your expertise, while playing a role in potential history by helping other steemians bring their dreams into fruition. make connections, build the impossible, innovate. You didn't have an enabling environment? Now you have one in steem. I just gave you one million. Read between the lines. Apply foresight and you will see these things. There is no competition if your vision is staunch cos you will be above the competition.
See vid by flauwy:
Thank you so much for this .... I will keep moving it till it make more sense
I never really read whitepapers or materials when it comes to steemit but again we are all different. I am better with understanding concepts. Perhaps, you can apply that too. It helps you grasp things faster even with limited information. Just apply logic and your understanding of humans and life!
@surpassinggoogle i'm following you to get inspired as a mentor ..learning from you to become one of steemit veteran in some months
That is very true @surpassinggoogle logic application and understanding of humans and life in general can work as well.
Thank you very much Bro for your upvote and support @surpassinggoogle be blessed sir.
Hi @surpassinggoogle indeed this is a very inspiring and motivating advice for real
This is a laudable project,my question goes thus: How is the reputation point calculated and what significance does it have on earnings on Steemit.
Edited:
Just like the two people i tap motivation from: @surpassinggoogle and @maryfavour of @redfishpillar had said my friend, Its a Human Factor!
That is: i have confindence in @redfishpillar cos the director @maryfavour i trusted whole heartedly!
However, the Upvotes you get per post and your interactions via good comments increases your rep. Now with a High Rep, it means you have earned Steemit Trust and the People on Steemit.
Thats when newbies look up to you irrespective of your wallet and you have a great responsibility not to dissapoint them and encourage them all you can.
If you have a High Rep and executing same project with someone with very low Rep, people trust you the more and tends to support yours than someone yet to earn People's trust. One love dear Friend!
Thank you so much!
Most welcome.
Thanks a lot. Much love.
A good question i will like to buttress on once Our Host Responds...
Thanks, @oluwoleolaide. So glad to see you here. I have responded already. Please, help buttress my point. Cheers.
Thanks for your question, @blessedman939. The formula for calculating reputation is
((log10(abs(reputation#))-9)9)+25, which can be found on http://steem.cool/ . Well, the much I know about reputation, it doesn't really have singnificance on earnings. However, it does have impact of the visibility of your posts. The posts of Steemians with high reputation are seen and remain on top, probably in ''trending'' field of your blog than posts of those with low reputation. Steem power (SP) is what has direct impact on your earnings. The higher your SP, the greater your earnings. Similarly, the lower your SP, the lower your earnings.
Chai, you hit the nails
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it.
Awesome responses you have been fed with my friend. Wanna add something...
REP is also important because it draws people to click your posts. Certain people on Steemit believe that posts from high rep accounts are of high quality in content. And when more people click your posts and read what you have got, your chances if getting up votes also increases. And the more up votes you get, the more money you make. So you can see that there's hidden relationship between rep and earning potential. Thanks
@eurogee
Thanks.
Well, just the human factor mostly. In general, rep gives others a good feeling about you and sometimes, without checking your wallets, people may see you as whales cos your rep is 70. A whale however, can also have a rep of -4. So it is mostly the human factors, more like when you wear your lace agbada and people feel you own a bank
Yes, I understood you, tell me @surpassinggoogle, is it possible to raise my reputation as a commentator of someone else's posts? Thank you
Very much. May even faster than posts. Be constructive, innovative and sincere with your comments and you will draw people in. People are more laid back in comments and themselves cos it is interaction and many times impromptu. A post is more preempted
Clearly, the most important thing that would comment on the topic of the post, for this you need to carefully read the post and comprehend what is written in it, then also meaningfully comment. I hope I reason correctly.
Correct. Plus, standout! Read my last post
Thank you for your evaluation, I will certainly read your post, but if you have any questions, can I ask them in a post?
Sure thing. Look at my last post
Agbada and lace..just like a saying "aso nla ko ni eyan nla" but seriously, are you a Nigerian? Following you asap
Welcome to AMAWED, @serkagan! It is very possible to raise your reputation as a commentator just as @surpassinggoogle has stated. Very few people know you as a newbie and so might not be interested in voting on your posts. However, when you leave a valuable comment on the blog of a veteran Steemian, then you'll be known and probably that comment will receive upvotes, just as you have received from us here today.
Hahaha funny woman! I just know, i know Nigeria more than you but you are better than me at dealing with hot eba
Lol, hot eba? Chaii, eba is not even my thing, give me pounded yam and egusi, then we can talk.
Thanks for taking out time to respond to questions here
Mama @maryfavour, e be like sey everybody wan become your PA o, me sef no mind o. Abeg employ me
Hahah, Can you write pounded yam and egusi in your dialect? Here is it in
Yorùbá, Iyán àti ègúsí
I was about to ask the same question. Glad you know much about my dear country. Not a fan of Eba though, i'll rather go for Amala with Gbegiri soup with my shirt off.
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate this.
Wow, you must have lived in Nigeria for a period or have Nigerian friends
Hahaha, don't lose yourself in that. Dig! You are my friend. I can learn a ton about you, just by your one-liners. I wouldn't need to have hung out with you for hours!
You truly have people figured out
Please shift let me sit down, bring me popcorn and coke. So your reputation determines the visibility of your post? So how then will a minnow whose reputation is below par earn from his/her post? Any tips @maryfavour
Keep visiting people's pages and leave objective comments. As you keep doing this, with time they will come to recognize your username. As that happens...sonner than you think, they will begin to pay visits to your blog. This is how I came to know a Lotta people. I am still pushing, no dull moment
True...Thanks
Hahaha....alright, there you go, @jaynene with 96 cents , which can easily buy you popcorn and coke. Lol! Yes, your reputation is the major factor that determines the visibility of your post. Like @surpassinggoogle, CEO of @steemgigs , has stated, you've just earned from your posting your valuable comments. I'll explain something to you about steemit posts. Posts here comprise of both the ones you write in ''submit a story'' field and comments . So your comments too are posts! If you make valuable, constructive comments, you'll definitely earn. However, if you troll or spam people's blog pages, you risk getting red flags. My humble advice to newbies, regarding posts would be for them to focus more on commenting on veteran Steemian's post, rather than focusing of authoring posts themselves. You will be better recognized and draw attention of those esteemed Steemians when you leave valuable comments on theirs blogs. There is really a lot to learn in steemit. I'm still learning from experienced Steemians like @surpassinggogle and those with high reputation like @oluwoleolaide.
Thanks, I have learnt a lot from here today. And 90 cents for coke and popcorn for this Buhari regime, nne, e no go do o. I go soon run comot when I hammer for steemit..lol
Thanks for this anyways. Today is my most interactive day on steemit especially with Nigerians
You just earned. Learning is the ultimate earning!
I have been asked by friends on how to withdraw my SBD.
How can i do it,i have read of many tutorials to use bittrex,blocktrades,poloniex,bitpay,localbitcoins and many more.
I have never found a comprehensive tutorial to do it.
I am from Uganda
Welcome to AMAWED, @jaraumoses and thank you for your question! So happy to know that you are from #Uganda. How is Uganda today? I will link a youtube video of mine of how to withdraw STEEM, not SBD (since you'll first have to convert to STEEM). Moreover, you can leave SBD's in your account and use it for exchange for services in @steemgigs.
I will be waiting for the video link so that i apply the principle @surpassinggoogle taught us in a recent post.
I will watch and learn,apply/do(convert my personal Steem to cash)and then teach(write a post and explain face to face) my fellow Ugandans i am bringing on board.
The Learn Do Teach principle is very powerful here on Steemit.
It's really good to know that you'll soon been on-boarding your community in #Uganda to steemit. Awesome! I can't wait to welcome them! We really appreciate your contribution here and in steemit in general. Keep the steem flag flying, brother!
@jaraumoses, here is the link to the video
Well that is where research and doing a post, you just may provide the first resource on the entire web answering your question. Utmostly, converting steem to bitcoin is always easy. So you simply need a bitcoin wallet that affiliates with banks in Uganda or have a bitcoin ATM sent you or look for stores where bitcoin is sold or have a trusted person, send you cash using western union etc. I don't know if remitano covers Uganda. @oluwoleolaide knows better. Try payza, or skrill. i am sure they cover Uganda
I just checked, remitano covers Uganda.I will have to read more and make a post.
Thank you for the post idea and sending me to remitano.
I will be making a post soon.
Great you can link me to it when done!
Wow... This will be an interesting session. Have taken my sit. Your such an embodiment of passion for Steemit. I trust this will help newbies a lot. Thanks
Hello @eurogee of the #Euronation. Welcome to AMAWED. Yes, please take your seat and feel free to ask your questions and assist in responding to questions. Thanks.
This is more like passion for humans, steemit and beyond. If you were surpassing google before steemit, surpass it on and on, on steemit
Now i know what the name is all about. I've really learnt a lot from you today.I'm going to be hanging around more often now.
Which is more significant
Steem
Steem power
Steem dollar
Building your steem power is more significant to me
Steem power is the heart and soul of your account :)
Thanks for the contributions
Now I have gotten my answers
@olarewaju, I am glad that your question has been answered. Please, pay close attention to @surpassinggoogle's response to your question. He is a veteran Steemian with a lot more experience that any of us here has. Enjoy that steemit ride!
@maryfavour
Depends on you for the most part. Steem and steem dollar are spendable. Steem power gives you a voice and makes you CEO of steem.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@papa-pepper/grasping-a-better-steemit-mindset
You are CEO!
I have a question that may seem strange to you, if anything excuse me, can I ask Steem power for a loan from the community, well, is it told for 3 months to strengthen as a private owner, do I return after 3 months?
Depends on which community you are intending to ask for and what are you loaning with. If you mean rent, yes. You can contact me in chat. I can listen to your intentions. Pacing is key. Mentality is key. Plus, there was life before steemit, that shouldn't change cos you met steemit. The question is not strange. People do loans on steemit but the ones i have seen use collateral. Build solid connections by means of interaction but of course connections require a history and elapsed time. Plus life applies, do the things you can do in real life on steemit. everything looks public on steemit but there is also a privacy paradigm. Not everyone is on steemit to earn, some people are here to stay anonymous. there are many reasons to be here on steemit beyond earning
You answered one of my questions!!!. If need be, I will contact you.
More about me, in my last post, in preparation for our talk. Which is coming soon. Another person stole your hours
I just saw your response. I will give a great look at it. If it answers all my questions then I can easily forget the dm. Its 2 am here.
Pls can you send me the post you made on how people can get as much as 10usd or more on their introduceyourself post. I need to share it. Thanks.
Quite right, please tell me when I can contact you in the chat, I will share what and how? And thanks for the answer @surpassinggoogle
Welcome to AMAWED, @olarewaju! Thanks for your question. Nothing beats steem power (SP) like @asbonclz and @jaynene have stated. Building your own SP here is key . Moreover, building relationships and communities in steemit is even more important.
I'm sorry for coming here lately ma, and I'm glad to see my proxy witness here too.... I was late because of the whatsapp base tutorial I was given LAUTECH STEEMIT COMMUNITY......
i'll be using this medium to introduce @bollutech as one of our product so far
Its my pleasure to be in this innovative community
I bet you gonna love it more bro
I'm already in for this and i cant just stop doing this cos i want to inspire and be inspired ...... Learning from people from other countries is really a great one for me .
Thanks @honourmaus for giving me an opportunity to be one of those thats learning here .
We are One Big Family bro.......
STEEM ON, PERSONALLY, I'M GONNA STEEM TO THE END
Great.
Thank you sir
It's okay, @honourmaus. The job that you were doing is very important to steemit as well, community building. That is where steemit is headed now. Our witness, @surpassingoogle and @steemgigs is my pillar of support here. I am even more happy that he is here for us and very grateful to him for this.
This is a very interesting initiative......
Imma stay tuned
Thank you, @honourmaus! Welcome to AMAWED. It's good to see you here. Looking forward to your questions. Steem on!!!
Okay, thank you for slanging
I've just seen this post as it was resteemed - thank you for bringing it to my attention.
I have been here for a month, and I feel like I am finding my feet, but I do have a lot of questions so will take this opportunity to ask one - is there any way I can delete spammy "nice post, follow me" style comments from my posts?
I hate them and would rather get rid of them!
😊
Nope you can't! for me, i would sift the bad for the good in them. Every time you take the high road, it is hard but it is a special evolution! But this how i tread
Ok thank you
Welcome to AMAWED, @coffeehub! Thanks for your question. Oh that experience of spams is always there from very desperate Steemians. I had a particularly bad experience a few weeks ago on this very blog where one @yoenelmundo and her curation trail members - 172 of them, flagged my post , because I flagged her spam comment. After that experience, I reported the matter to @steemcleaners. Anyway, to cut the long story short, I reported the abuse to #steemitabuse in steemit.chat and later on I got help from @patrice. Here is the link to that post, it shares my experience and how to deal with spam cases in steemit, https://steemit.com/spam/@maryfavour/when-you-think-you-can-spam-with-impunity-spaminator-and-sadkitten-comes-to-the-rescue
Hi - thank you for your answer. I will read your other post to see what I can do to help with the dreaded spamming.
@maryfavour thanks for this amazing project. Didn't know a project like this exist on steemit from a Nigerian. I do see you on the africa united channel on steem chat. Please is there a channel for Nigerians? I will like to be part of your project if you will need an assistant like a P.A
Welcome to AMAWED, @sirpaul! Sincerely, I appreciate your commendation. Yes, there is a channel for Nigerians in steemit.chat. Here is the link, https://steemit.chat/channel/nigeria . I see you as already part of my project. Wow! a P.A.? That would be cool to have more PA's . @honourmaus is one of them. You would be most welcome to join us. Cheers.
@maryfavour for @redfishpillar project
☺ I'm already her PA sir..... Too many PA for her now I guess if she needs more, nice Meeting you @sirpaul
Nice meeting you too and weldone with the LAUTECH steemit community.
Nigerians needs to know how blockchain and cyrptocurrencies are gonna revolutionize the financial market and steemit is what Nigerians need.
You are absolutely right member, I'm a very easy going person so I think nobody will attack me even if I drop my number here online(07037447041) , i'll be glad if we can stay connected. My number will definitely be available for all ready-to-be-committed steemian.
I love steemit
Fact!!!!
I'll be glad to be in touch with you
Trust me, dear, @honourmaus. Nobody will attack you. I'm only concerned about security, that is why personally, I don't leave my mobile number in the open like this. I would rather leave my number in a private message, either in steemit.chat or on discord and delete almost immediately,
Hummmmmm, that's something fabulous...... Learning continue....... I appreciate having you ma.
Thanks
Thanks. I will contact you
You can as well join @redfishpillar on DISCORD via https://discord.gg/T2pPBZs
Thanks for this, @honourmaus, my able P.A.