If you can't stomach Whale-balls every day, there are other options

in #steemit7 years ago

And no matter who you are, or where you are, you can pull someone up the ladder behind you.

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When you combine the Steem Power usage in self-voting, vote collusion, and Whale shilling, is it any wonder you've not been hit by that chunky upvote recently?

Pending payout is directly proportional to how well you can shill yourself to the whales

@liberosist - Understanding the free market (or how you should learn to stop worrying and not be butthurt)

You can check out the 'shill' taking place by visiting the wallets of many large accounts, reviewing the direct transfers to these accounts, and then visitng the upvotes on recent posts of the senders.

May I suggest that a more palatable method to success and happiness here on the Steem Blockchain can be achieved by looking down the ladder, and not up.


Ways to lend a hand - There is more than just an upvote

Mentor someone or a community

This will take time and energy, and so be careful of burnout.

How? Provide blogs and comments that answer common questions.


Provide instructions and guides

If you've found a technique that works for you, share it!

Bookmark definitive guides produced by others and share those too.


Provide encouragement and Ideas

You could do a vlog for dtube - You could write a how-to for utopian-io.

Boost others

Ever read a post and think you know someone with similar interests or could help in this area? Drop their name and credentials into a message.


Credit and use the ideas of others

Repeat the good ideas of others and cite them


Spot the hard-working underdog

See someone singing the praises of others, engaging tirelessly and positively across the community? These people you should befriend.


Help others with time-consuming tasks

Weekly reports, engaging posts that require feedback to comments - lend a hand with the comment curation, it will be appreciated.


Use your professional skills here

Marketing, IT, Art, Psychology, etc - Bring your skill set to the table, your knowledge can help others advance.


WHY?


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Supporting Evidence

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I could go on, you know who you are - Thank you.


Opinions may differ over whether you'd rather wake up to a 10 SBD transfer to your wallet with a request to upvote a post, or the above...

... I know which I prefer.


Cheers

Asher @abh12345


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I used to think it was all about the upvotes , until I realIed that mentality is not going to get me far now I’m trying to start a project to help others , though it might be slow at the start, I have faith

I think switching focus is a great idea and I wish you the best of luck!

Thank you !!

You are right sir

a more palatable method to success and happiness here on the Steem Blockchain can be achieved by looking down the ladder, and not up.

The more people we help come up the latter from down, the more success we and steemit blockchain make at large.

Thanks @samiwhyte, I'm glad you are here providing support around you.

You hit the nail on the head.

Everyone wants to look "up" to the heavy hitters to pad their accounts. While we all love a 500K+ person to come through and hit up our account, true success comes from continued effort with those who are looking up to oneself. That is where the action is.

One thing I did like about the SOG was the spirit of helping others out. It was pure, selfless, and done without fear. It was an act out of love...connecting all of us individually so we could grow this platform together.

Massive changes are rarely done by the masses. Most are followers. It is the minority that always are the ones to get in there, take a stand, roll up their sleeves, and get to work. SOG exemplified that. 40 or so people really made an impact on hundreds, if not thousands, on this site. It also instilled the idea of passing it on to all those people...hopefully many of them will use their SP for that purpose, no matter how small it is.

There are plenty of areas to give...people do not have to look too far to find that.

Thanks for another insightful post @abh12345.

Thanks for the supportive response @taskmaster4450.

I suppose that in the beginning you have little choice but to look up, but I think it's also worth looking around to see those around you and spotting the 'keen climbers' - form a community of these people ( hello #newbieresteemday ), and the journey should become easier.

Easier because your group can perform the items above, such as blowing each other's trumpet ( when it's appropriate and hello @davemccoy @beeyou #newbieresteemday ) and working on lengthy tasks like responding to competition entrants.

Thanks again and enjoy your day of 'rest'.

It is way past my bedtime to leave a proper response. You rock Asher. I do love the underlying words. Night!

I know that feeling!

Short responses are appreciated at times too, I know you have that community spirit in check!

In regards to using professional skills on steemit,I have been doing just that. I was a marketing coordinator years ago and I have used that skill and knowledge here. It's all about connection, making contacts and utilizing basic business know-how.

It has really assisted me in many ways.

Plus my love for writing, helping others and mentoring. All wrapped up, as my husband would say... it's the complete package.

Excellent!

I can see these skills shining out from what you do here, and it's great to have you around Dawne. Thank you!

You're welcome! Being here, on steemit, has definitely given me some unbelievable experiences!

The only thing that I have been looking up to is my voting power to be more than a penny lol. Oh and having more time to be on here. I believe that encouraging people and engaging with them in a positive way and helping them is the way to go. You are only at the top when you get the pure satisfaction of helping someone and seeing them achieve their goal. I love your post. It speaks true meaning of being human and being nice to one another. How we should be to everyone in real life. Thanks for sharing ^_^

Aww, thank you!

It sounds like you have adopted the right plan of action and I wish you good times here!

hey @foxyspirit, you are so right here! Only those who are truly selfless take great pleasure in helping others succeed. What a wonderful world it would be if only...But perhaps, with a little hard work and determination, we can all,together, make that happen here.

The world is what we make it, right? So let's make it right. :D

This is what I'm doing..I try to befriend talented people whose SP is too low rather than approaching the whales.

My blogs,I think, are mediocre considering many others who spend almost 8 or 9hours researching and writing a single blog..It would be painful to see the post going unnoticed with the dollar value $0.00 even after waiting for two days! But I'm sure,steemit is going to sustain for years and in those days these talented minnows will be the bosses..Making them my friends means I can learn a lot from them which in turns certainly would help me a lot in future.

Thanks @athyasankar

You make some good points that make me think to suggest that it is on other blogs initially that you should spend your time, earning the followers which will hopefully come to your content.

Good luck!

What a sincere and at the same time accurate and useful post.

About the topic

Sadly, most people have come to this platform with the wrong idea - 'easy and fast money, without working for it'. It's not a surprise that when such attitude 'crashes' into the Steemit reality they get disappointed.
On the other hand, so far my experience here proves that when you are active and engaging in a community or with certain people that you actually follow and read you will be rewarded not only with new knowledge but with recognition and of course financial benefit.

I even tried to create a Not a guide to Steemit a month ago, in attempt to help minnows like me.

There should be more posts like yours.

I am glad that I've stumbled upon your blog. Followed for more.

Well thanks for visiting and making such a fine comment!

So far my experience here proves that when you are active and engaging in a community or with certain people that you actually follow and read you will be rewarded not only with new knowledge but with recognition and of course financial benefit.

Im really glad you stated this as it is not just hearsay - engage well and the rest will follow.

I concede the road is longer for new accounts these days, but the journey hasn't changed with regards to the right steps to take.

Thanks for your input and the follow!

This is an awesome post, and all things I try to live by here in Steemland. Right now I am interested and somewhat hyper-focused on a tight-knit community of brilliant Nigerians who are trying to reset their community's skepticism about online ways to make money. (Apparently a lot of people have been burned there in recent years in BitConnect type Ponzi Schemes, and many won't touch another "online way to make money".) I am trying to figure out how to help them convince people otherwise, especially since Nigeria is set soon to surpass India in rank of the most poverty stricken country. So many people's lives could change if they embraced Steemit, as they can survive on so much less than those in the West.

I also have no interest in chasing whale balls, although I do plan to talk today a little about the challenges that face those who are trying to make a living using Steem that are trying to get there on community upvote alone. I am not sure that's possible, just because the amount of active users is so low, even if you have a lot of people following you. So that's kind of discouraging. This is most evident, I've said in the past, with @haejin. He has one of the highest follower counts of like 18k people, yet without @ranchorelaxo's vote, he barely surpasses 40 bucks. So you can imagine that for the average minnow with only a few hundred followers, even if they are engaged, it would be hard to ever make anything without a mega upvote. I am trying to get away from that with DTube, as that is what I rely on for consistent bigger upvotes. I know that will diminish with the addition of more users and bigger users like YouTubers though, so I want to have a backup plan. Just not sure what that is yet.

Obviously the most important thing to me on here is helping others. I've set up my show that way, but I would also like to be able to give people a more hefty upvote, and maybe SP allocation at some point. (I'm very interested in the idea of giving people from poorer countries a "micro-loan" of sorts.) At the same time, while in an obvious place of privilege compared to others on here, my own family has been hitting obstacle after obstacle that has set us back financially, so finding something consistent that allows me a little flexibility and a little financial help is also attractive for my personal life.

I have also been applying my personal skills to try to expand Steemit. Steemit really needs some marketing help! Like whoa! The first step is word of mouth, and that's what I am focused on right now!

Anyway, I didn't mean to ramble on! Great, thought-provoking article!

What a great response, I don't know where to start! You have certainly laid out a plan of action and I'm liking what I see!

I'm glad to hear about the support for the poorer communities, taking about this on dtube would be great for you and them I suspect.

Valid points about @haejin follower accounts, however 90% of these followers are from twitter and other 'sources' and so I think he's not the ideal test case.

For me, you actually only need 4/5 large followers for it to work financially, one of these could indeed be dtube.

And honestly, having 7500 follows can be very time consuming if wish (as I do) to try and respond to every worthwhile comment - I barely get out of my replie some days. Not that I'm complaining, the support is great!

Yes Steemit greatly needs marketing! And it's up to us, a social network should be marketed by its members I think. And I'm happy they haven't advertised - get your friends / family / real life communities here quick for that guaranteed support! 😁

Thanks Beth, awesome comments!

I used to be a very angry little man on Steemit that certain whales and dolphins would "support" certain individuals even if they produced shitty posts. One post was literally a cartoon gif of poop that got 2 Whales to upvote it. After giving that person a piece of my mind about shining whaleballs and how I couldn't stomach that they were blatantly vote begging I left that group in an epic drop mic moment. I still hear they curse my name for being ungrateful lol.

I have learned so far that good posts, community building and caring for certain advocacy is far more effective and feels good too!!

I have organically grown my followers with posting certain niche posts and having a pay-it-forward attitude. This is why i gravitated towards the Stewards of Gondor who espoused the vision of @fulltimegeek to spread the vote and engage the community. It would have been so easy for him to just used his SP to upvote himself, delegate to a bot service or sell his votes and earn himself massive money. Instead he choose a great project like SOG which impacted thousands of people and inspired more to do their own part even if they don't have a lot of SP.

I am using my skills as a HR practitioner to help people find the right roles and niches for them. Mentor and encourage them. Inspire them to be the best version of themselves.

Sometimes it is draining I admit that but I have learned lately to recharge and leave Steemit for a bit and relax so when I go back I am full of energy and raring to go.

Excellent post here and the insights wonderful.

Lol Mic drop - good decision it seems!

I have learned so far that good posts, community building and caring for certain advocacy is far more effective and feels good too!!

Glad to hear this!

Completely agree with your comments regarding FTG and the SoG project, what a legend.

Mentoring is tiring for sure, I think we've touched on that in comments to each other recently - hopefully the rewards of a solid community and progress up the ladder will make it all worthwhile.

Thanks man, Steem on!

After reading your post I know for sure that I really need to learn a lot about steemit. And it would be great if more people like you are willing to teach and help.

If you look from the point of new red fishes, it's quite logical the way they act. Lots of them subscribe to steemit with the idea they will earn lots of money in short time. It doesn't take very long before they discover that it's really not that easy. And then most of them seem to quit. And a few try their luck in things like whale hunting (does this ever result in success?), using paid upvote bots and more of these kind.

Even if I would be able to write great posts (which I'm probably not able to) it would last at least a few weeks to get noticed. And then it might take up to a few years to only catch up with the orcas and dolphins.

So I agree that it would definitely help if whales, orcas and dolphins spend more time and upvotes in newbies. In the end steemit would become much bigger and even nice place to hang around.

Please check out the reply by @enjar, I hope it will help.

Nowadays, I think it's a case more than ever of the newer accounts needing to take the initiative and find out where they can give value - check the reply for examples of this.

Thanks for your comments!

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