Average Author VS Influencer - How Much Is A Word Worth On Steemit?
The results are in. I've put my account up against @dollarvigilante. An Average User VS an Influencer.
I have been contributing to Steemit now regularly for about a month. I've posted at least a few times a day, some long posts and some short. In the early days... I had a reasonable amount of good success with 3 posts providing me with a nice return on my time. However, it has been steadily in decline. Now, this maybe due to the fact that I'm on the other side of the world and seldom post when the 'whales' are out biting OR maybe it's more of a reflection of the content I've been posting.
Either way, I haven't really minded - I enjoy posting regardless. What I was interested in looking at though was asking this question.
What are my words actually worth and how do they compare to an influencer? Let's look at the numbers.
My account: @jbs410
Word count: 29,094 words
Upvote Reward: $1,813
Value Per Word: $0.0623
VS
@dollarvigilante
Word Count: 7,643
Upvote Reward: $39,592.99
Value Per Word: $5.18
Everytime... @dollarvigilante types a single word he receives..... $5.18.
My thoughts
I can't help but look at our two accounts head to head and ask the question.
Is this really what Steemit values?
He has introduced himself, explained his introduction, done a retrospective on his introduction, revoked his introduction, assessed his introduction and then re-introduced himself.
I'm just unsure that that is providing the community value in anyway shape or form.
It is one thing having an influencer onboard who brings with them interesting content along with bringing more awareness to the platform. It is another thing having an influencer who doesn't really bring anything compelling to the table.
But ultimately this platform is a place of free speech and the votes speak for themselves!
This post is dedicated to the common author on Steemit.
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Main patience. We are at the beginning. All we whales. Allow time.
No doubt :) Was just interested in seeing it actual numbers :) Post we shall!
Sometimes it is not clear. What is the reason for success.Maybe it's luck or karma ??? I dont know. But I believe that we are just at the beginning of formation - social steemit community. All we have ahead.
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I think it's important to acknowledge that people don't arrive on Steemit as equals. Jeff Berwick (aka The Dollar Vigilante) has a successful, multi-decade career behind him. Not to mention his established online presence. Simply evaluating the quality of someone's post and comparing it to your own work, is a tad naive I think.
It's also important to remember that Steemit is still very young. The community wants to embrace people from the outside in order to grow. Some may think the community's standards are, at present, too low. I think as Steemit matures, the standard for what is considered a good post will rise and name recognition may begin to lose the influence it once had. There are other factors to consider such as the use of Steem Power, and how people may be able to perpetuate success through the influence it allows but I'm going to stop here before this comment turns into an essay.
@invisiblegorilla I think this post maybe a little misinterpreted. This is just to demonstrate the numbers not a demonstration or a comparison of work. But mainly to get the conversation going a little more as to what is actually valued.
You are right he has decades behind him and an existing audience. No question about that. There is little comparison.
The only issue I have with what he has posted about, is it hasn't been about anything really enlightening or eye opening. If the posts were more informative other than social commentary on his own posts, then I'm sure they are worth the dollar amount for each word.
The community is growing and with that I will still post :) Thanks for sharing! Food for thought. :)
lol yea, I was wondering about how much that guy would get for even just saying 'Hi' on here :P
$5.18 @shredlord :) :)
It's about markets. The market demands his words more than yours. And if that doesn't sound nice to you, do note that the market apparently values your words WAAAAY more than mine.
shrug
That's just the way it is. No one's forcing you to do anything. Participate or not, at your own discretion.
@erroneous-logic no doubt it is as per my final words. as I say above, I'm quite happy just rolling along posting. This is not a complaint post, it is merely pointing out some facts of the differences between the two situations and also what is valued more. thanks for sharing :)
mmhmm. I didn't mean to imply that you specifically were 'protesting' against it or anything. It was more of a generalized response to people who are. There are many people who feel like every post should be worth money. Interestingly, it seems that most of the people who feel that way are either openly socialist/communist, or simply not getting a lot from their posts.
But yeah, perhaps I worded it a bit strongly towards you.
Happy to see this. Earnings are tied to the community's perception of value. As steemit grows, it will be increasingly on each content producer to cultivate our own niches in this community wherein our content is perceived as valuable.
Greg Mannarino made $12,000 his first month on Steem-it. He just uses his videos from the internet, so he is getting paid from both venues with hardly any effort. His videos are usually very short. I'm glad for him because he is successful, and he deserves success. He is one of those "best" human beings.
He is also a medical doctor and helps the poor with free care.