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RE: What I’ve learned my first week - or so - of Audacious March
One problem with trying to pay your rent with cryptos is the sheer volatility of it all. I think that's only vaguely possible in a country like mine, where the local currency is over 10:1 USD.
But keep making friends and connections and enjoying yourself. There are high hopes for the communities model that is coming because it is understood that the current model is completely broken. It does take time to tweak things to a point where the developers are ready to roll them.
Sadly, the current Steemit financial model is a picture of human nature. Not pretty.
@nikv, “Paying my rent” is somewhat of a metaphor. Except that it’s not for me at the moment. And I’m sure that’s part of the problem. I’m not greedy, but as a freelance writer and artist, I’m pretty needy for income.
I can spend hours writing and creating content for the likes of upwork or fiverr, which is drivel and a compromise for me and of course I don’t own it and it pays crap. Or I can come here, spend the time, create what I want, own it, and ostensibly be rewarded in exchange by the generation of crypto and some good friendships. Only it’s not like that so far for me. Not on a workable scale anyhow.
Maybe I’m being too impatient. I’m not sure. I see people making $50, $200, even $1,000 SBD per post, regardless of the quality or the content and it makes me want to bang my head. Especially when they’re newer here than I am. Not because I begrudge them the ablility to generate that but because I can’t seem to figure it out.
Don't you think that any financial model will be dominated by greed as long as there are humans involved? :)
Could you elaborate more on the upcoming communities? I keep hearing about them but I still don't have a clear idea how they will function and what they will change.
That's probably the best advice, Lisa :) it's all about connections
Dan, I agree that it’s great advice. And I also want to hear more about these communities. I’m trying really hard not to become skeptical here. The idea of Steemit is just so perfect for peopkevlije us.
Right now, it is impossible to make any money unless you either are a whale yourself or know a whale, so posts making large amounts are either getting upvotes from whales, or paying bidbots for those upvotes. This is the result of stake-based voting, meaning, the more Steem you have, the more your vote is worth. I don't know exactly how it will be changed, but that it is going to change. I am repeating hearsay, but it is well-connected hearsay.
This is the form that communities are being envisaged at this stage https://github.com/steemit/hivemind/blob/master/docs/communities.md
As a freelancer my entire life, I totally understand where you are coming from
This makes me want to work at Sbux 🙁
"Left to the free market to decide" doesn't produce anything other than portraits of human greed :(