When Two Communities Collide
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So you're a Tronkey.
That's cool!
And pardon me if Tronkey is not the politically correct term for, whatever it is, you are. I simply do not know any better.
That's right! I don't know you people. There's a strong chance many from the Tron tribe are a bit confuzzled as well.
What do I do with this delicious looking Steemian? Eat him? And why should I walk around this magnificent city of theirs to enjoy the sights? Wouldn't it be better to simply burn them?
No!
Bad Tronkey!
We are not edible and most likely taste like shit. Do not let our good looks fool you!
Also, in the event of a fire, we're designed to be flame retardant.
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One flick of that Bic is all it takes to trigger a magic dragon named Ah Forkyou to fly down from the heavens and stick you with his four-pronged poker — right where the Sun don't shine.
So let's just be friends! Or acquaintances. Even just random passersby carrying on about our own daily deeds with no interest in stealing one another's wallets or significant others is cool, too.
Now
I know what you're thinking.
But I'm just a gambling addicted Tronkey, slowly but surely going broke. I don't know how to create the content or do anything people would actually enjoy. What the hell do I need Steemit for and why would I want to buy yet another shitcoin?
Whoa there buddy! Calm down and watch your fucking language around here. STEEM is not shit, it is thee shit, and that is a damn good thing where I come from.
One does not need to be able to entertain millions of people by creating glorious content daily in order to reap the benefits of owning STEEM in the form of STEEM POWER!
Content creation is not and will not be for everyone. It's up to you to decide if you think you have what it takes and majority of us who you see taking center stage have been at this for years, grinding away, in order to get where we are today. This did not happen overnight and there is no free lunch! The most common mistake a new member here makes is assuming it'll be easy.
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So what's the alternative?
The easy way to earn?
Imagine, for a moment, a stadium. There's one act on stage performing and thousands of people in the crowd enjoying the show. How often does that performer begin showering the crowd with money?
Never!
They take your money then laugh their asses all the way to the bank.
All you were left with was a ticket stub and three selfies with what appears to be a blurry performer along with a few bright lights in the background. What a shitty deal.
But around here, we do things a little differently.
Half of whatever this post earns will be split up and go directly back to the consumers of this content, provided they had STEEM Power in their wallet and hit that fancy-schmancy vote button.
Are you people drunk?
No! I'm being serious! You literally get paid to be entertained around here.
You already know how to sit on your ass, read, watch a video, listen to some music, whatever. That's been your life since you were born and not once did you ever get anything in return for your "efforts."
The fact a content consumer can take a cut of the revenue generated from the content they consume in my opinion is by far one of the most appealing (and misunderstood) concepts we have going for us here on the STEEM blockchain.
Creating content and getting paid for it is normal. One can do that easily anywhere on the internet provided they put in the time and effort. Nowhere else though, that I know of, can a consumer take a cut of the profits in this fashion. It's as simple as sitting back, having fun, and earning a few tokens as you go. Every stakeholder in theory should benefit each time a new paying consumer shows up and goddammit I'd love to see hundreds of millions of these consumers here all having fun and being rewarded.
We've always had a shortage of dedicated paying content consumers around here and part of the reason is because folks show up and start producing content, thinking that's where the "easy money" is. Many fail because that's the nature of this beast. Simply head over to Youtube and have a look at the millions upon millions of dead channels if you don't believe me, or login to Facebook, write a status in front of your thousands of friends, and tell me exactly how many of them actually engaged with the post.
If those folks end up failing as content producers, many leave, permanently, instead of sticking around to enjoy the show and trying their hand at a different role that could end up being more beneficial in the long run had they simply stuck it out and tried.
This life is a bitch, right Reginald?
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Moving right along.
Keeping our streets free of debris and trip hazards is something many here take pride in.
With your shiny new bag of STEEM Power you use to support content creators and yourself at the same time, you're now given the option to help protect that investment. If you find yourself walking down one of our many streets or enjoying one of the parks, and end up seeing some douchebag snatch an old lady's purse, you can decide if you want to step in to help save the day.
There are ways to abuse this rewards pool. There are ways to stop that abuse.
As a stakeholder, you're free to decide if you want to step in and save the day, or let the guy get away with those tokens so he can dump them on the market and screw us all over. Not too many people here enjoy getting ripped off in that fashion when it happens; but nobody here is forced to do anything that makes them feel uncomfortable.
Please take the time to learn about downvotes and when to use them productively and responsibly before hitting that button. Chasing quality content producers away with irresponsible downvotes is one of the most technologically advanced methods of shooting yourself in the foot in this brave new world.
The tone. The words. Flippant humor? How is this allowed?
What's happening? What is this!
Like oh my god, man. Cat videos and crypto ads make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. This article makes me nervous and my head may explode. Do you people have a fetish for brain matter? What the hell is going on here? Where's the unicorn, all the smiles, balloons, men wearing bow ties, that Bitconnect dude, and the many broken promises I'm used to hearing?
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I'll spare you all the details of my beliefs but will say I can be comfortable in my own skin here. Yes the intention was humor and I have a strong feeling that became obvious early on.
I wanted all you silly Tronkeys to be able to laugh, not feel insulted. We're bros now! This is what bros do!
Unfortunately, I now live in a world where a legitimate art form like comedy is under threat by what the kids are calling cancel culture.
Around here, I am 100% confident, no matter how far I want to push those boundaries, I won't be "deplatformed" here if someone feels like throwing a hissy fit over something they personally misinterpreted. I have all the freedom in the world here to explore the arts. Reporters can write what they want to write. People can say what they want to say. Nobody can take that away from us here. To me, that is more valuable than the entire market cap of crypto and I hope it never changes.
I also enjoy the fact I'm my own boss here and don't have to answer to editors and censor panels. Watch me pull off this lazy ending and not even get fired.
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Have a nice day.
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As a "Tronkey", I would prefer to be called a Tronics, but for the rest I enjoyed reading the post and am still familiarizing myself with Steemit. A post like yours (eventhough it is written in a very confusing humorous manner) helps in this process. Thanks for that!
Tronics it is! Tronkey was just for fun. Getting it wrong just helps make me look like somewhat of a fool, which helps when writing humor. And yes I know this format can be confusing but don't worry, I'm not the only one here with things to say about it. Plenty of perspectives out there. We all have our own way of doing things, just as in life.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and welcome to STEEM!
Heyyy welcome! The Tronkey though sounds more catchy :D
Nice one, this consumer thoroughly enjoyed that! I am an odd one, never gambled on Tron but been there since very early days. Steemit also, guess that makes me stronkey 😁
I'm glad you enjoyed that, and it's good to hear coming from someone involved with Tron. Do the Tron people have a nickname? I truly am out of the loop.
Tronics....but maybe the tronkeys does sound more catchy lol, Im full time steemian, just recently got into the Tron ecosystem.
Cool to see you around nonames...being paid to consume content here is so novel, its nowhere else, maybe a time will come where there are more consumers willing to "consume" than there are posters...a balance of both will be the ultimate though. Once my delegation drops, I'm about to start "consuming" more content with 2000sp...for whatever that's worth.
Tronics is cool. I didn't know. Originally I thought of using Tronkee, like Yankee, to tie in with that civil war line. Put a 'y' in there instead. I thought of Tronny as well. Change out one letter there and it might piss off the whole world! So yeah.... no good.
When consumers outnumber producers 1000 to 1, this place will be booming. 100 to 1 would be great as well.
Good to see you again!
Yeah, it's usually tronics or tronfam of course.
Is it the shit or the shizzle or even the good shit? I can barely keep up with the happenings these days. Its like when the kid on the corner nodded at me and said sup homes and I beat him unconscious for masculine reasons and then went home and got my car and ran over his unconscious body a few times and the police arrested ME?!
I told them, I just cant keep up but they didnt seem to understand either.
I said hello to a random the other day and she pounced. Came at me with a lit cigarette, asking what the hell my problem was. I tripped over a snow bank and that's when she got on top of me. She burned the word SWIN into my forehead and I don't know what the fuck it means.
I added my classic, "And that's a good thing where I come from," after thee shit.
You showed her and no mistake!!!
Maybe she meant to write SWAN because of your graceful neck? She will rue that day, I think.
Have you ever noticed that things like this also happen in the SNOW which seems a bit too coincidental letters wise for my liking
Maybe she thought I said hell hole and was talking about her mouth. Nice lips but ferocious voice that didn't seem to match. Like nature bought random human parts at a yard sale that day, or something.
I can't believe my forehead might just be one big typo. The blisters help blend everything together so I don't think most people notice much when they're done staring at me. I suppose I could maybe buy some gauze?
As for the conspiracy theory. NO COMMENT. I'm sure they're watching.
They are always watching. It is why I pick my underthings with such care each morning. One mustn't disappoint even when playing the game.
Have you tried looking in the mirror whilst standing upside down? It might read better that way?
That's how I masturbate and no I haven't seen an improvement.
Milk rain.
Gravity is cheaper than Viagra.
Aw, puns upon puns! I love it! :D
For sure that's one of my favorite lines from this post! Popped into my mind as I was grabbing a coffee. Had to run back to the keys before I lost it forever.
Hahaha! Thats amazing!
I feel like you hit your posts spot on everytime you write on, its so amazing to write your post, they are so well wrote :D
And funny! I like the gloomy ascept of them :p
Someone once called me a genius; but I've yet to figure out what that means.
Congrats on making trending! Twice now in a few days. Returning like a boss.
Yep the whole getting something for consuming content is something I've been trying as a way to give free downloads in a way for my music.
I have a WordPress site where my music is and it's available to buy with steem. Sure, you may not have enough steem when you first start out but by engaging with my blog, I issue out upvotes on comments which then in return, turn into steem/sbd that can be used to download my music... For free (eventually once enough has been built up).
Of course, there's still thr legacy options like spotify, iTunes, Amazon but that involves the legacy model you mentioned. But I'm trying to woo people over, guess there aren't too many dnb heads around 😜
I also do the Bluffer's Guide to Steem and wrote a comprehensive guide to the rewards pool a while ago but I may start it up again with the new acquisition. Always good to have a refresh anyway
It's like every box of cereal comes with a prize here. People likes prizes. Since not many seem to be catching on, that tells me not many seem to understand this concept. If I placed two identical magazines on a table, taped a five dollar bill to one, then asked you to choose which one you'd like, you'd take the one with the money taped to it. Soon enough people should be able to figure this out.
Your Steem guides are some of the best on the platform and should come in handy.
Definitely, and the subscription model is "old news". People don't want monthly payments coming out but cry "scam" when you offer an alternative like we have here. Really is a case of "better the devil you know" even if it's taking money from you.
Thanks a lot for the positive words. I'm going to assemble a blog later with what I've written so far with handy links that people can click on and learn more about. And earn on their own support. Literally, everyone's a winner
With this approach, a one time fee of the consumers choosing, big or small, can support many content producers, forever. No more throwing money away to be entertained, plus the consumer earns. That's a big deal, if you get it.
The silence here right now is deafening and that's another solid reason why I've been pushing so hard over the years pointing out the role of the dedicated consumer. This should not be happening, but it happens because content producers are playing both roles, which is silly. I totally understand how hard it is to find the time to curate AND produce content. They had to resort to automation. Pay now, come back later. It doesn't need to be like this.
That's the message we need and perhaps it's something I can do as a standalone blog for the next version of my Bluffer's Guide. Hopefully now with Justin Sun and someone who has marketing presence can work that in to his approach.
And you're right, I struggle to do both creating and curating. As much as I am a fan of both, it's not possible to do them both at the same time well if you're spread out as thin as I am. It's why I follow curation trails that are manually dedicated to this curation stuff and I trust - I'm not overly fussed about the curation rewards but it's a nice perk of buying up over 20k STEEM and powering up.
Would rather have an engaged blog which I seem to be having and I'm grateful for the loonies who have stuck around and commented!
Work to do but I'm confident about things and if it does all fall to shit, I'm not going to stop making music or writing travel posts. But I doubt it will fall apart after hearing from steemit and JS (rather than the other noise going around).
That marketing is something I'm looking forward to seeing, provided it's executed properly. If it's not targeted towards general consumers at all, and it's just the same old "get paid to produce content" spiel... we're going nowhere. People who can create already know they can get paid. They also look for markets so if there's a large audience here, more show up. Big names show up after that, once they see virtual unknowns become successful, because they too will want a piece of that pie, but currently eat a lot of pie, so expanding here with no market is pointless. Show me the money!
We'll see man, we'll see. I'm pretty optimistic. Fresh blood at the top, someone who has a presence and will not want to lose his investment... But "getting paid to write content" has been proven to be a shit tactic lol.
I think your ending was great, but it came above the announcement. Free thought and expression (um speech) wothout fear of being deplatformed is cool. On that note, downvoting sheer stupidity if explained when asked is not censorship or bullying. It's also freedom of expression =p
Downvotes. Open carry. We all have guns in a sense. Everyone knows the one brandishing the weapon and acting anti-social with it isn't helping things.
That was a well chosen tune, I finished reading the rest of the post just as the song finished. Granted I had to read all the writing after the Fin image, (I usually don't), but every now and then it is good to see the end credits. I think the Tronkey's will enjoy some of the styles of people on here.
Not many read the credits but even that changes with every post. Specifically the line in quotes. It's never the same. It can be a status message or a joke. Maybe just a line that'll make people think, if they see it. If I'm writing in character, that line is often me stepping out of that character. And now you know.
Many times those I flag for buying votes are under the illusion their content is 'good content'. The dearth of comments often reveals a different story. I get accused of 'perpetuating the death of STEEM' and occasionally gain a barrage of flags to ALL my content in return.
If the Tron dudes do get here, it's going to be a sharp curve for them. Onboarding people is hard work, I did one recently...
I'm hoping I don't see an influx of spammers and shit posters attempting to chase the money. They put so much effort into failing and I just don't get it. Of course they'll need some guidance. The sit back, enjoy the show, get paid approach is the easiest and that's why I suggest it. Look at those who always curate, comment, but never post. Everyone knows them. Eventually, if that individual does decide to post, that post and future posts have a higher chance of success. Jump in blind with junk and you're finished before you even started.
Those vote buyers with their illusion of "good content" ruined this place for far too long. They'd bullshit about caring about the place... so they took the money and ran the moment they could no longer manipulate content discovery and the reward pool. I hope that never happens again.
The ones who still chase it are either old spammers/shit posters with new accounts or newbies who were onboarded by the said old spammers.
They usually prey on the poor and naive. Although, they are manageable.
The lame ones now are those with power who prefer to vote on anything and everything blindly. Coincidentally, they tend to vote into those scamming rings often. Makes you wonder really.
In the post I wrote:
I could change the word downvotes to upvotes. Irresponsible upvotes are just as bad. Look how much damage the paid vote fiasco caused. Thousands upon thousands of people were driven away so a handful of people could be fake trenders multiple times per day. I always said those paid votes were the exact same as downvotes.
Good to see you back again, I know you 'always come back', you told us lots of times!
Telling you folks lots of times was important. I didn't want anyone to be alarmed. Leaving this place is difficult to do but I have a system down that works really well for me. It's important to me to be able to take rests and not have people worry about me at the same time. I always come back. Saying that so much forces me to come back as well. I like to prove myself and my word.
Sure, the best way to view Tron is as a tribe of Steem. We can push this through as a community. What do you think?
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One can look at it all a thousand different ways. I'll just go with the flow. If there's one thing I don't want to see, it's segregation. We all have to live under the same roof, somehow. No point in being divided. People are just that. The labels mean nothing.
Ya if we respect and listen to each other it should be fine....but when has that ever happened X-P. You are hilarious, why don’t I know you?
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Yeah that'll be a tough battle as always. Growing pains. Looking forward to the day folks can simply sign up and enjoy the place, like they would anywhere else. We have a bad habit of placing our problems and internal politics in the spotlight. Big news is big news though.
Why don't you know me? I dunno! For a long time I was more underground here. Buried under all those paid votes, for a very long time. Yet I did alright for myself.
Those lines got me. Well, Justin is now a steemian, he should adopt the steem culture. In a way, we are now Tronians, we have to learn the Tron culture.
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I've learned they prefer to call themselves Tronics... so that's a start!