RE: Small Fish Want To Grow in The Ocean Of Whales
I find this post very interesting already. I just joined Steemit a couple of days ago and to be honest, I have a lot I would share but for now, since I am still a beginner, I resolved to just sit back and observe what people are doing and I have learnt a lot, and still learning. To be frank, I have no intentions of posting yet for some more time, save for a few comments or so. I do not rush into things I know little or nothing about. This post has really added to what I have learnt today though I haven't tried the school yet (don't know if I will anyway) because of the comments from @toresto about spamming, and I don't like the idea of using bots. I just can't split the word "spam" from "bots". I feel their main duty is to inconvenience people. But thanks anyway. I appreciate your post.
What you're doing is great actually and I wish more people who join this platform are willing to do the same - do a lot of research and learn! A lot of people come here and expect to make lots of money on every post they make. It takes a lot of time and effort to get noticed here and make good connections.
After 13 months here I can say that I even made some true, honest friends from all over the world that I stay in touch on daily basis (outside Steemit) and I still have posts that get less than 1$ payout. :)
And yes, there are people in Steem Schools who do that "follow me, upvote me" thing but one of the things we try to teach them that's NOT the right way to interact with other users, because it won't get them anywhere.
Thank you Nikolina
@radarklaw I tried it one or two week ago maybe things changed this is purely my experience, and opinion
I just think that most of the guides here are not that honest(not talking about the steemit school)
a lot of people talking how they made 500 from one post, some mention that they did invest some are not.
I just got a feeling that everyone here is chasing after money and not for good content.
and this creates a situation where good content creators are crashed.
I just think if you creating good content people will follow you because of this and when you have a good audience the money will come by it self
You are right. I observed this too, almost everyone is after money. When I came onboard I expected to socialize, get connected, share ideas, and then money comes after all, but unfortunately, the majority don't care about whatever, it's money all the way from hellos to goodbyes. I only try as much as I can to stick to my interests and try as much as possible to satisfy myself with what I find. It's nice meeting you here @toresto
Steemit is not a sprint my friend but it's a marathon.
Don't give up too fast, learn each day, explore and discover lots more things
I have no intentions of giving up any time soon. That is why I am taking my time. I know that soon I will be advising beginners just the way you are trying to do here. I'm only wondering, if #steemit had life, it would definitely die from the pressures people mount on it on a daily. I mean if not for my mindset, I would say 'in just a couple of days I've been here, I need air already' ;-)
you too @radarklaw I so glad I am not the only who think that people of steemit forgot what this all about and they only focus on the money
Welcome to Steem Schools and learn about quality comments, posting ...
This is wrong, make marketing with a lot of comments - this is first step if you want to see rewards on your own posts,
This is a spam way of commenting, learn about profesional level of communication on Steem Schools.
one thing i can say for steem schools is that they try to teach people how to write good comments. now if you learn how to write a good comment but you do it professionally it could be one type of spam, quality spam :) but on the other hand if you learn to make quality comments and you do that for posts that you are in to then that is ok.
i joined steem schools discord group a week ago, listened to some live classes, followed some work, i am not active, some things that they do i support, some are not my cup of tea, and that is normal. i still don't want to look on steemit as a business, because i have my "regular work" and this is fun for me, but then i have to lover my expectations.
The money problem is in one part because everyone is promoting steemit as a platform on which (i always miss spell this as witch :) ) you can earn money, and most of the people go to steemit with that idea in their heads. i am not sure who said this to me but "you must look on whales like on the children of the rich parents, they will always have money with little effort :), so you must not let that frustrate you.
Only bloggers with knowledge have a power with real knowledge, keep going.
Thank you Nikolina