Steemit is it Worth Your Time and Effort?
Hey guys, so lately I've been getting a lot of questions basically asking if I still think Steemit is worth investing time and effort into.
My answer to that is still yes, however I will say my enthusiasm for the platform has come down a bit.
As with anything in life you get out of it what you put into it. Also, like any social media platform it's tough to get traction and growth can be slow. This isn't really anything unique to Steemit. I'm in the process of rolling out a new Youtube Channel and it's frustrating when you put a lot of time and effort into creating content and it only gets 6 views or 8 views. Same with starting a new INstagram profile or anything else. It takes a lot of time and effort and hard work and growth is always slow at first so there's really nothing unique about Steemit in that sense.
That said I do have a few minor complaints about Steemit. I think it's not content focused or content driven enough. I feel like there's a lot of creators and very few consumers. I feel like the way to get ahead on Steemit is more about interacting with people and being part of contests and things like that as opposed to creating content. That's not necessarily a bad thing but it's just that I personally wish you could get further creating great content and on Steemit things do have a tend to get lost in the shuffle.
That brings me to another minor complaint which is the search function. The search function on Steemit could definately use some improvement. It's tough to find the type of content that you want to find. I also think Steemit could also use a bit more diverse content.
I will say Steemit has quality content and the community keeps it that way so I think that's a good thing. You're not going to find a lot of spam or other garbage on Steemit and I love that about it. I think partly my complaint is that the content doesn't cater to my interests which really honestly isn't a fair complaint as it's my job to seek out content I want to consume, it's not Steemit's job to be a platform just for me and my enjoyment.
At the end of the day here's my opinion on Steemit and if you should invest your time and energy into it. If you have nothing else going on you really have nothing to lose going on Steemit.
I would also say if you're a content creator, blogger, Vlogger, Youtuber, photographer, artist, etc there is no reason not to use Steemit to repost your content. If you don't your essentially leaving free money on the table. Not only that but Steemit is another way for people to discover your content. In my brief time on Steemit I've found 3-4 great Youtube Entrepreneurs who have channels about business and self improvement and entrepreneurship who I never found on Youtube but found through Steemit so it's another way for people to find your content and what your all about.
Now if you already have some money making ventures going on be it an ecommerce store, tee shirt business, Amazon Merch business, publishing business, etc. I will say you'll probably get further and make more money doing that than you will on Steemit but again there's no reason not to be on Steemit as it's another way to get your contetn or your work out there in front of a new audience.
For me personally Steemit doesn't look like it's going to be a full-time thing for me. I have to in life take into consideration the 80/20 rules and for the brief amount of time I was giving Steemit my all, it wasn't returning the results I would have liked and because I have so much other profitable stuff going on it just doesn't make sense for me to take time away from those profitable and established things to take a risk on something new. That said I am optimistic about the future of Steemit, I plan on continuing to be active and engaged on there. I plan on continuing to be an active and contributing member to the platform but it's just not going to be my main priority.
Anyhow guys, that's my take on Steemit. What's yours? If you joined Steemit how are things going for you? Are you as enthusiastic about it today as you were day one? How is your growth on the platform been? Do you have any tips or advice to share with new Steemians? Drop a comment in the comments section below.
By the way, you can check me out on Steemit at
Thanks for the video, a lot of things you said are true, but I don't agree about that we don't have readers here, I have more than 1100 followers and I have a lot of readers. I withdraw more than $200 from steemit, the only problem is that steem dollar is not growing and bitcoin is always growing, so I advice you to withdraw your earned money here and turn it into bitcoin so you will be happier and you will change your opinion about steemit talking about what is better youtube or steemit. Don't lose your enthusiasm☺Keep steeming ☺
Hey @clixmoney I'm not saying there's no viewers but I notice when I post say a 30 minute video I may get an upvote 5 seconds later. While I appreciate the upvote that person hasn't taken a look at my content they are just running around upvoting hoping that I upvote back. Or another example could be people who have more likes than they have views.
I come here to consume content but at the end of the day Youtube is more likely a place I'll go to consume content because it's easy to search for it, I have a huge number of creators who I know and follow, things are organized neatly, etc. I find awesome creators on here but I find I really have to seek them out
you didn't find the right people that's it, just keep posting and you will see, people that want you to upvote them back they are spammers that I don't like, asking to follow and upvote them like kids, I converted my group especially for people to resteem each other and I noticed a lot of spammers, I am blocking them usuallly, but there are a lot of people that are normal and they upvote just because they like your post and they don't want any thing back, here is the group that I was talking about with the link inside : Rules of Steemit Group 'Resteem to be Resteemed'. You are welcome to post in it if you want, I think resteems are better than upvotes !
I share your opinion for most of the part. I'm seeing a lot of begging for followers and upvotes. They don't care about content and community but only for the money. Some responses are more pathetic then the well known "sucky sucky 5 dollah" level of things. Next is voting. All is based on money money money. 1 voter in the first minutes and most won't even read your post. Hence I've done it myself the first days. Yeah, another 5 cents..
I've build up more interest in content and community and this could be something special. I load up every month for several 10s of dollars and immediately put it into steempower. I've discovered minnowbooster and loaned out all of my steempower. That eliminates my thoughts of value for upvoting and now I only upvote the same as I would like on facebook. More fun, more honest en because of focussing on acting instead of the money I do earn a bit more and have a lot of more fun.
Thanks @korpo, I'm new here and trying to figure out the most effective use of time on the site. So you're saying that you loan your steam power to minnowbooster, who essentially does the work of curating for you (and doing it well)?
Yea, my enthusiasm has dropped immensely. There is so much crap content, or celebration of throw-away content.
Well written content gets lost and is difficult to discover.
I think your quote that we are all just yelling past each other is a good description.
Your 'rant' was one of your best points. I agree with pretty much all of your sentiment. I think Steemit is still kindof insular. The organization is abysmal and the myopic focus on crypto and steemit itself is sad in the least, limiting at worst. You lamented about not finding content on starting businesses etc.. I did a bad job of categorizing my posts on the subject so I added them here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@ecoknowme/stop-treating-your-revolution-like-it-s-a-blog-ecoknowme-advice-to-the-steemit-community
https://steemit.com/gardening/@ecoknowme/steemit-community-do-you-garden-help-the-ecoknowme-help-you-help-others-while-growing-your-own-medicine-business
https://steemit.com/steemit/@ecoknowme/instant-steemit-business-idea-from-ecoknowme-not-the-economy
Not everyone's cup of tea, but the principle is universal and applicable to anything. I even put up an ad to experiment:
https://steemit.com/life/@ecoknowme/ecoknowme-for-hire-permaculture-help-to-your-rescue
just some ideas, this is my personal account but I am also
@ecoknowme ;)
cheers
Dude I have to agree. When I first got here recently I was like "oh...all the content is about crypto. Well that's kind of masturbatory." My opinion has gone up enough that I'm making a go at earning a following, but I'm torn.
If you have even the slightest thing to say,or direction you want to go.. this is the place for you. If you have some crypto being earned or already invested here.. you will attract minnows all the more. Dream Big, Steem On!
Thanks, I think that I do so I'll take that to heart
Haha. I just signed up recently and I'm already losing interest. Keep up the good work my friend.
Hang in there Rebel, this here is a long game. Once all the whales power-down and leave, the Steemit platform will be a playground for amazing creators... you'll see. 🐳
Steem wont be worth anything if they do that.
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That would make more steem available and flood the markets devaluing it.
very nice video and cool post
i like steemit and you @rulesforrebels
this is amazing
thank you !!
Agree with everything you said here. Except the following sentence: "You're not going to find a lot of spam or other garbage on Steemit and I love that about it." In my experience there is sooo much garbage on steemit, i have not seen the same level of absolute horseshit anywhere else. And its receiving votes, most from bots or 'content creators' themselves. I wish quality would be rewarded more on steemit, at least more than now. Garbage should jsut cost people money maybe, now wouldn't that be nice?
@attalis I gotta say your right, I think I was trying to keep it positive but that said I will say that pure spam for the most part gets flagged and disapears and is greyed out so I think that's a good thing. I guess I meant to say generally speaking I find the people who are serious about this platform you can tell put a lot of effort and thought into their content and people seem to be very genuine on here.
Such as shame. They should get rid of the bots really and focus on a system that promotes quality contents.
You are absolutely right on the more supply than demand part. In fact, I was just reading a similar article minutes ago. I think we should also focus on curation and take some time reading others' posts and upvoting and resteeming the ones we feel are worthy. Maybe it can maintain the quality of posts if the existing bloggers also become smart curators.