This articke is very good and I think a lot of minnows need to read this.
I and a friend of mine created our own steemit community that is aimed at helping new steemians know their way around and also help them make connections with each other and help each other grow.
One of the aim concerns we have is the "get rich quick syndrome." Many of the new guys just want to come and start earning 15 sbd per post. This is what drives them to go about begging for upvotes and followers, despite our teachings for them not to.
After a few weeks, some of them get frustrated and become inactive... The ones who stay active, over time, start earning more and the inactive ones see the error in their ways.
We also hold contests and also resteem some of their very good posts to encourage them. We are doing what we can to help them and encourage them.
The account name for our community is @tact.
We're currently operating on whatsapp and will soon launch our discord channel wothin the next month.
Oh wow, great initiative!
Yes, once they see that Steemit is not a get rich quick scheme, the unsavories fade away, leaving the entrepreneurial minded go getters :)
Yes. We get to work with the serious minded ones.
I remember when my friend @aehiguese introduced steemit to myself and our friends, most of them were not interested. They thought it was a waste of time, that it was one of those internet scams where you'll never be able to get the money in cash. They also thought the money was too small, this was because at the time, we thiught was 1sbd was equal to 1usd.
After, three weeks of just staying true and posting consistently on a daily basis, I made over 3usd. I was broke at that particular time, because I was still a student then. We (my friends and I) were all broke. I told aehiugese that we should just withdraw the 3 sbd we each had in our wallets, at least it would be something. It was then we discovered that 1sbd at the time was 15usd... We were ecstatic. After making the withdrawal and getting the cash our friends could not believe it. Moat of them started join this platform. It was from helping them that we started the @tact group.
We now have many cases of people who left the platform coming back, especially when they see that we have helped others grow.
Let's all just try to do our best to encourage the newbies, while also making sure they don't get it too easy and get lazy.
And thanks for the upvote on the comment
@arbitrarykitten
That is a great feeling, isn't itt? When the ones you care about actually see that it is real and good and join. And then watching them succeed is satisfying :)
You are doing great work. I admire anyone who takes the time to help someone <3
It is really satisfying. Most of my friends don't have much, I just hope that steemit can be the first step to financial freedom, while also providing the platform for them to get more purpose in life.
Thank you for your kind words.