Joining steemit was a life changing experience for me just like many steemians. It's always a big opportunity for everyone that they want to make the best out of it. From when we hear or read about steemit we always feel like we are just a step away from becoming millionares. Yes there is alot of money on steemit, some people have quit their jobs to concentrate on blogging and guess what? they have managed to pull it off.
On steemit we interact with all different kinds of people with different opinions about most things, there is a large amount of useful information that we receive and sometimes give. We enjoy returns and progresses.

But what is it like to be a minnow on steemit?

Just as life in general beginnings are not always things to be proud of. Remember that first week when you were learning to play chess? Yes it was frustrating, you didn't know much about chess and maybe it always felt like you were about to give up.

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The truth is, on steemit it's more frustrating.
You can call life a game, but when it comes to frustrations on steemit you always take it personal.

what are some of the problems minnows face?

Actually not alot,
Just like most steemians we all face the same problem.
Lack of progress.
Ever been at the same reputation for so many months?
Ever found it had to get genuine followers or you made a post it's five days and you haven't received any upvote.
Ever felt like begging for an upvote?

Please just your 1%
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Maybe you spent the entire night writing a post (just like am doing right now) and no one gets to read it.

Working hard, but just because am minnow, whatever i will be fine.
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I have ever gotten 26upvotes from a post that made less than 0.009SBDs. You can imagine how i felt when i looked at my beautifully drafted post.
Do you sometimes be like, i need to save this post to when i have reached a certain number of followers?
Everyone newbie on steemit is looking for that breakthrough, that little light seen from afar in a tunnel.

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We want to reach somewhere that is not so bad after all.
Everyone on steemit wants to be a whale but few are. You know just as in life few will be at the top and it takes dedication and sacrifice to get there.

wondering what a minnow can do?

What makes me happy is that our friends the whales and dolphins were once minnows, what they did to get there, they know better.
I have talked to a few of them and yeah they know being a minnow is so challenging. I guess it's what differentiates between the ones that are willing to steem and those who came just because they were told that steemit has money.
Sometimes it's fine to feel the pain so we can enjoy the joy of our sweats. Because think about it, how could we call it a success if we didn't toil to get there?
If some people have managed to make it, we can too.

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Hope is the last thing we are supposed to lose, we shouldn't. There is alot of success on our platform. Let's make good use of our talents.

Let's make thoughtful comments.
Let's comment with brilliant opinions.
Let's make educative posts.
Let's let out accurate news.
Let's upvote nice content.
Let's interact with fellow steemians and most importantly,
Let's ask for help when we can't do it ourselves.
Fellow Ugandans, colleagues who i promote steemit with, it's better to let newbies know that steemit is only for those who persist. Those who don't know how to quit.

Happy steeming fellow steemians.

If you liked my opinions please upvote so you can be able to see another post from me because i will still be around lol.. i will not run away.