Why Whales Like @berniesanders are Essential to the Success of STEEMIT
I have been on Steemit for about a week now, and because of @berniesanders , I'm staying for good.
Don't get me wrong, I would've stayed even without the lovely blue political whale that is making Steemit a better place, but he made me want to stay so much more. Steemit is an amazing platform, and I have loved every second of my time here, but producing original content that didn't make it more than a few cents was discouraging. I knew though, that I just had to keep writing.
Being discovered here involves a little bit of luck, not to diminish skill.
Yesterday morning I wrote a post about building a miniature water treatment plant and largely thanks to user berniesanders, it saw over $350 in upvotes at the time of writing this. When I saw this, I jumped up and down. When I told my wife, I think she was a little overwhelmed with my happiness. I had finally had a successful post here, and it felt like the Steemit gods had decided I was worthy of their favor.
Following the excitement I saw of my water treatment post succeeding, I checked my blog again and saw one of my photography adventure posts had also been blessed by none other than @berniesanders .
Here's why whales like bernie are essential to Steemit
Without berniesanders, it would have become increasingly hard to spend the amount of time on this site that I was. Not to myself, I'm a Steemian for life, but the wife was wondering why she didn't see much of me and I wasn't making any money. I digress. It's really easy for those who produce quality content here and don't get discovered to keep doing what they do. This platform will only succeed when the good content producers are rewarded and compensated to stay. So while I don't know if I will see any more success with my posts (I sure hope I do!), user berniesanders gave me enough of the taste of the #Steemit bug that now I'm hooked for life.
That's what so important about berniesanders and other whales that can swing a post's success with one click of that upvote button. While they are keeping the quality of Steemit up, they also serve as the websites best retention system of content producers, writers, photographers, and creative minds. When a whale upvotes your post, it is one of the most glorious moments in the world, and trust me, it is worth it to keep writing just for the chance that that may happen in the future.
Whales being involved in the community and the success of posts is one of the greatest aspects of Steemit. It provides instant and large success. This produces the same feeling as winning a lottery, and it will keep people coming back.
A note to those questioning if they should stay on Steemit...
DO IT. If you're original, thought-provoking, helpful, or if you add something here, you will find value through your content if you haven't yet. It's only a matter of time, keep working hard. Steemit is going to revolutionize your life. I feel it's on the verge of revolutionizing mine.
Yeah, I agree. Bernie brings hope to those without bikinis and lipsticks. :)
Haha!
Yes. I'm very pro @berniesanders I've been blessed to receive his upvote several times. And it's been at times I wouldn't expect.
Consequently I can pass out 7-10 cents on an upvote to other minnows. And my own posts get noticed because they immediately start with 7 to 10 cents already on them.
He's upvoted a photography post, a writing post, and intro posts and maybe a few others. But I try my best to pay it forward. I can't give dollars yet. But I can give a dime. And that helps everyone.
That's the attitude that is going to keep Steemit alive.
A whale just upvoted my newest post. @smooth was not aware of that whale. So maybe now I can pass out 15 cents to everyone.
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Not sure that image worked, but surprisingly, I think I know exactly what it is.
I really enjoy it here too. See my post Who will be the First Steemit Celebrity? . Will it be @berniesanders?
@berniesanders is definitely the first Steemit celebrity. :) This post is yet another small proof.
It's gotta be! There is folklore and fan art around him by now!
Also, some say he is wanted by the CIA and that he sleeps upside down like a Bat.
I think becoming a Steemit whale was a much more noble pursuit for Sanders than running for the presidency. It really allows him to help the world so much more. #berniesandersforSTEEMITPRESIDENT
Ya i totally agree. I have the utmost respect for @berniesanders and @johnsmith. One vote from bernie gave me $200!! and john gave away like 300-400 of his own dollars to those who commented on his post!!! I mean talk about generosity!!!!
We need more of these guys to help the minnows!!
They understand that motivation from them will help keep people here for a long time!
yaaa true!!
True storry, i realy like him. It is the only whale who vote me. So i actualy like him, couse the other whales only vote crap mostly.
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I'm not sure I agree that they vote on crap, but I think they probably aren't quite as loose with their upvotes as Bernie.
Some of is pointless. But yess, they vote some good thing also. But you take my point? Yess that is true. bernie is great.
@berniesanders will save us!
if you want to follow @berniesanders or anyone else you can get notifications bot from here:
https://steemit.com/investments/@algimantas/noteefi-steem-notification-bot-working
This is definitely useful. I think the coders are working on bringing some form of notification/newsfeed function for seeing the people you follow too!
I've noticed a lot of whales seem to lurk around and Upvote the best, most unique, entertaining or informative content. They are encouraging good behaviour from the start. Long may it continue.
After all, that is the point of having whales. Pushing the best content that adds value to the site to the top! It really is an amazing system.
Agreed. Every time I think I've found a fault in the system, it has been plugged by something else. Impressive.
Going to Area 51 is essential to Area 51.
https://steemit.com/area/@steve-mcclair/area-51-steemit-has-arrived#comments