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RE: Where have the steemit anarchism/voluntaryism celebrities gone?
Steemit attract users who want money, if you stop paying then well they go away because it's not worth the time. For example my posts don't make money so I avoid posting quality content, it's just not worth it for me, I can make more somewhere else with my time.
Some people this is true. It is not true for them all. Also, quality content is subjective. You and I don't need to convince ourselves that our piece is quality. Our challenge is to convince other people that it is quality and hopefully they will decide to follow us and support our work.
That does take some effort. I write here because I enjoy it and it is mind expanding. I've had to give myself some mental reconditioning. I had a brief period where I was worried about how much I was making, and I was looking at other people's posts and thinking things like "That post sucks compared to mine, why did it do so good?" and "That topic did amazingly well, I should write a piece about the same topic."
Fortunately for me that was a very short period. First that is not fun. Second it doesn't really matter unless I mentally choose to LET it matter. So I decided to write about whatever I wanted to write and whatever came to my mind and was nagging me to be brought into written form.
The more I do it. The easier it becomes, the faster I get at it, and the more my mind feels like it is being pushed and expanded. I really love this feeling.
Yet, YES it takes a realization to notice these things. Many people likely will not realize these things and they'll leave either due to frustration, anger, or some other emotion.
The best advice I can give to anyone.
Join the community, share your mind, and be civil.
The civility part is important. Lack of civility is noticed and can hinder your chances. I am NOT saying this is you. This is just my observations in general.
You can dislike someone here, the key is to do it with civility. That is not always easy. I fail at this sometimes too. I simply try to get better at it.
Those guys I listed above tended to make decent money most of the time because they have a lot of followers. Larken's more recent posts occurred during the time a lot of changes like adjusting to the new 7 day payout had all posts being paid low, and steem was also at an all time low. Otherwise, those posts would have paid him well too.
Your comment here is really quite a good realistic and accurate "sales pitch" for Steemit. This is NOT "easy money" or a place with $100 bills waiting to be plucked off a magic tree.