Do you feel like a large portion of Steemits newcomers and lower SP users crave for the votes of the Dolphins and Whales of our community?
Do you dislike the idea of Voting Bots and think that there is a lack of connection between yourself and the number of Bots your signed up for?
Maybe you enjoy talking to AI and feel like you are forming a strong meaningful friendship there, who am I to judge?
You might be finding it hard to connect with people on Steemit and you just need to find a community where the main focus is connecting with other people at your level with the effort to all grow together.
Enter BuddyUP
BuddyUP’s main purpose is to bring together the Minnows of the community and give us the opportunity to meet and learn about each other so that we can gain more friendships and connections across the platform.
There are many factors that users try to keep on top of when using Steemit.
It’s quite easy to burn out and lose interest when you have too much going on and you aren’t getting any exposure on your hard work.
The best experiences you will have will be centered around the people you have connected with and the users who show a genuine interest in you, and your content.
Everybody can gaze at the Trending feed and look at the users who have gained high payouts for their posts. They can sit and ask ‘Why?!’ all day and night and start questioning their existence on Steemit. The fact of the matter is, these users have connected with many people across the site and have friendships that they have had for months and months.
Think ahead
If you look at where we are right now in the timeline of Steemit, we are in the infancy of something very special. We have many months to come where we can grow our support network and in time we will all see the rewards that more influencial users are seeing now.
If we grow.
We are all early adopters here right now, I would encourage you to head over to @taskmaster4450 's blog and check out some of his futurism posts about his thoughts about Steemit in the future. He has strengthened my belief in the platform and I'm sure he will do the same for you.
In the years to come, Steemit has the potential to grow exponentially and by growing your friendships you’ll not only enjoy being on the platform more, you’ll also be able to help others enjoy the platform.
So what's the script?
Our plan for BuddyUP is to run a Discord server for the community where members are randomly given a name of another member every other day.
You can then learn about the other person and what they are interested in, they may be newer to the platform and they might need some tips to get over the steep learning curve that is Steemit, maybe you are newer than them and they could be involved in some communities that you would fit well into.
Every other day you will be finding out about somebody new and over time you will gain relationships with others that you might never of stumbled onto.
Everyday we will feature 1 user in the ‘catch-of-the-day’ channel and users will have the opportunity to check out what that person has got going on.
We will have a guide channel that is full of handy posts designed to get Minnows through the Steemit struggles.
There is also room for any more ideas that you may have, I do not know it all. The community is built around us.
Building each other up and supporting what we all individually do is what matters.
The aim is to work on our relationships with each other so that we all grow together. Regardless of the voting power that we have at the time.
If you contemplate for a minute, we may all be Minnows now and our voting power may not be powerful, but if we continue to develop our relationships and we stick together over the coming years, think about where we might all be. Not to mention what we can do for the newcomers that keep coming to the platform.
Let me ask you this…
Would you rather have a $5 vote from somebody who drops by your post out of the blue, once in a blue moon, and they don’t even leave any feedback on your hard work?
Or 20+ votes from your friends from BuddyUP who all spark interesting conversation in your comments section?
BuddyUP will benefit anybody who wants to make lasting friendships with people in the community and it will give you the chance to meet people you might never of spoken to by just dropping in messages to a general chat.
We have our Discord Server set up and the plan is to bring in interested people to the server so they can throw ideas out there and question anything that might benefit the start of the project. After all, it is a project for you, your ideas matter.
If you are interested and you have below 2000SP you can join the server and start getting to know the group. The username generation will be implemented over the next week or so but it doesn’t stop you getting involved from the get go.
Post any questions or comments you have below. I'll see you in the BuddyUP Discord server!
Wonderful!!!!! I've been working on a similar idea on a much smaller scale. hahahaha I'm gotten so tired of the negative talk talk talk ... With no action! So I decided to do something about it!
Glad to see that others are coming up with solutions also!!!
I really love this idea! Group support is so important...
In a post coming up , (I'm detailing day by day the journey of a 26 detox that I did) I'm talking about the importance of a detox buddy.
I don't think I could have made it through that detox with as much joy and endurance without my buddy!!! She was so crucial to my success!!!! 😊
Good luck on your wide scale campaign!!! (Wish me luck on my much smaller one!!! hahahaha)
Im really glad you love the idea! Come along and get involved! Nothing is wide scale right now, just a load of like-minded people getting along!
I like the sound of your 26 detox journey, I have heard so much about the benefits of a detoxed body.
I'll be checking out your blog and seeing what you have in store! :)
I should warn you.... if you do read the detox blogs... there is a lot of humor! hahha But it's dealing with a lot of things that happened on the detox that you might not want to know about! hahahahaha
It's more about preparing people who are considering possibly doing it for themselves - and want to know what it's REALLY like!!!
I will definitely come along! I don't think that our projects will compete with each other at all! Because though we have similar passions that drive us.... the projects branch off into different arenas! I love hanging out with like-minded people! hehehehe
I will connect to discord and join up in a few minutes :)
Maybe you (and others) can help me come up with some good ideas for my project too!!! :)
Its time that the people who FIGHT for quality stand together and bring our views (and solutions!!!) to the forefront :) Very exciting times! hehehe
Also... I hope to have an outline of my suggestions done this week and posted. With your permission - I'd like to put a link of YOUR project onto my post as well? Just to let people know that there ARE places that support good content and meaningful connections . I will be asking permission to add Steem Engine to the post too :)
I'm looking forward to hearing about it, the injection of humour will be refreshing for sure!
When projects have the similar focus and aim to connect each other they aren't necessarily competition, more like allies :)
Ofcourse you can link the project, make sure you send through yours to se we can get the BuddyUP community involved. Looking forward to hearing more from you!
hehehehehe ... i had to come back here and read <3
has it only been 5 months???? it feels like a lifetime, hinny! :) ahhhh now i'm just sitting here (staring out the window of course) thinking about me and you! hehehehee always my boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee LOLOLOLOLOLOL
so glad for our paths crossing... more to say later in my mushy, gushy post lol
Hahaha! I know, it feels aggeesss. Trust you to be staring out the window 😆 yerr boiiiii
So am I, Steemit would be a boring place without you in it!
What a wonderful idea. I love this.
this is great! thank you for creating a haven for us minnows who seem to be floating in this big ocean of steemit community. we fell like we are not alone. and i agree that friends and community matters most. thank you for always boosting us and keeping us inspired.
cheers!
It just takes a little bit of connecting and finding your place here 😅 Make sure you stop by our most recent post so you can see how far we've come since this post.
It just takes a little bit of connecting and finding your place here 😅 Make sure you stop by our most recent post so you can see how far we've come since this post.
It just takes a little bit of connecting and finding your place here 😅 Make sure you stop by our most recent post so you can see how far we've come since this post.
Yes i will be stalking your post in a while! I hope i find my rightful place too hahaha
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This is a great idea for all of us who knows this kind of struggle! Perfectly noted:
I would still choose the 20+ people engaging from your quality content posted and be able to connect to all of them at the same time.
So true mate. I prefer the feedback and comments rather than the payouts, it helps you grow and it puts a good smile on your face!
I'll be updating the server a lot today and will be trying to get the BOT's set up, I'll keep in touch :)
I couldn't agree more but just to stay grateful for the people I am connecting with. The pay-out amount in figures just follow and it will be very rewarding if we expect nothing at all from these efforts. The joy of doing what you love and get the benefits from it is totally unimaginable. I don't mind supporting struggling people that heeds my help and the ones passing across my sight.
I have already joined keep me posted about it on how will I be able to find or get my buddy per day and connect with him/her.
Exactly!!! So many of us feel the same way!!!! Things can change here! We just need to rally! Love your spirit @calumam!
good idea! I will spend some time to study it~
Thanks mate. I'm currently trying to get my head around BOT creation for the Discord channel so I can get a name generator set up but I don't think I have the right expertise for it. I've requested to join Qurator to try and find somebody who has the skills for it. Baby steps at a time but I believe its a good way for the smaller users to connect with others, we will see!
Thanks for stopping by mate.
It feels so good when whales drop by on your post. It's like you need to get along with them or be eaten-out with envy.
Sounds cool mate, i'll check it out tommorow.
I'm glad you're interested mate, looking forward to speaking with you tomorrow :)
Nice concept, one of the main purpose of steemit is to get people to know each other. I might check it out one of this days.
You'll see us around I'm sure of that.
Totally agree with you about Steemit. There is a big focus around connection and getting to know each other which is great. I'm hoping BuddyUP can help people build more genuine friendships and aid people with building up a strong supporting audience.
This is a great initiative, @calumam! I fully support your concept, and I have just joined your Discord Server. I will be promoting you to the members of my own Discord Server, and putting a link to this article in my #resources channel. I'm following you now, too!
I've upvoted and resteemed this article as one of my daily post promotions for the @mitneb Curation Trail Project. It will be featured in the @mitneb Curation Trail Project Daily Report for 08 FEB 2018.
Cheers!
Thanks very much @mitneb! I appreciate the support.
Early doors with the discord server but had to take some action and get it out there fast so we can all have an input in it.
Looking forward to seeing you in the community. Thanks again!
I saw that I am about the 6th to join it, @calumam! I did the same thing with my Server. Got it started, and published the invite link, and had 20 people join before I really had things developed. You can do it!
Cheers!
We will definitely get it done! Lots to be worked out and organised but will be well worth the pay off when the wheels are turning. I'm very excited to get people connecting with each other.
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Great initiative!
And you are absolutely correct. Look at the whales- they mainly vote each other. Why? They "grew up" here together. They are tight and have formed a bond over the time they grew here.
Totally! In the years to come, we are all going to be where the dolphins and whales are now. If we all stick together and focus on bringing new faces and interested members to the community we will all benefit along the journey and in the future.
Hope you are having a nice day!
Very nice inniative. This could be only the beggining. We can really become a supportive and organic community by projects like this. Recommendations from good sources are the best thing that happened to sales and media (content of quality). Count me in :)
Happy to have you on board @vonaurolacu! I believe if we focus on the people at our level and support each other we will all grow at our own pace and will lose the risk of burning ourselves out.
Looking forward to hearing from you in the server!
Looking forward to be part of this community. Whoever came up with the name is just 'awesome'.
Likewise @streetsmart, swing on by and share some of your ideas whenever you are ready. I can't tell from the apostrophes if you are serious or not, but I do like the name too :)
That was a genuine (serious) compliment @calumam :)
You da man! :D
Sounds interesting ... hunting down your Discord Channel as I write :)