I am new here at Steemit, i do feel that quality content goes unnoticed here, before joining i thought steem was some platform similar to reddit, where you will get the appreciation if you could give quality content.
But, i was wrong, until and unless you buy a lot of steem power or if you get to have hundreds of followers your content won't get rewarded, all that time you spend writing content and putting your ideas into words can be waste of your time. I am hoping to learn more and to find success in the long run.
As a really active Redditor with ~20k link karma and ~100k comment karma I can tell you the odds of gaining exposure here are a lot bigger than on Reddit, even without communities yet which will be like "subreddits" where users can follow their favorite tags.
On Reddit it's a lot more about being lucky that voters with no incentive to do so happen to find your post and vote it up into trending.
Can we pop some acid together some time @acidyo ?! 😀✌️Haha! Your replys to people are good because they always utilize common sense which seems to be lacking in some corners around here. Peace out homie!
Allow me to be forthright - you have been here only a week and written two posts. You're in no position to come to a conclusion to the tune of "quality content goes unnoticed here". One curation initiative alone (Curie) has discovered about 25,000 authors, thousands of whom are active. All those top authors on the Trending page? Yeah, they all started from scratch. They are up there because they make quality content, with persistence, engage with the community, and have done so for over a year.
The very same applies for Reddit. If you feel entitled that putting your ideas into words will guarantee rewards, you're mistaken. Nowhere does that happen.
So, keep at it, if your content is good, you'll be discovered. Much more likely than Reddit.
I agree with you @liberosist .
I have been here since June of this year and I must say that I have been curated once by curie.. I really post good contents but being noticed is the hardest part. I write a blog for so many hours and big whales do not notice me at all. I have joined a community and that at least helped me earn a reward.
I did buy votes from a bot only to get noticed although I knew it´s a lost investment..let´s say if you invest 1 liquid SBD to a bot, and you would get an upvote for $1.40.... the margin of $0.40 is minimal which will still change within the 7 day period before pay out. You´ll have to share 25% of that $1.40 to your curators which is $0.35. What is left is $1.05 , so why should one give a liquid $1 SBD to a bot if the ROI is only $.05. and the authors 1.05 would have to be split 50/50 Steem and SP. It is a bad investment and besides, I am not even sure whether I get noticed at all. The really best thing to do is write good content and join communities. I don´t use bot anymore. The question is where are the big whales when the noobs needed their curation and upvotes? There were big issues and discussions raised recently about the big whales being given huge amounts of SP and they, big whales upvoted each other using SP delegated to them. Isn´t that Abuse of power?
Three things
Everything requires time, as you haven't been on Steemit that long. Of course fast success would be perfect for any of us :)
Secondly, sometimes you'll need some extra work to be noticed. I found some of my best followers by reaching out to others.
Third, you can't really directly tell what is quality and what is not. Quality is what fits the "customers" need, in this case, whatever the reader is happy about. Be it witty memes about Steemit or in-depth analysis about vaccination.
Steem power only makes a diference if you are upvoting yourself.
Community is still key here. It will help you greatly to meet established members(in the comment sections, or outside chat boards) and find your niche. You have to start by finding people. It will only be by a stroke of luck that they will find a week old newbie.
Followers less than 1000 or 5000 mean nothing because as many as 90% are follow for follow trolls. They will never look at your posts again. I have 500+ followers, but only 20-40 that regularly visit my Posts.
Like was already said.... Less than a month here??? Count your time here as your Steemit Class 101 or internship. Except intead of having to pay, you can still get paid while you train. Even if pennies...its not out of pocket.
And finally.....for nearly every newbie, your posts are probably only subpar for the first 5 or 10 or 50. Again, look at it as on the job training.
So, we are glad you are here. Glad you are commenting! We hope the best for you!
Indeed:
This is me now. Once I have more followers, I won't upvote myself (or use minnowbooster) 😃
P.S. Ya got an extra upvote cause I was logged into my cannabis page.... Woot! LOL!
Woohoo dbl vote!! XD
Yeah, I have been upvoting myself less recently. In the end my own upvote only adds pennies.
Still waiting for a Curie find.
I would say, if you are very confident a post is a winner, don't upvote or buy votes, try and garner some support .....promote yourself to friends, and pray it will take off!!
Ya never know!!
I do that. For instance, if you scroll below I explain... but I minnowbooster a contest entry post today, that while TOTALLY amazing... Meh. Lol!
Hi Shony, you need to make more posts before people notice you. If you are here to only get money from getting upvotes it will take awhile to get a big enough following for that to happen.
If you are here to have fun and make posts then this should be no problem for you. We all do want to make money, some money, or a bunch of money. Getting into Steemit as a completely new person with no following won't make you a bunch of money.
You should try putting affiliate links to amazon in your blog posts or other affiliate stuff. That way your fans can support you through other ways.
be careful with the use of affiliate links. You need to be clear they are affiliate links and if you use them in a spammy way, you may very well draw downvotes.