This is my 46th day on Steemit. What I have realized that despite the advertising about good content being rewarded, it's all about money. The power in steemit leans to much to the whales and I am not saying that people that were here early don't deserve more weight than someone that just joined. I just think it would be a good idea if these whales that run steemit would open an account as a normal person and try to make any progress. If those that ran steemit were truly interested in developing good content they would make it easier for us new minnows and throw the people off that steal their post from other people.
It's all a money game. Learn more. For instance, you have 7.814 SBD, why not start buying votes? I use minnowbooster. Lately they have been limited to buying votes for more than 0.1 but for you that would be 78 upvotes. And the great thing is, you get around the same amount back that you put in, plus some steem power.
Once you get up to 75 or 80 steem power, you can start selling votes. Again I use minnowbooster for this, and recently I have been making between 0.05 and 0.1 SBD per day.
Curation, still figuring that one out but in the last week I have made 0.082 SP. Not much, but for us minnows, every little bit helps. When I get a little more understanding, I'm going to post something on curation for us minnows. One thing I can tell you, it's easier to get curation rewards voting on comments than on posts.
WOW! Did that feel like a rant to anyone besides me? This has been on my mind lately. I even have a recent post on what I am doing to see my progress on steemit: Swimming in the Minnow Pool. Anyway, you get a vote up from me (it's my 2¢'s worth).
That's for the response! I don't know I guess I just have to learn to play the game, but I'm not really about games... :) I'm a doer and content creator. I like talking to people and sharing experiences. I don't really get the "buying votes" thing. I'm not sure how I feel about that either. I like to think that the merit of the posts and the hard work of the person would be enough. But I'm not naive either. LOL. I'll check your post!
Your really doing great so far based on the stats you quoted. You actually have very little to be discouraged about. If you doubt this, go to the new feed for steemit and check a few people with a reputation of 25. Most of the time you will find a list of posts with no votes and virtually no reads. This is a tough gig to get started in and really, I am not sure it matters how good you are at creating content.
I hear what you're saying. I'm reading and learning more about the whole ecosystem here. I have the same problem here as I do in real life I guess. All my friends are poor! LOL! ;-)
I struggled with the whole thing of buying votes for a few weeks, thought it was wrong. A place that is supposed to be based on rewarding writers for decent content and you have to buy votes?
Then I made a comment or two in a conversation with whales about tying the SBD to the US dollar like the whitepaper says it will be. There comments led me to the understanding that for them this is not about generating a place for writers to generate content that won't be found anywhere else but it's about money.
With any game, there is no way to win if you don't know the rules.
I know... I know... I'm still new though. Don't rub off all the shiny yet! ;-)
Welcome to Oz, click your heels three times while saying "There's no place like home".
By the way, I already follow you. You do good work.
Thanks sir! Thanks for posting the link to the Steemit Board and the advice in your minnow post.