Story of a Minnow
Hello, Steemians! I thought I take a few moments to send out my love to all my followers and thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my poetry, my articles and for following me and helping me to grow on this platform.
For those who don't know me, as my profile shows, I begin my Steemit journey in June of 2017.
Like the majority of us here, I had no idea what I was doing and after I signed up I let my account cool for a couple of weeks having an extreme issue with the formatting of my first post when I first began. I'm sure that wonky post is still sitting in the block chain!
The Backstory
Prior to finding Steemit I registered on Virily.com and was blogging there. I did like the native editor on Virily, but I did not like the fact that every single post was reviewed by one of their editors prior to publication. It felt a little bit controlling, and anyone who knows me knows that I really don't like control. There is a good reason for that.
Introduction to Steemit
Steemit through Facebook Messenger in June. We were also using the online photo sharing app Bagloo. Bagloo is all about photos, and to succeed you need to upload hundreds of photos per day and vote hundreds, too, to make any money. Many were plaigerizing photos there.My friend @birjudanak, from India, invited me to
Exercise in Futility
Previous to BaglooRadabba app, another social networking app which tried to outdo Facebook by paying members for original content and that is also where I met him. The app was pretty good in the beginning, and I made some money, but admins changed payout options until, in the end, they were only going to offer gift cards for pet stores in the USA. To my knowledge, no one ever received any of those rewards. Soon after i left, Rabadaba closed.
Source, @birjudanak and me were on
I've moved around the interwebs seeking writing places to make a little bit of cash. Every other option prior to Steemit closed its doors, or changed its payout options to make it worthless to spend your time there.
The most money I ever made was on Bubblews, and that site cut back payouts several times on their earning scale until they finally close their site with out warning.
New Beginnings
One day in June or July on my Steemit journey I discovered a link that took me into Discord app into the MSP PALnet network. I cannot say enough good things about the wonderful people that I have met there. Gifted and talented Artist, writers, technical IT folk, people who run the channels and MSPwaves radio was born. Kudos to the wonderful moderators who are all gifted with the ability to help and take the positions (all voluntary!) seriously.
To me Steemit and PALnet Minnow Support Project go hand-in-hand. I would not have achieved the measure of success that I have now if I have not met these wonderful people.
Guidance and a helping hand with a willingness to teach new minnows how to navigate the waters of Steemit is vital.
so many more.
Make a Minnow project. I was blessed to be chosen as the 3rd recipient of this wonderful project. The award consists of a month long lease of 10,000 delegated Steem Power. I am a couple weeks in and have tried to use this steem power to help other people. It has been a wonderful experience, and I have read so much good writing and an abundance of beautiful art and music.
Much love and thanks go out to @aggroed, @gmuxx, @someguy123, @sammosk @swelker10, @kubbyelizabeth @austibank, @isaria, @tremendospercy, @sircork @underground, @hypexals-spiral, @stitchybitch, @crimsonclad, @scardeycatguide, @dswigle, @dbzfan4awhile,
@juliakponsford, @vachemorte, @uniwhisp, @torico, @clayborn, @morodiene, @negativer and
Special thank you to @sammosk and @juliakponsford for creating and organizing the
12K in STEEM Power Delegated in Prizes - What are the Winners Doing? Steemit Business IntelligenceYou can view a detailed business analysis written by @paulag of my curation and two co-winners @inquiringtimes and @goldenarms (please visit these awesome minnows!) on Steemit
And so I end this post with my usual tag... if you aren't involved with PALnet, I urge you to take a look. If you are new on Steemit, please say hello and I'll stop over to visit!
Proud member of the Minnow Support Project on Peace, Abundance & Love Network. Come join the channel, for uplifting conversation and learn your path on Steemit.
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Aww, i got a shout out! I love you so much and we love having you here!
Thanks for this... and also for loving us
Nice to meet you. I hope to see you in PALnet soon!
Nice to know about yourself it's a great you can team good money from steemit and your life smooth going
Thank you for the comment and well wishes!
Aww I'm so glad you were able to be a recipient of this prize, everyone over at PAL loves you too :D also beautiful picture you are glowing! I may have to paint a portrait of you?
Thank you for your kindness and support. I value your friendship and am fortunate to have been able to meet you and enjoy you and @vachemorte art and music, too! I would love if you painted my picture! ❤
I'm so glad to have met you as well, I'm all your portrait to my queue.
Yay!
i am so happy for you because i can see you happiness here and steemit is much batter platform then those apps you mention because here people are so nice and they have good quality and specially admin because not only this site but at any place customer service is most important and here admin are so helping and straight forward.
Yes, my friend. I am very happy here and there is so many opportunities to grow and learn new things. Thank you so much for inviting me here @birjudanak!
@birjudanak is such a good friend :) and so are you @wandrnrose7 :)
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I am glad you found the site, I like the stuff you post.
Thank you so much! I appreciate your support!
as you know I took a similar Path, and I think with all the frustrations of other site this here is the platform that I hope will continue to grow and grow and I hope it maintains the wonderful sense of community it has
I do, too. I think it's network is much stronger and more success oriented. Many hands are in the mix to keep it that way. I'm glad we came to the same place.
yes I am glad as well :)
This is Nice Wandrnrose.... I do hope this post encourages A wanderer out there to stick to Steemit because it will not fail as others.... Upvoted and Resteemed
Thank you for the kind words. Thank you also for upvoting and resteeming. Much appreciated!
Oh, yes. The platform dance. Yes. we have all been there. Care to slow dance through this one?
I believe I am here to stay!
Yes! We shall do the slow dance, my dear friend. I'm in it for the long haul!
We have jumpes thru many platforms together!!
We have and this one feels so much more positive, doesn't it?
Yes.. im still very minnow.. i do get discouraged from time to time...
Please don't get discouraged... have you stopped it to PALnet yet?
Yes.. i paid for both bots but one stopped working.. then the other one works only half the time saying i need to $upvote in 30 mins and it is stuck on that message
Make sure to speak to a mod, they may be able to determine what's wrong. I hope it gets sorted. Stop in general in Discord.
Oh yeah I do remember you from Rabadaba! It was fun there at the start. Before you needed a bizzion rabs to earn!
Yes! Oh the good old days, eh?
I like the persistence you had on your journey to steemit. Love your story. It's nice to set someone living what they do :) Love all the shoutouts.
I would like to know the history behind your username @wandrnrose7😀
I will have to take some time and write out the story… it's not a short one.
I've been on Steemit less than a month, and as you might imagine, things have been challenging thus far. MSP has been the biggest boon as far as my time here is concerned.
Also, I share your experience of having run from pillar to post in search of online sustenance. I accrued 73 dollars on Bubblews once, but didn't see a cent of it. This was well before the site shut down. There was talk back then that the site was being selective in disbursing payouts. There were murmurs that people from Africa and India were being denied their rightful earnings.
One site that has been honorable in giving out payments is HubPages, although it is a lot of hard work.
I have followed you and look forward to your future posts.
Thank you for the mention my lovely <3
Because I <3 you @gmuxx
One love <3
Thank you. You have a special place in my heart.
thanks for mentioning my post. You rock and I am glad I got to cover you in one of my posts xx
My pleasure @paulag, it was awesome to read the breakdown! Great analysis.
Thank you for the shout out dear WR7! You really should join us in the Writer's Block. All the coolest kids are there, many from your list and none of the drama or immaturity we all found so disturbing to our jams in that other place. I don't really want to drop the link here, but ask Gmuxx or Rhonda or Me for it, and we will get you out of the matrix and into the world of the real! You will love it there! <3
Ok, @sircork! Thanks for the invite! Miss you!
Miss you too, come hang out with us some.
So wonderful my friend, well deserved <3
Thank you, I appreciate your kindness and support my whole journey here! <3
Thanks for the mention babe.
You've been a class act since the day you arrived babe.
Your poetry is amazing ❤️😉
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That's creepy and is bound to back fire on them. It will basically be censored to what they want to be released and that's shady.
Thanks for all the tips on the groups out there. Actually met you through one and you have helped me out a ton already.
Great article! Looking forward to more of your work.
<3 J. R.
Hi @jrswab, I agree and some people complained that Virily changed their posts, so no way! I will have to remember to delete my account & remove the link on my profile here.
I'm glad to help. I'm just paying it forward!
i also used rabadaba but only few time but didnt like it and then i joined here after told by birju and he is my friend and neighbor.
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