As I mentioned in my first post, I'm a journalist and new to the Steemit community. As such, I'm very interested in its potential as a new funding model for journalism, but would also like to take into account criticisms that have been levelled at it and try to understand how it is likely to develop going forward.
I will be writing a feature on Steemit for VICE Motherboard, and am looking for sources who can talk to me about their experience using the platform, especially:
- Writers who have been able to make large amounts of money through the platform, or sums comparable to more conventional freelance work.
- Users who have invested their own money in Steem.
- Users who have been involved with the platform since the early stages.
- Anyone who has experienced negative aspects of the community they are willing to share.
- Anyone with an unconventional story relating to Steem.
I need to be able to fact-check any information provided so you need to be happy with going on record with the information, i.e. I won't be able to include any anonymous claims.
If you'd like to talk you can reach me through Twitter as @corintxt where I have open DM's, alternatively my email is in the format firstname.lastname@gmail.com (you'll see my name on Twitter). Of course feel free to comment directly on this post too, or tag another user who fits the above criteria.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Yes steemit is offically on motherboard.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/steemit-is-like-reddit-but-where-upvotes-equal-a-cryptocurrency-payout
Good link Thanks. @aizensou
Here's an unconventional story you may find interesting: the bitfinex hack from yesterday was published on steemit three weeks before it actually happened.
https://steemit.com/bitfinex/@spookypooky/the-bitfinex-hack-was-published-on-steemit-3-weeks-before-it-happened#@spookypooky/re-anduweb-re-spookypooky-the-bitfinex-hack-was-published-on-steemit-3-weeks-before-it-happened-20160803t120745662z
some of the negative aspects of the site are talked about in this informative thread:
https://steemit.com/scam/@stellabelle/the-scam-artists-and-blackmailers-are-killing-the-steemit-baby-softly-slowly-what-we-all-can-do#@prophet/re-stellabelle-the-scam-artists-and-blackmailers-are-killing-the-steemit-baby-softly-slowly-what-we-all-can-do-20160803t201413292z
hey thanks for the shoutout!!!! I still think my fucked up makeup tutorial really gets into the true horror of being hacked......but yeah, that one really does describe how the hacker took over
And this is what it felt like when hacker entered: https://steemit.com/hacker/@stellabelle/the-dark-horse-has-infected-steemit-how-we-move-forward
The hacker story is very speculative tho..
Thanks for the reply, I'll look into it, definitely of interest.
Hey @corintxt - someone told me to come over here and say hello :)
I am @fyrstikken - I joined about a month ago, and this place is absolutely fantastic.
a quick history of my social media life
I´ve got 18,000 youtube-subscribers and 20,000+ twitter followers and 3000+ facebook friends that I am more or less abandoning/bringing over to steemit.com as I´m no longer committed to spend any time on social networks or content-networks that waste my time.
Steemit is where the action is
#steemit is where the action is, and I have a feeling the corporate social medias including a bunch of traditional medias will either die or having to re-invent themselves and become visible on steemit.com to have a future, or end up somewhat like MySpace.
Steemit changes the game for everyone - and since you cannot beat it - join it
I welcome you to take a look at my blog over at @fyrstikken I make cartoons, videos, entertainment, comedy, articles - and will keep doing it for steemit.
To contact me
If you want to contact me directly, please fill out the form at my website: http://fyrstikken.com
Thank You :)
OH god!!!! I've been writing to VICE for a while now, in the hopes of having something in there! But seriously, I think the VICE audience will really appreciate my psycho makeup tutorial where I go in agonizing detail about having my account hacked to shreds by a hacker a few weeks ago: (beware:this is crazy) :
Hey @corintxt Good to see Vice getting into this. I'm a documentary maker from Amsterdam and I'm going to use Steemit as a "behind the scenes" platform while I'm working on a new documentary.
As you can see there is not much of a film community around here, yet. I have some thoughts on that though.
This is a post about the documentary I'm currently working on
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@futurefood/hello-i-m-making-a-documentary-about-steemit-and-the-future-of-food-i-m-an-independent-filmmaker-and-artist-from-amsterdam
Thanks for the reply, and the email, let's carry on the discussion!
@corintxt: as you can see from this data chart, I'm the #1 author as far as monetary rewards are concerned. This also gives a lot of data to work with: http://steemwhales.com/?p=1&s=pr
Here's a visual of that website to give you the info:
@stellabelle ----> (9) #JUP
what does #JUP mean?
#JUP means something like "yes!" or "Allright" or "hmhmm"
It was meant as a compliment :)
Thanks @stellabelle, the rankings given by the steemwhales.com site are very useful.
Hey so if that's so, could you do me a solid and check out my last post and give me some feedback? https://steemit.com/life/@williamdevine/helping-a-christian-college-fraternity-create-a-better-future-for-its-members
Thanks!
Wow, nice! I love VICE magazine. I can't wait to see what you'll write about!
me too! I've been submitting my work to VICE for a loooooooong time.
Welcome. VICE is a great network. I would mind talking about Steemit.
I got in pretty early, but I'm too lazy to write to you.
Brutal...
I like VICE!
I can bring some interesting feedback about how the community managed platform criticism after the Steemit Debate here https://steemit.com/steemit/@andrew0/the-great-steemit-debate-and-the-good-community-response-to-my-heavy-criticism
and of course I give you the link to the critics I did after debate
https://steemit.com/steemit/@andrew0/the-great-steemit-debate-why-tone-persuaded-me-much-more-than-blakemiles84
Yes! I responded to your email and I look forward to speaking with you. I'll get you some data if you want about the rewards I've received as a content creator on this platform.
I've been using Steem and Steemit since April. I can share most of these things, barring an unconventional story. I would be willing to talk to you on the condition of pseudonymity.
Hi @pfunk, thanks for the response but in order to verify information I'm looking for people who will go on record with names.
Ok good luck. I look forward to the article!
I'm very interested in your offer! I've sent you a mail!
TeamSteem #294 Steem Power holder
http://steemwhales.com
Thanks, I just saw the mail, will follow up.
https://steemit.com/help/@alkemix/astonishing-endless-tale-of-failing-to-recover-steemit-account-and-finding-any-useful-help-anywhere
Issues to consider:
Maybe VICE questioning why they don't have a referral program will put the pressure on.
Grow Steemit Grow - A Viable Referral System with Steemit Spirit in Mind
InstaSteem Classical Conditioning for Social Media - It's not about the money anymore.
I crowdfunded some beer on Steemit for tonights Berlin Bitcoin Meetup: https://steemit.com/steemit/@fabio/burgers-beers-and-bitcoin-at-the-room-77-in-berlin
I have a somewhat interesting story about how a comment on Steemit got me unblocked, retweeted, and followed by a media personality on Twitter: https://steemit.com/marketing/@lukestokes/how-one-steemit-comment-got-me-unblocked-follwed-and-retweeted-by-max-kesier
I've also invested in the platform with my own money and have been involved in bitcoin since early 2013.
I'm impressed by how many professional writers are starting to use steemit. This is a pretty unique situation and I look forward to seeing where steemit goes from here.
Hi, @corintxt - I've been writing a series on the game theory of Steem, looking for points in which the system could be vulnerable to strategic gaming or exploitation.
The latest article, that I linked to above, is essentially about the "wealth" distribution on Steem; I show that voting influence is currently heavily heavily centralized in just a few accounts.