That is the magic here...there is a ton of quality content. Unlike other areas of the web which is just a lot of junk. I mean everyone loves cat videos but how many of them does YouTube really need? There are millions on there.
We see people actually putting together quality stuff on here that exhibits their knowledge and creativity.
All my friends here aren't making anything, but we love each others work, and eventually it'll work out.
I take exception to this. They werent making anything on instagram and other sites...here they are making little....FOR THE MOMENT. Even when an empty account, there is some value in the upvote. And one comment that is upvoted by another , receives some SP, no matter who small.
And from there it grows.
I have been here 5 months and am amazed at the people who think they should go from a zero account to 10K in 30 days. What ever happened to giving a year to a venture before pulling the plug? If this was a business (if we used that mindset) wouldnt one be more involved and willing to give it a longer time frame?
I guess the old adage that if there is no skin in the game, it is easy to walk away.
Of course you're right. I've actually made more here on Steem than I ever thought possible. It's hard not to compare yourself to the Whales who make hundreds of dollars per post... but it's easy to forget that they were building up their followers and their SP while there was no one on the platform and they were never sure if they were wasting their time or not.
Not only did I make zero dollars from Instagram, but I was also advertised to constantly.... very, very easy to walk away from that platform. Same with Twitter. I'll probably never get rid of FB completely, it's got a decade of memories...
$$$ made from first post... $.03
Social Media without Ads....Priceless.
Yes I tend to defend the whales...few seem to recall what they went through. People want to point out that they could buy in at 6 or 7 cents....yeah but would you if the price went from $2 to 6 cents? I saw people on here saying that when the price was 85 cents...do you think they were buying? Nope just complaining.
People think it comes easy...the whales had an opportunity and they took it. Just like there is opportunity now for everyone who is on here. The question is how many are taking it.
Based upon the numbers about 50K taking advantage...550K missing it.