One month and some days in and I’m finally at 50 rep, next stop 60 rep!
I couldn’t have done this without you my followers, without SteemStem or SteemSchool! You all have helped me so much!
My opinion about Steemit?
I was never much of a social network guy, I almost don’t use Facebook, I have no Instagram and I created a twitter and Reddit account in December just to watch the cryptomarket news, I never liked social networks, I can read some posts on them but I never actually made content for them, mainly because I don’t like all the fake people that Facebook and Instagram have, most of them show a happy life full of butterflies and rainbows and traveling and…and…and…unicorns, well, that is just fake, they put a front just to increase their followers, and don’t even get me started on clickbait titles!
On other platforms, if someone uses clickbait titles the worse that can happen to them is getting a downvote, well, they earn by view, not by upvote, but on steemit, it’s not like that! If someone uses clickbait title if someone is dishonest, or if someone is actually worsening the platform we can all join up and flag them, I haven’t flagged anyone in this last month, mainly because I follow good content and I mute the obvious spammers, this is why I like steemit. In facebook we have to follow the laws of facebook, on steemit we have to follow the laws of the community, we have to be smart, and we have to work hard.
I had an awesome start on this platform, but I worked my arse off, I’ve talked to whales, I’ve talked to dolphins, I’ve talked to minnows and planktons, I’ve talked to everyone, I’ve made friends, I’ve been adopted by a family! Now, I could name all the people that I’ve met thus far, but I would be here all day!! You guys definitely know who you are!
What I don't like about Steemit?
There are of course some things I don't like on steemit!
- First and foremost, spammers, especially spammers asking for upvotes, if you ask me for an upvote you are more likely to get a flag! If you read my content and leave a good comment I can take a few moments of my day to check your content out, I don’t promise to upvote, resteem, flag, comment or anything, but I do check it out.
- Second thing I hate about steemit is bot abusers, I think I never used a bot, unless you count minnowsupport as a bot, and even then I use it after 30 minutes and before 6 days, I would advise anyone starting out to use it too, just join their discord, they are cool people.
- The third thing I hate about steemit is people that don’t even answer to comments, I once commented on a post that made no other comments, I took the time out of my day to read for 5 minutes someone’s content, and he didn’t even take a few seconds to answer back… I would understand not commenting if he had hundreds of comments, but no, he only had mine, and I asked him something about his content… of course, I never went back to check his content again.
Now, I could keep going, but I think this is enough… my first month on steemit was really good, and I’m expecting more growth during the year, this platform is a great opportunity, what we are witnessing now is the start of a new Facebook, and we can get shares for free, if you went back would you not buy some Facebook shares? I would, I would also buy Google shares...
Question of the day: What about you guys, how was your start on the platform and what don't you like about it?!
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Well done man, pretty damn fast move up!
I know, the spammers in comments are a pain in the ass, but look passed that, and focus on the good things. Thanks for bringing SteemStem up.
I am quite interested in that too! I will definitely check it out!
Keep on steeming!
Thanks, yeah, i had huge success on this platform, everyone tells me that! next couple of months it's going to be a bumpy road, college is going to get in the way, but finishing my degree is my first priority...
Spammers bother me, but i know they will never get anywhere in their whole steemit career
Yes, join SteemStem discord! we are an awesome community!! the more the marrier!
Congratz man its really hard to reach 50 rep in such a small time!
Hard work, consistency, perseverance, and a lot of coffee xD Thanks for reading!! @fury123
Steemit made me love coffee.
And green tea! Green tea + lemon juice = great fat burner
You should tell that to Tino, he is currently doing a diet.
Great Job and Congratulations! I'm still getting used to the platform and other things keep me super busy. Thanks so much for your insight about what you don't like, it kinda puts things in perspective for me. What I don't like is that I don't have a lot of time to spend digging through how to get the most out of the platform. Your post actually helped with that! I'm patient though and I'm really happy that I have a good space here to get my thoughts written down.
Yes i know what you mean, the next couple of months ill have to diminish my activity by a lot, college exams are starting and so, life will get in the way...
If you need any help with anything you can always contact me, my discord is Teutonium#2700, first few tips are free :)
Wow! That's really awesome, thanks! Good luck on your exams. For me it's papers....So many papers to write!
Hello, I agree Trump is the best. I am now following you. Follow me back for upvotes.
Just kidding of course. :P
I agree, spammers are annoying but they don't bother me much. I just flag them and move on. ;)
I also have the same view about social media. I don't even have a facebook account.
Admittedly I don't usually answer to "Great article" comments anymore. I of course feel humbled that you like my post, but just "Great article" is kind of spammy and answering with "Thanks" is too, so I avoid that. But not answering to a comment that poses a question is kind of rude. It may take a little while but I'll answer to any comment with a proper question in it.
Apart from those rather minor things I am totally happy with steemit and its community. It's not hard to find great content. And 95% of the interactions I had with other steemians were absolutely positive!
Good luck on your road to 60! :D
Thanks! I'm following you back for upvotes xD ahaha
I mainly mute spammers and move on. I have a facebook account because i need it for college and i also use the messanger app from facebook!
That's why i started this "question of the day" thing, at least now they won't have any excuses to not write a more serious answer to my post
That's a really great idea. I might have to steal that. ;)
Np... just send me 100SBD for it xD hahaha Just kidding
good post @teutonium
Thank you my friend, i always try to write good content for this platform!!
Hi. I have been here about the same amount of time as you and still getting my feet under me. Trying to learn all I can. Not easy though because my time gets spotty. I like the fact that we can come together and share our experiences and stories that are important to us and have a chance to build a following of friends and supporters. I passed 100 followers today that was good and now trying to build enough so I can gain some traction and revenue. I will not give up and I will take your advice and join minnow support. Any other advice is appreciated. Thanks and continued success here.
You can also join Steemfollowers , it makes it easy for you to be seen, and to get upvotes.
You can also check out SteemSchool they teach you a lot of stuff.
I checked some of your posts and they seem like good information, but i might be biased, i love fitness and some of your posts are about fitness, the thing is that you need to format them better, try using html it really makes your posts shine, if you want i can teach you some stuff via discord, first lesson is free xD just add me Teutonium#2700
Thank you for all of this and I was wondering how you get your posts looking so good. I do not know HTML. I will add you. I am traveling for the next six weeks but when I am back I will reach out. In the meantime thanks for Steemfolloers and Steemschool. All the best to you and keep up the great posts.
What frustrates me the most is upvotes for the money, not for the content. I often see very poor content getting lots of upvotes. Secondly, it gotta be people fishing for upvotes. They can be more or less clear about it. Sometimes you'll see ordinary comments, again and again, but never an upvote.
I never joined any group to help me getting more upvotes and make my content stand out. I've just followed a consistent path, growing slowly but steadily. Maybe I should. But I never took the time to do it.
The thing is that with steemfollowers only good content gets upvoted, and with minnowsupport the upvote is only worth like $0.15 which is not that much but it's still something.
I have never spent sbd for upvotes , and i probably never will, even though i think i write and create good content.
Remember, steemit is not only a blogging platform but it is also a social network platform, so joining groups and making friends is only natural imho
Very good thought I like that.. Good job
Thanks! You making me blush!I Bet You Say That To All The Boys!
Congratulations
Good post man!
Thanks, i always try to write the best content for steemit!!! we are creating content for a online platform, this is going to be here for all eternity (or at least until humanity dies) so i should write the best content in order for me to not be ashamed at my own posts
That's always good to hear! I'm happy that you get the attention you desrve :) if you aren't ashamed to think it why would you be ashamed to say it right hehe keep it up @teutonium !
Great work in achieving this so fast! Keep up the content and efforts!
Thanks! I will! Hard work, consistency, perseverance, and a LOT of coffee are the keys to success xD also green tea, for when we run out of coffee :P
Haha I could not agree more. I have no idea where I would be without excessive amounts of caffeine.
Congrats for making it to 50 for a month and days! We're almost the same. I've started last january. The only difference is that i'm stuck at 45😂 Jk.
Just keep grinding, i'm sure you will make it! Like i wrote in of the other replies: " Hard work, consistency, perseverance, and a LOT of coffee are the keys to success"
I started writing this post when i was 50 rep... i'm now at 51 xD
Hahaha good one. There's a lot of reasons to write. I'll be glad seeing you become a whale in the future -and helping minnows.
I surely will!! And you will be right there by my side also as a whale, just keep grinding for success!
i guess we are on the same train of thoughts
https://steemit.com/steem/@felander/am-i-entitled-to-your-vote
its not a right to get a vote, its a privilege
Couldn't have said it better than you did in your post, i wasn't around during the bot uprising, i only joined last month...
A privilege that only those who work hard deserve!
Thanks for reading my friend! I hope you come back to read some of my other stuff, with or without upvoting xD i like to answer comments such as yours, it's a nice change from the common spammers :P
I'm staying because there are some nice people and I fell ass-backwards into one pile of money after another that I can use to re-invest in SP and delegations for what I'm trying to get done.
It's quite possible the person you commented on doesn't check steemd or uses a frontend that informs them that they've had a response.
HAHAAH! i know the feeling!
It is possible... but if they want followers they need be friendly to the community
Thanks for reading my friend!
Congratulations @teutonium, you're one of the random selected steemian. This post have been upvoted and Resteemed. Courtesy: @aremuadekunle.
Thanks for the upvote and resteem!
Feel exactly the same as what you have written. Also new here started twitter for crypto , never had facebook. Why would you share your stuff with the rest of the world. Just doing my thing. If someone likes it and gives me a vote that's great but not looking for it to be honest.
I'm looking for upvotes, but mainly because if i get upvotes i know i'm creating good content, if i don't get upvotes than i'm doing something wrong...
I suppose you are right. Not used to this sort of stuff. Will take time. There is a lot of rubbish posted though. Can't believe what some are getting upvotes for. One guy got $300 for saying he liked Minestrone soup. Just doesn't make sense.
Some of them collect sbd and buy a bot to upvote for them, while others have whale friends, steemit is just in the beggining so there is way to much rubbish here and there, i think it will take some time, but i'm sure the witnesses will take care of it
Seriously they are using bot's for votes. I had no idea. Not used to this stuff so need to learn quickly before the rules get changed lol.
You're doing really well. I can tell you've been working hard. It sounds like you've got the networking aspect of things down. That's critical and it's obviously paying off well for you.
I agree, spammers, scammers, and robot comments suck. If you see them, you can always report to @steemcleaners.
https://steemcleaners.org/abuse-report/
Yeah, i should start doing that, but i mainly mute them if i'm 100% sure they are spammers, i also get some ppl that don't know english very well, i sometimes get them confused with spammers xD
Thanks for reading!! Hope you come back to read some more!
Reaching 50 rep in a month was really hard @teutonium, i salute you!!
You are almost there yourself !
I'm 51 rep atm xD i think i can get 60 rep in 2 months (i'm studying right now, if i wasn't i would do it in 1 month or at least try)!
Thanks for reading @maane. Hope you come back to read some more!!!
I'll be looking forward on your post @teutonium, i was a little bit busy studying this time😊
That's so awesome!! Congratulations man!! I was actually thinking of doing a similar post too, but that would be more of a re-introduction post. But just couldn't get the time because, well you already know what I've been busy with 😁
smartcash smartcash smartcash hahah
Thanks for reading!
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Nice post upvote follow me now pls thanks God bless.
Haha joking xD Congrats on 50 rep man that's great, you just about beat me to it! I admire your dedication to the platform.
Definitely agree with you on most points, particularly the hating on other social media haha I became very disillusioned with it all and came to realise the only people that truly profit are the big organizations. I like the fact that Steemit is ad free too, FB over the years has started implementing more and more ads over time and it's now become a joke.
One thing I'd disagree with you on though (and I'm rather envious of your success without them so fair play congrats lol) but I do think voting bots are just a necessary evil of the platform. Nearly all the main whales on the trending page like banfield etc. use them for extra visibility etc. so I think they can be a way to help people gain that visibility, especially when starting out and you want to make your posts reach more people.
It's just a matter of fact too that psychologically people are more likely to check out something that's already got $10 or so upvotes, opposed to $0, because they'd assume it's worth reading. It gets the ball rolling essentially.
I may have misunderstood what you meant by bot abuse though tbf. Because although I do use bots I use them in a reasonable and sustainable way for the community. Obviously forcing bot upvotes on terrible spammy content is abuse and is annoying. Same goes to bot rules in regards to upvoting times, buying upvotes before 30mins or after 3.5 days is frowned upon by the community and rightly so.
Just my two satoshis anyway :D
Thanks for reading, regarding the bots, i think that if you focus on the social network part of steemit you can get more viewers and more ppl to read your content.
And this is what i meant by bots upvoting, there are ppl that were using bots to vote for themselves either way to early or way to late, this shouldn't be allowed.
Yeah i had a fantastic start on the platform, never used bots, and i'll probably never will, yes you get more visibility but you are spending money to have it, i prefer to keep my money.
Thanks for reading Nathan, i'm sure you would be 50rep if you didn't take this last week long brake
You don't really "spend" the money though tbf because you get it back in author rewards anyway.
Yeahhh man probably! I need to get back into the swing of things again haha, been so busy recently researching property to rent and finances etc. haven't had a chance to get back into Steemit fully yet.
Good luck reaching 60! I'm sure you'll reach it in no time :)
I'm not so sure, next couple of months will be full of despair... college despair xD
Congratulations Man. Have been a lil' busy so might probably be the last guy to say this. But STEEMON!
Wow! Rep 60 in one month! That's really impressive. Shows you've put in a lot of effort, since you don't use bots.
For me, I registered in November but only became active like two weeks back so there's a lot I don't know. With that I haven't really seen what I don't like.
50 rep, not 60 xD i still need a couple more months for that 60 rep, but ill keep grinding, if you need any help with anything you can ask me, first tips are free of charge :)
Unicórnios 😂😂 muito bom. Tens mandado muito bem e todas as rewards serão inteiramente merecidas. Tb nunca fui nem sou adepto de redes sociais, aliás, passar por escrito o que me vai na alma não é de todo o meu forte, e isso é notório 😂 a minha onda é mais fotografia e design.. Um pouco por aí, mas essas áreas por aqui não cumprem os padrões de qualidade exigidos, então sempre tive de fazer um esforço acrescido. Mas vamos crescendo aos poucos ;)
Obrigado! Já aprendi tanta coisa a conta do steemit, entre trabalhar com gimp, aprender html para os posts ficarem melhores, ler artigos em ingles, esforço-me, mas também recebo algo em troca :)
Olha, fiz um post a bocado sobre html tem video do dtube e tudo, está é num ingles mesmo aportuguesado xD se por acaso estiveres interessado podes ir ver, explica como meter os posts mais melhore bónitos :P