similar to you, i was doing content on youtube and earlier this yr they came up with this ridiculous requirement of 10,000hr views and 1000 subs to enable monetization. And just abt time i get to know steemit, hell to youtube and i started shifting all the energy and focus on steemit as i see the potential how everyday ppl even an average joe can produce income with steemit with the right strategy and effort. I also stop instagram for awhile too.

It was until recently, i thought hey, why i have to stop using them ? they are still majority and popular and i still produce content, why not keep using them to for distribution/reach to get more attention and directly/indirectly some may get to know about steemit and it's potential to create a source of income themselves.

That when i saw steempress awesome idea ! was using it together with a few other tools to automate posts to steemit. Quite alot of effort and configuration work to do. Then came the game changer @share2steem ! SUPER easy to share and earn !

if i have 121 million followers like @therock on instagram i would do a subtle post (like you mentioned a clever referral) to them add value to them instantly literally ! they dont even have to buy steem to earn.

But the steemit account creation is a pain/barrier to get external @steemit users onboard. With the current RC system it helps by giving dapps the power of account creation, for new dapps like @sharesteem SP is still low to churn out (about 1-2 every 5 days)and make significant claim account for new users who want to try out. Thanks to @wehmoen soon s2s can have support from @oracle-d to activate some of their claim accounts.

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I even used those auto-liking bots back in the days and met a lot of hot chicks who private messaged me because I liked their pics...OK, but that's reserved for another story and I'm not that kind of guy.

haha i m all ears for tat stories man haha. Please share the auto-liking bots maybe my bro can get use it to get more engagement with gers.