Day Five | Steemit Bootcamp for Underprivileged Kids

Stalker Tech of Steemit! And finally someone asked the legendary question - where the money comes from?

Contents for Day 5:

• Recap, Q&A on previous days' contents

• Pre-Post Checklist and To-Dos

• Witnesses of Steem: Voting @bitrocker2020 as a witness

• Identifying supporters and top followers - Steem.Supply

• Identifying all upvoters - Steemstats.com

• Researching on post types - Steemtracked.com

• Checking Steem Power - Steemnow.com

• The Steem Malaysia Facebook Group

• A quick look at posting keys

• Hello eSteem

• Hello Busy.org

• A brief talk on currency (fiat and crypto), supply and demand

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Assignments for Day 5:

• Write the post of the day

• Post one short post on eSteem

• Log in to Busy.org

• Light Research on Autism (reason to be revealed on day 6)

• Comment on at least 5 posts under a tag/category of their interest

• Comment on at least 5 posts under the #introduceyourself tag

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Key Learnings:

• Still found a few kids copying from other sources, kinda disappointing, so had a hard talk with them again. A few of them had been flagged by cheetah bot too. Didn't like nagging them about responsibilities and sloppy effort, so just told them to treat Steemit as a professional would. Because the money they will be earning is real, it only made sense if they put in real effort.
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• After finding out that some of the kids are still struggling to make their posts look clean and easy to read, I decided to create a Pre-Post Checklist to make sure they have done all the necessary before hitting "Post".

  

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• I stressed on the importance of creating "breathing space" for their articles so readers will have an easier time consuming their content.
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• Also, headings are useful to create different "breaks/sections" in their posts, along with horizontal lines.
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• We looked at Steemstats.com, because some of them said Steemit be default only allow them to see the a few of their upvoters. I also explained a little about vote-weights and Round Shares, which are useful for them to identify strong supporters.
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• Next up is Steem.supply, which is a great Steem Tool. But for this, the focus is to stalk on someone else's top supporters and followers, preferably someone who is doing well in specific categories. I told the kids to not spam those supporters, but rather, follow them and leave a genuine comment, referencing the tips I gave yesterday.
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• This is to promote the concept of 80/20 principle - put 80% effort into 20% of activities that can generate 80% of the results. Rather than just following and connecting with any random Steemian, it makes better sense to find those who are actively engaging with the right kind of contents.

  

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• We then looked at SteemTracked.com, where the kids can research on the types of contents published by other popular Steemians within their areas of interest. This is to give them insights on what contents works better, so they can fine tune their contents further.
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• I also took sometime to explain about Steemit Witnesses, and why they are important to the community. As a gesture to @bitrocker2020 for his support, he got a vote from everyone as a witness.
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• I encourage the kids to regularly check the contents of SteemTools, so they can be updated whenever there are new features and apps for them to use.
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• Lastly, we looked at eSteem, and they worked on their own to install it on their phones. They were initially struggling with the private and public posting keys, but was quite glad that they figured out on their own. The main message was, as they progress through their careers, be it on Steemit or elsewhere, Resourcefulness is a key component to their success. The ability to solve problems proactively without involving too many unnecessary parties is a sign of effectiveness, and that's a commodity that's beyond their resume.
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• One of the volunteers asked the question I had been expecting but dreading since day 1, which is "where the money come from?" It's always interesting to notice that none of the kids asked about that, or rather was interested in the answer too. :)

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  The question led on to me explaining about the exchanges, the similarities between fiat and cryptocurrencies, a deeper look at the blockchain, and also the concept of supply/demand. Let's just say the kids were more keen to complete their posts and submit their contest entries.
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In conclusion, I told the class a metaphor I wrote about late last year, on the Proof of Benefits. The nutshell is, as long as we can see the results (benefits) of doing something, and it doesn't involve hurting others or any illegal activities, it is fine that we proceed with the action. Yes, not all of us may fully understand how the blockchain works, but as long as it's beneficial for us, intrinsically and extrinsically, there is no harm in taking action. The inactions caused by over thinking and over analysing will just cause us to miss opportunities.

The learning is in the doing.

Check out the previous post(s) in this Steemit Bootcamp for Underprivileged Kids Series:

• Day Zero | The lead-up and Preparation
• Day One | Introduction to Steemit, the kids' first #Introduceyourself post, and no way a combined SBD133 of upvotes on the very first day!?!!?
• Day Two | Interests, Format & Structure
• Day Three | Grounding and be Grounded
• Day Four | Canvas, Chats, Contests & Courtship

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