Urdu community Contest / S2W1 – How Steemit is Different and Better than Other Social Media Platforms by @srrebullient

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Hey guys,

I'm glad to welcome us all to the first week of the second season of steemit engagement challenge which I congratulate @urdu-community for being part of our host communities.

Firstly, I would like to appreciate this community for bringing up such a contest that will allow Steemians to consciously evaluate and compare Steemit to other social media platforms.

My most used social media platform

I'm not the type that loves navigating through different social media platforms. Instead, I keep to one and make maximum use of it.

There could have been a time in which I have gotten this question and my answer will undoubtedly be WhatsApp but currently, my most used social media platform is Steemit.

Steemit is a decentralized social media platform built on the Steem blockchain in other to reward content creators based on the quality of their content which serves as a sure proof of their brain.

The Steemit platform has undoubtedly grown to become my most used social media platform for the fact that it doesn't only allow users to interact but also rewards them using Steem, SBD, SP (staked Steem), and TRX tokens.

From the above screenshot, it is apparent that Steemit is not just my most used social media platform but clearly my most used site.

How Steemit Has Been Beneficial to Me

The benefits I have gotten from Steemit can never be overemphasized and here I will be talking about some of them.

• Wide range of knowledge

Being a platform based on Proof-of-Brain, Steemit is filled with knowledgeable users who share their priceless knowledge daily without holding back anything. Being active on Steemit and going through various quality content daily has added so much to my knowledge for which I am very much grateful.

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• Improved writing skill

I have also loved writing but before the time I joined Steemit my writing skill has only been very basic after joining Steemit I have greatly made improvements in my writing skill by knowing when to start a new paragraph, knowing when to use a header and subheader, seeing the need of justifying my texts, etc.

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• Improved Grammar

In addition to my improved writing skill, Steemit has also affected my grammar positively. It has increased my knowledge of how words are used in a sentence, where to add punctuations, commas, and a lot more.

The above is a trickish grammatical question asked by a friend on WhatsApp which I was able to answer correctly based on the knowledge I have acquired through constant writing on Steemit.

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• Valuable friends

Steemit is a platform that is based on Proof-of-Brain, the friends we make here and most valuable because they always have something to teach you. Since my joining Steemit I have learned a lot from friends like @whitestallion, @mato445, @swaylee, @weasell, @phlexygee, and a lot of other wonderful individuals.

Why do you think spending more time on steemit than on other social media platforms can help you grow in life and benefits your life

There is no doubt that Steemit adds more value to one's life than other social media platforms which mostly serve to entertain users.

Spending more time on Steemit will palpably help me grow and benefit my life in several ways which include;

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• Improved finance

Steemit has been improving and will continue to improve my finance by allowing me the privilege to earn while learning and sharing my knowledge with other users.

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• Finance management

Monetary management has always been an issue for me before my Steemit days but since joining Steemit and with the introduction of #club5050, #club75, and #club100 which serve to regulate excess withdrawals from the platform, I have grown to know that I can actually manage my finance properly and still survive.

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• Valuable knowledge

There's a lot of life-changing knowledge one can acquire from Steemit. The proper knowledge of technical analysis and the use of indicators were fully gotten from Steemit through various crypto academy lessons and applying this knowledge to one's trading career will greatly enhance the chances of success.

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• Rewards

The rewards we get by creating quality content on Steemit cannot be overemphasized because that has been the major backbone of our stay here. The rewards that come in the form of Steem, SBD, SP, and TRX tokens has really changed a lot of lives and will help most people to live their dream life.

The advantages Of steemit when in comparison with other social media

Steemit has a series of advantages over other social media platforms and these includes;

• Borderless interaction

Steemit being a decentralized platform creates no limit with whom one can engage. It allows users to interact with people from different parts of the world without restrictions unlike other social platforms especially the conventional ones which will have to match users first or require friendship acceptance from the other party before a proper communication can commence.

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• Quality encouragement

Steemit encourages one to improve their communication skill by penalizing plagiarism and rewarding quality content. This is what you will hardly see on other social media platforms which have been the major reason behind the misuse of grammar and mindless plagiarism as it has no way of restricting such actions.

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• Low data consumption

Steemit being a blockchain-based platform does not consume much of the user's data when compared to other social media platforms such as WhatsApp.

From the above, you will see that the amount of data I have used on WhatsApp just this month is equivalent to what I have used on Steemit in the last 6 months not minding that I use Steemit more often. That's crazy!

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• Decentralization

The fact that Steemit is a decentralized platform has made it outstanding. Steemit maintains users' privacy and only the information willingly revealed by the user is what is known. This is unlike most other social media platform which requires personal information from users during account creation. Also, users are given absolute ownership of their contents thus allowing them the total right to post whatever they want without fear of being restricted from the platform.

The disadvantages Of steemit when in comparison with other social media

Nothing is absolutely perfect and Steemit isn't an exception. In as much as Steemit offers a lot of benefits and advantages to users, there are still a few disadvantages it has in comparison with other social media.

• Account recovery

Being decentralized, there's the inability of users who mistakenly lost their keys to claim ownership of their accounts and this has been a major challenge. You can't imagine years of toiling and building your Steem power only to wake up one day and discover that you can't access your wallet because you forgot to save your new master password after changing the old one and that will mark the end of your account ownership.

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• Difficulty in adaptation

Adaptation on Steemit is really not easy due to its high demand in quality. This mostly affects newbies which explains why most of them give up and quit within the first few weeks or months of joining. I managed to scale through because I was lucky to have known some old members who guided me through my early days.

CONCLUSION

Steemit is indeed one of a kind and undoubtedly my best web3 project. As much as it is not usually easy for newbies to adapt to the platform but with consistency, hard work, and perseverance, you will grow in fall in love with the platform.

I would love to invite @patjewell, @mato445, @phlexygee, @beckie96830, and @ngoenyi to take part in this contest.