Let's Talk—3 Things That Brings Me To Steemit Everyday! What About You?
In recent weeks, Steemit has been growing at a brisk pace, with Steem and SBD prices surprising us all. Even signups have increased as new members continue to join us from all parts of the world. There are several new applications on the blockchain powering new websites and our community is thriving.
These are generally some indications of rising popularity of our platform on the web. There are of course many things that needs to be improved, but development is also moving at a good pace. 2018 is lined up with several updates which we expect will propel Steemit towards mainstream adoption in the future.
As a stakeholder and user of the platform, I find it intriguing to find out what brings everyone back to Steemit. Today, we will discuss these aspects of our platform, to find out what aspects of this website and/or the blockchain creates the most user interest and increased engagement.
1. Social Interaction
Steemit has been good for blogging and sharing content from it's early days. However as the community of users grew, the need and potential for real world networking and friendships became apparent and also possible.
Over the past year and half I was able to forge real world friendships with people from different pars of the world thanks to Steemit and Steemit.Chat. Many of us came together twice during Steemfest and stay connected on a regular basis. After 1.5 years of work, many of my friends have signed up as well. It's great to be able to watch their participation and growth on this platform.
2. Financial Freedom
If we scale properly and get things right, there is a possibility that Steemit could be named amongst one of the top social media websites that helped shape the internet as we know it. If we scale to a level where we can support millions of people across the globe, we may also be able to provide some kind of basic monthly income purely by way of user participation in the millions!
The idea that this could happen, and we could create this reality, motivates me to come back everyday and give this place my best! I strongly believe that we're all contributing to changing 'business as usual.'
As a cryptocurrency enthusiast, just as many of you here, I have profited by investing into different crypto projects. However, Steemit and Steem blockchain captures my imagination beyond it's monetary benefits. But monetary benefits cannot be ignored. Our time is limited. In my opinion it is incredible that we can earn a little extra from our time spent using a social media site. More people should be doing this.
I'm sure in the past year and half, many here have earned a decent bit of crypto money on Steemit. I know for a fact that some of you are able to manage your monthly living expenses completely just by using the platform. In our materialistic world, financial freedom provides real freedom to many of us. Maybe holding Steem might just help secure your future while the little curation rewards that we receive adds to our passive income.
3. Steem Ecosystem
Many developers across this space continue to build some amazing apps. Sometimes when I visit Steemtools.com, there seems to be a new project listed there or trending has a new announcement for an application built on the blockchain. Apps such as @steepshot, @busy.org, Chainbb, Dtube etc are very promising with regular updates and an increase in user adoption.
I have immense respect for developers and engineers who are building new useful applications on the Steem blockchain. The fact that so many people are working together to create a solid foundation to what could be a game changer in the market is quite frankly inspiring to observe.
These are some of the things that draws me to Steemit everyday. I'd like to know what brings you to the platform. If you've been around for over a year, what is it that made you stick around?
Please share your experience in the comments below.
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Motivation
First, I was attracted by the money who pay the bloggers (as I was already a blogger for years). Then I discovered the blockchain technology and Crypto (with Andreas Antonopoulos, in fact, I read all his books). Then by building the french community, I fell in love with the community ! :-)
I came for the money (#2) (and I got it), but I mainly stayed for the community (#1).
I am not using many of the "active" apps.
One thing I like to do on Steemit is to run contests.
For example, on the @adsactly society account, I am running the SteemShort contest, where writers and illustrators compete to create collaborative short stories.
The first SteemShort has been written and this week we will know its title and illustration: https://steemit.com/steemshorts/@adsactly/adsactly-contest-steemshort-1-post-4-request-for-an-illustration-and-the-title-of-the-story
That's quite interesting!
I believe it will be great for contests and engagement we also came for the community not the money so to speak a lot of us minnows do not know how to use the platform and to be hones there is vague information out there so we hope to find some profiles that actually explain how it works.
I am a health advocate and blogger. I've been consistently active since April this year. I want to help more people but also need to survive financially. With advertising on my blog and over 2000 visitors a month I make about $10 a month. Not enough to cover my outgoing costs to keep the page running.
Since joining steemit I made, after conversion about 10 x that on my first post. Which opens opportunities to do more. It's an exciting thought and one of the main reasons I joined steemit.
We would have never found steemit without first looking into Altcoins and Crypto currency. The idea of being able to dabble in Crypto and get paid in crypto is another reason we joined.
And lastly my hubby @shai-hulud joined and recommended it to me. He very rarely gets excited about anything, so anything he does get excited about I know will be a winner.
I'm also loving the community and the varied posts. So nice to see people's lives rather than what they had for breakfast or their latest bi#@h session or gripe.
I no longer flick though Facebook feeds. I checkout my fellow steemians instead.
Have a great day!
I'm glad Steemit was so beneficial to you! I hope your blogs on and off Steemit continue to grow over time. Good luck to you! :)
The finances got me started and certainly help to keep me plugged in, but the real sense of good content often being truly valued and supported (because, especially now, we are all on the same "team" in a real way if we are invested in the platform long-term). With the algorithms on other platform, it's become nearly impossible to get traction anymore without a lot of advertising money; here, it's been very different.
Finally, but certainly alongside the other two, is that I authentically love the people here--I think we attract misfits/creatives/think-outside-the-boxers a lot, and I'm finding a real niche community here which I love to visit every day--thoughtful people who want to find real value and offer real value.
Great post, friend! :).
Xx, Kay
Great to read your thoughts on this Kay. Great to have you stop by! :)
:)
Well, I come here for
New platform for me altogether, lot to learn about this world of block chain, crypto, ...
Worth the time spent as it seems much more rewarding than wasting my time scrolling through FB posts as the posts on this platform are making me learn
Making sure others learn from the little knowledge & experience of traveling in the Himalayas I have on my blog, so that it can be shared with others. In turn, one hidden reason will be to promote the Himalayas of India on this promising community.
Less than 5 days, I am totally addicted to it which I never was to any other site than my own blog ;)
Great to hear that you are starting to enjoy using this platform. I've been here for over 1.5 years and it's awesome. Feel free to share about your experience of using this platform with your friends. :)
The financial freedom part definitely gets me back to SteemIt. I'm so grateful and thankful for the cryptocurrencies existent ... it will help all kinds of people gain wealth .. hopefully benefitting the poor who could not have access to this kind of wealth with regular banks/gov't.
The concept behind steemit it is revolutionary, just needs some tweaks to the formatting. And it will moon, getting paid to use social media is crazy. Still don't know when steemit will be out of beta if ever, but that day will be huge.
Oh man @firepower you said it ! I come here for the friendship , freedom and creativity . Such a beautiful place :)
It is good to know #steemit in the first place.
There are some certain things that normally brings me to steemit everyday.
The first thing is to check my reply box and view the reactions of people towards what am doing on steemit through my post or comments and to know the area to improve on.
The second thing is to check on my followers and know what they are feeling through their posts.
The third thing is to learn about crypto and what people are saying concerning steem blockchain and to watch how it grows and ho i can invest.