RE: User Authority, Resteems and the Drop-off. Stop your friends from trying steemit.
When I came here it was because I wanted to share some blogs and articles. I was introduced to it by reading a comment on Facebook where the guy said that if he had a dollar for every article he'd written he'd be well off. On steemit he'd gotten over $100 for a couple of articles. I was under no illusions that I'd be that lucky so quickly. As it happened, his high payers were due to curie and his articles were very detailed. After a while they went down to cents (his drop off) and he sadly stopped posting.
I often wonder if you need a reason to be on here to start with and be realistic with expectations. I was already trying to do a blog, but had no idea if I could monetise it. I'd have continued sharing no matter what, so the chance of a little payment is a bonus. If you're not here for a reason, just seeing what it's like, then nothing's going to jump up and make it a great experience.
I do think that as more dapps come along, more people will have their interests represented and will be able to enjoy steem each in their own way, rather than blindly trying to figure out what the fuss about steemit is.
I'm sort of like that. I had huge curies which motivated me to post basically crazy detailed art posts. I've had a big drop off quite recently and I stopped doing very detailed posts but I haven't stopped posting. I had and still have realistic expectations, but I can't afford a non paying hobby at the moment. So I scaled my posts down, reflecting my payouts. Bigger payout means bigger post next time. Constantly adjusting is probably the best way to survive the ups and downs on Steemit :)
The fact that you're still posting says to me that it is more than just the payouts that keep you here then. You may have lost the motivation for the long winded detailed posts, but you still have something to share. I'm glad you've stuck around.
My original reasoning was pretty similar. In my late 30's, 3 young kids.
I've been conscious for a while that if I were to suddenly die (which does happen), my kids would grow up with a hunger to know who their Dad was; and my Facebook is a mess, even if it were still available to them.
I remember some early services offering to embed your message in the bitcoin blockchain (for a fee); so when I heard I could come here and get that sort of permanence, but for free: I was all over it.
Absolutely!
One of the greatest values I see in Steemit is as an archive of my thoughts, available should my descendants ever care enough to have a look... That's why I keep trying to improve my Steemit Library.
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I hadn't actually thought of that benefit. What we write here will be, hopefully, available forever into the future for our loved ones to enjoy.