Show Me The Money: Frustration of Minnows At Steemit
A few years back, my Facebook account was hacked and I decided to terminate it. What the heck, I wasn't doing anythng useful at Facebook anyway. In the middle of August 2016, I created a Facebook account solely for the purpose of joining Steemit. Steemit will be vey much different from Facebook, I thought. I should be able to earn decent money by posting and curating good and high quality content. However after spending an average of 2-3 hours daily on Steemit for the past three weeks, I am having second thoughts.
What drives the Steemit platform? The answer is simple enough, content which is the lifeline of the platform. Therefore people should be rewarded for posting and curating killer content be it in the form of blogs, poetry, cookery, travel, photography and the list goes on. The question that most minnows ask is how fairly are the rewards distributed. After writing daily for an average of 2-3 hours, the most that my articles earn is less than 1 miserable cent. We need to acknowledge the fact that most Steemians are here to make a buck. That motivation should not be under estimated.
While others can have a whale of a time at Steemit, most minnows and new writers share the frustration that their contents however good it may be get limited exposure at this platform. This has even drove some to quit steemit altogether. For those who choose to continue to slog it out at Steemit, it may be a matter of time before they too call it quits. More needs to be done in order to level the playing field for the minnows. Minnows do matter in Steemit but their voice can hardly be heard. More needs to be done and it has to be done fast.
Charles
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This is a great article and I totally agree that some think they will be millionaires overnight. Ask me in a years time if I think it's been worthwhile not in few days. I have no doubt there will be some very wealthy people who are prepared to stick at it. Happy to share this on Twitter✔ for my followers to read. Following and looking forward to reading more of your posts. Cheers. Stephen
This is definitely not a quick get rich scheme. We all need to put in the effort to produce good contents. The future of Steemit is bright and it's for the long term. But for new writers it can be a frustrating experience if their posts do not get noticed. Thank you so much for sharing with your Twitter followers. Giving you an up vote as well
We can't agree more - we tried to write interesting articles, but without whales swimming around and randomly upwoting posts, it hardly catches eye of 5 people.. I dont mind money, but the feeling that noone is interesed in your article is frustrating.
Yes, I do share your frustration as well. I have tried various articles and various approaches. My steemit survey only manage to get 2 responses. I am still hanging in here for the time being.
hahahah gave me a laugh lol nice memes!
Thanks for dropping by. Need the memes to lower my frustration haha
Time to trade in that username perhaps.
Ha ha, from positivesteem to frustratedsteem? I am just releasing a bit of steam. Overall I am still positive and that's why I am still here
Yeah! At least my "The QC" logo for my featurette posts is getting popular... wo0ot! LMAO.
It is a good logo and very relevant to my article. Thanks for the logo
Thanks for the post!
Thank you for taking the time to read my post
Thank You, Interesting read and subject
Thank you for reading my post. Do come back often for more interesting articles.
As a newbie here in Steemit I wonder if people are here to make money or here to share & connect (with money a by product)?
If people are here to make money I don't think Steemit is going to be a good long term prospect, but if people are here to share and connect then I think Steemit it will grow and money will follow.
The part about not getting any eyeballs also has me concerned. I don't care too much about making money on Steemit but a lack of eyeballs would be demotivating.
More has to done to help new and emerging authors get more exposure. When we have more readers, we take comfort that what we have written has value.
agreed.
You really are a positive steem! Rock on! I admire how you are able to cope with your kid, it's unfortunate, but it will make you stronger than anyone else! Give me all that positiveness!!! ~~~~~~~~~
Thanks for your supportive comments. That is a very old post but you managed to dig it out. Take all the positiveness that you want. Ha ha.
I will!!! :D