Why did YOU join Steemit?
TL:DR The things we up vote to the top of trending are the first things new users will see. Be careful with your vote, and if you are delegating SP ask yourself if it is being used appropriately.
In July 2016 I received a message from @fairytalelife telling me about a new place to post creative works and get much more exposure than traditional social media. It wasn't until 4 or 5 messages back and forth she told me that the content was rewarded. It wasn't until I clicked one of her posts that I saw it was making money.
I was initially sceptical - even seeing the payout - new social media sites come and go. As well as this I'm on so many already (follow me on YouTube & Twitter) and adding another one didn't seem like something I wanted to do.
It was the quality of her work that made me sign up to Steemit. It was her original art that immediately made me view Steemit as legitimate.
TL:DR The things we up vote to the top of trending are the first things new users will see. Be careful with your vote, and if you are delegating SP ask yourself if it is being used appropriately.
The reason I joined was this guy on youtube named Gregory Mannarnio, a stock market trader said he was also posting on Steemit. He said that even if you don't want to blog you can make cryptocurrency by just commenting. So I came her this month. I just kept reading other blogs and commenting. It is kind of exciting to see some money for that. I made $2.52 from a comment about cooking bacon. I mentioned how I like to bake the bacon cause I don't want to flip it. I am very happy to see that $2.52. Of course most comments get $0.00 and still I am happy I got to share some thoughts that seems valuable to me. Even $0.01 is exciting to see. Yesterday I did my first blog. I called it, What Some Did For The Flu Back In 1918 To 1919 - Water and Baking Soda Saved Their Lives. In it I mention how just using baking soda and water to combat the flu. I wasn't sure I can take photos from the net so I just took out my camera and set up some baking soda and a cup of water and shot it. Today I see it made $0.02. I am very happy for that $0.02. I am more happy to share some information that someone can really use and use right now. So I will keep on commenting and since I did make some money with my blog I will keep doing that also. I still don't know much about this Steemit stuff. I figure if it takes off my little money here and there will add to something big 10 years from now.
I've heard about cooking bacon before but never tried it. Could you explain the process so I could give it a try myself?
Sure, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. I put the bacon on a glass baking dish trying not to let one strip touch the other. The directions say to cook for 15 to 20 minutes depending on how crispy you like it. Maybe check at 15 minutes and see if you want to go longer or not. I just set my phone alarm for 20 minutes and go on my way doing other things. As soon as the alarm goes off I go back to the oven and take it out. I let it cool for a bit then I dig in. Also you have rendered bacon fat that you can use at another time for cooking eggs or adding some to potato salad. I watched this one lady on youtube say she used about a table spoon of bacon fat in her potato salad and at a big family gathering her potato salad gets eaten up before the other potato salads. Now that more people are getting into the keto diet it is worth looking into.
Hmm. I always bake my bacon but I've always still felt the need to flip it halfway through so it cooks more thoroughly. Going to try it your way and save a step!
Yes, save that one step and you have more freedom. Just make sure you can hear your alarm or you might burn it. If you use a kitchen timer and are in another room you might not hear the alarm. I like using the cell phone as I always keep it with me so I don't miss it.
I was frustrated with Facebook over limiting my feeds,sometimes I could only view 2-5 post before getting prompted to add more friends to see more post!,I knew I was not getting to see A 10th of the content that my family and friends were posting...I was sick of the ads, sick of the censorship,and sick of all the troll and negativity! ..So I was looking for something better! ...Seen a video on youtube that was like 9 months old ,on steemit. com , after that it was just a matter of checking it out and seeing the positive people and how much friendlier the site was!
I have been trying to tell everyone I know (all 10) people about it!..lol..
In three weeks I have a bigger group of people that I want to talk to than 10+ years on facebook!
thank you all!
namaste
Yeah I call It FAKEBOOK i have a post about how they banned me from runing a picture of a bald man as it was offensive to facebook users check it out
@thisisbenbrick I still remember the video you made and posted here on Steemit when in LA, I believe using a go pro. Fantastic.
And When I first heard of Steemit, I knew it was a game changer for both cryptocurrency and social media. Glad you joined.
full steem ahead!
yo man!
yes sir @razvanelulmarin What's up?
just saying hey :)
Thanks for that @razvanelulmarin It has been a minute. Things are developing so fast in the crypto world, can't wait for steemfest 2! Hopefully I will be able to attend.
I am new here and have taken a crash course of digital currency! Look forward to getting to know you and other global transformers that wish to be agents of postive change! We are building a team of super heros that wish to expand and collaborate on all things crypto! BLESSINGS ABOUND!
Thanks @mathues and if ever have any qustions or concerns please let me know and I will try my best to help out... take care
full steem ahead!
Originally I came on my sister's word that it could, eventually, become passive income.
I've more or less given up on the idea that the money is going to be anything more than a can of coke's worth, but Instead I use it as a wordpress replacement.
With wordpress, no matter what I used to post about, I consistently got christian-devoted followers, even when I post something staunchly anti-christian. There seemed to be no sense of community or incentive to build community.
Here seems a little closer, and just in general re-invigorated my love of writing crap.
I'm hardly struggling, but if it gets me money, it gets me money. I'm just here to dump brain thoughts somewhere so they aren't lost in faded memory ^__^
I very much agree with this
I think it'll be better when linear rewards is out
A video from @dollarvigilante introduced me to Steemit. After seeing how welcoming and supportive the community was, I knew it was the place to be.
I joined because I think steemit is the next big thing in social media!!
I heard about this through Gregory @marketwatch. I was already watching videos on markets, crypto currency so why not try to make a few pennies by adding comments and even trying to do some posts myself. I have not done the social media stuff prior to this other then viewing.
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I joined because of Trevon who I watch on youtube. I wanted to see what the community was like and how the site worked in general. So far I really like it and could see replacing my Facebook addiction with Steemit!